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A  HISTORY 


OF 


HAVERFORD  COl.l.HGE 


History 


OF 


Havhrford   College 


FOR   TIU-: 


FIRST  SIXTY  YEARS 


OF  ITS  EXISTENCE 


Prep;ired  by  a  Committee  of  the  Alumni  Association 


>:^?-  ^^    \r. 


PuiLADHr-HlA 

PORTER   &   COATES 
1892 


V 


COPVRIOHT,  1892, 
BY 

PORTER  &  COAXES. 


F^IsTORV  or  -nils  ll|sT()R>'. 

1\)  Him  Ik-  the  glory  forever!  we  l>i"ar 

To  llie  Lonl  of  tlie  Imrvesi  our  wlieat  wiili  tin-  tare; 

What  we  hkck  ill  our  work  tniiy  He  liiul  in  our  will, 

\iiil  wiiiimw  in  iiierey  our  f;o<**l  from  the  ill. — Wiiiitikk. 

In  tin-  yrar  1^77  the  Aiuinni  Association  of  Iluverford 
College  adopte«l  a  resolution  providing  for  the  appointment 
of  a  committee  of  five  members,  "with  full  power  to  procure 
the  preparation  and  publieation  of  a  deserijitive  and  illus- 
trated history  of  the  College  from  its  beginning  as  a  School 
to  the  present  time,  as  speedily  as  practiciible."  'Phis  coin- 
mittee  consisted  of  Benjamin  V.  Marsh,  Charles  K.  Pratt, 
Charles  Roberts,  Francis  \\.  Gummere  and  llowanl  Com- 
fort. They  set  to  work  in  earnest,  held  fretpient  meetings 
and  accumulated  much  valuable  material ;  they  asked  a 
graduate  of  the  College  to  undertake  the  work  t)f  e<liting, 
and  obtained  his  consent.  A  visit  to  Kurojie  in  pursuit  of 
health  compelled  the  latter  to  abandon  the  work  when 
very  little  had  been  actually  written  ;  and  the  committe*', 
in  their  report  to  the  Alumni  in  the  following  year,  "doubt 
whether  enough  suitable  material  can  be  obtained  to  make 
a  volume  of  much  size,"  and  ask  to  be  discharged.  They 
were,  however,  continued,  nine  other  names  adde<i  to  the 
committee,  and  the  editorship  was  in  that  year  jdacetl  in 
the  iiands  of  another  Alumnus,  who  "  kindly  un«lertook 
the  labor  of  compiling  the  work."  It  is  not  needful  to  re- 
count the  various  reports  of  this  committee,  ami  their 
dis4ip{>ointment,    after    several    years'    promises,    at    find- 


2'J?4l;5 


6  HISTORY    OF    lIAVKKRtltD    COLLEGE. 

ing  that  little  or  nothing  had  really  been  accomplished. 
Suffice  it  to  say  that  in  1S84  the  intention  was  abandoned 
and  the  committee  discharged.  In  ISS-S  the  project 
was  revived,  and  the  undersigned  was  asked  by  the 
Alumni  to  undertake  the  preparation  of  a  history.  The 
invitation  was  accepted  on  condition  that  he  was  permitted 
to  appoint  an  associate  committee  of  such  persons  as  he 
might  designate  to  assist  him.  This  proposition  having  been 
acceded  to,  the  following  Alumni  were  named  on  this  com- 
mittee, to  wit:  Dr.  Henry  Hartshorne,  class  of  '39;  Dr. 
James  J.  Levick,  of  '42  ;  Richard  Wood,  of '51 ;  James  Wood, 
Honorary  A.M.;  Henry  T.  Coates,  of  '62;  Charles  Roberts,  of 
'04;  Allen  C.  Thomas,  of '65;  Howard  Comfort,  of  '70;  Fran- 
cis B.  Gummere,  of  72;  John  G.  Bullock,  of  '74;  Seth  K. 
(iifford,  of  '76;  John  C.  Winston,  of  '81;  George  Vaux,  Jr., 
of  '84  ;  and  Charles  H.  Burr,  Jr.,  of  '80.  These  gentlemen 
all  took  hold  of  the  work  with  such  zeal  and  industry,  every 
one  of  them  actively  participating,  that  each  one  is  entitled 
to  his  share  of  the  editorial  credit  as  fully  as  the  Editor. 
Howard  Comfort,  who  had  been  very  active  in  obtaining 
materials  in  1877-8,  acted  as  Assistant  or  Vice-Editor,  and 
John  C.  Winston  as  Secretary,  while  Allen  C.  Thomas  wrote 
up  the  Librarj^  and  Charles  H.  Burr,  Jr.,  Athletic  Sports.  To 
each  of  the  others  was  assigned  a  period  in  the  narrative — 
the  Editor,  an  Introduction  and  the  first  three  years  of  the 
History;  Dr.  Hartshorne,  the  period  from  1834  to  '39;  Dr. 
Levick,  1839  to  '46;  Richard  Wood,  '40  to  '52;  James  Wood, 
'52  to  '5(5;  Henry  T.  Coates,  '50  to  '00;  Charles  Roberts, 
'60  to  '04;  Francis  B.  Gummere, '64  to  '72;  Seth  K.  Gif- 
ford,  '72  to  '70  ;  John  C.  Winston,  '70  to  '81 ;  and  George 
A^iux,  Jr.,  '81  to  '90.  James  Wood  also  undertook  an  in- 
troductory chapter  on  Education  in  the  Society  of  Friends 


IIISTMKY    OK    Tlll>    IIISlnKY.  » 

prior  to  the  fouiulini;  of  Utiverfoitl.  \\  r  uri-  furtlu-r  in- 
del)to(i  to  inaiiy  jitrsons  outside  of  the  eoiiiinittci*  for  valu- 
able materials,  and,  especially,  to  I'lvsident  Sharpless  for 
a  statement  of  iht-  present  condition  of  the  College,  and 
to  Professor  \V.  S.  llall  for  a  History  of  the  Scientitie  \U- 
partments,  which  latter  has  heen  incorporated,  like  iho 
paper  on  Athletic  iSports  by  Charles  11.  Burr,  Jr.,  and  one 
hy  Howard  Comfort  on  the  Alumni  Assoeiation,  in  the 
general  lumative.  Professor  Hall  also  supjdied  the  de- 
scrij)tion  of  the  .Mu<rinii  and  Apparatus.  .Inhii  <  i.  IJul- 
lock,  of  the  class  of  71.  kindly  and  most  ctliciently  un- 
dertook the  illustration  of  the  hook,  and  I'orter  <V:  Coutes 
it«  gratuitous  publication.  Acknowledgments  are  du«*  to 
Marriott  C.  Morris,  class  of  "s"),  and  t<>  I'ranklin  U.  Kirk- 
bride,  class  of  'so,  for  photographs,  and  to  .lohn  Thomson 
for  compilation  of  tin*  Index. 

This  description  of  the  allotment  of  the  labt)r  will  be 
found  necessary  to  account  for  the  singular  diversity  of 
style,  treatment  and  length  of  the  ditterent  chapters,  which, 
while  constituting  a  defect  insei)arable  from  the  plan 
adopted,  may  also  lay  claim  to  the  merit  of  alfonling  a 
pleasing  variety  in  the  writing.  At  the  sanu'  time,  the 
Editor  having  necessarily  been  given  a  rartr  blanche  to 
modify  the  papers  submitted,  it  may  be  that  their  style  has 
been  marred  in  the  e<liting,  and  cannot  fairly  be  attributed 
entirely  to  the  imputed  authors.  Hut  while  that  function- 
ary has  endeavored  to  a  certain  extent  to  minimize  the 
diversity  of  style  and  to  harmonize  the  whole,  it  must  U' 
candi«lly  admitte<l  that  it  was  found  a  very  difticult  if  not 
an  impossible  task.  Omissions  had  to  be  supplie<i,  exces- 
sive notices  of  prominent  characters  cut  down,  «)verlap- 
pings,  and    in   some  cases   errors,  corrected  :   short   pa|K*rs 


8  HISTOUY    (»K    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

lengthened  and  long  papers  shortened,  on  liis  Procrustean 
bed.  Of  course,  there  are  inequalities  that  cannot  be 
smoothed  out  by  editing — some  writers  viewing  the  subject 
from  one  point  of  view,  and  some  from  another;  one  being 
statistical,  another  sentimental;  one  jovial,  another  grave; 
one  redundant  and  another  brief.  It  could  not  be  otlier- 
wise  than  that  a  "  crazy-quilt  '  book  thus  patched  together 
must  somewhat  lack  homogeneity.  For  this,  and  whatever 
other  defects  may  be  discovered,  and  the  many  which  we 
hope  may  be  undiscovered,  we  can  only  crave  the  indul- 
gence of  our  readers.  The  narrative  covers  but  sixty  years ; 
but  they  were  years  of  struggle  and  development  that  may 
not  be  surpassed  in  interest  by  any  which  follow  them. 

Philip  C.  Garrett,  Editor. 


PROFM. 

MiN  wilt)  liivi-  tlu'ir  IIoraiT  all  kimw,  Ky  lu-art,  the 
seventh  ode  of  tlie  fourth  l»o<)k  ;  and  every  odl*  loves  Ijis 
Horace  who  lias  stmlied  it  under  President  Chase,  So  that 
when  your  old  Ilaverfordian  glanee.s  at  the  latest  eataloj^ue 
and  meets  so  many  names  unknown  or  unexpected,  it  is 
inevitable  that  he  npeat  certain  lines  of  the  j>oet  who  has 
made  melaiuholy  a  luxury: 

Daaina  taiiit'ii  ifliTi*«  rt- parent  la-leslia  liinu' ; 

Nos,  iilii  ilccidimus 
(/uo  pater  .KneuA,  <|Uo  ilives  Tiilliis  et  Ancus, 

I'lilvis  et  iinilira  MimiiM. 

U  e  who  nearly  sixteen  years  aj^o  looked  with  awe  at  the 
names  of  gradujites  in  the  catalojj;ue,  simple  Freshmen  as 
we  were — we  who  felt  *' the  desire  of  a  moth  for  a  star" 
when  we  saw  great  King  and  his  fellows  of  •'•O  carry  oil 
their  green-ribboned  diplonni — we  too  are  gone  down  where 
father  .Kneas  an<l  the  happy  Tullus  l>ide — we  too  are  dust 
and  shadow  ;  while  your  Charter  Schools  an<l  your  (iramnnir 
Schools  in  their  swift  cycles  more  than  repair  the  losses  of 
the  heavens  where  we  shone. 

It  seems  impertinent  for  us  to  speak  to  tin-  fnsh  and 
ruddy  life  at  our  old  college,  we  whose  cheeks  wear  a  Styg- 
ian hue.  We  are  now  nigh  three  lustres  gone  in  gradua- 
tion. What  do  these  youngsters  want  with  voices  from  the 
tomb?  Shall  we  sing  them  of  Klysian  fields?  They  will 
curl  the  lip  at  old  I)<)rian  men,  degenerate  enough  not  to 
have  mowed  off  the  asphodel  and  starte*!  a  cricket-crease. 

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10  HISTOKV    OF    HAVEItFORD    COLLEGK. 

Nay,  is  not  tlie  name  "Dorian"  itself  pulvis  et  umbra f  Let 
us  rather  keep  a  gliostly  silence,  save  for  the  chance  Odys- 
seus who  may  dig  the  trench  and  pour  the  blood  and  bid 
us  unseal  our  lips. 

Odysseus,  meanwhile,  does  come.  But  our  words  can  be 
of  the  past  alone — of  those  days  "  when  the  consuls  wore 
long  beards;"  when  we  called  ourselves  boys,  and  Ardmore 
was  Athensville;  when  Litzenberg's  was  the  Pillars  of 
Hercules,  the  city  a  Fortunate  Island,  and  even  Wiiitehall 
a  furtive  and  perilous  pleasure,  a  place,  so  the  sages  among 
us  said,  where  they  put  a  dash  of  sherry  in  your  oyster- 
stew,  though  others  averred  it  was  but  some  cunning  spice; 
— we  have  no  skill  to  sing  save  of  that  remote  time.  What 
else  could  we  sing? 

We  know  not  your  Haverford  of  to-day ;  a  new  observa- 
tory, you  tell  us;  new  gate-posts  "of  massive  granite," 
cushions  in  the  meeting-house,  " four  colored  men"  in  the 
dining-room — 0  our  Sabine  homeliness  amid  these  Persian 
trappings!  Two  years  ago,  at  the  Great  Feast,^  we  heard  a 
brother  cry:  "Away  with  these  signs  of  caterers  and  such 
un-Roman  luxury  (truly,  this  was  after  he  had  put  aside 
the  desire  of  meat  or  drink),  and  give  me  a  half-hour  of  Jo 
and  Amos  and  Shanghai!" 

Yes,  we  cling  to  the  old  ways,  as  the  prophet  Jeremias 
bids  us.  And  why,  pray,  should  not  Haverford  boys 
glorify  the  past  and  make  really  classic  those  scenes  and 
those  days  when  they  tasted  the  best  that  life  can  give? 
Why  should  not  some  "scholar-gypsy"  haunt  for  us  the 
slopes  that  stretch  westward  from  the  old  road  and  the 
meadow?  Whv  should  not  Black  Rocks  and  the  brawling 
current  of  Mill  Creek  become  for  us  Homeric?     "Some  of 


^  See  tlie  collation  at  tlie  jiil)ilee  in  1SS3. 


I'ROENf.  11 

the  expressions  (in  Clouj^li's  ilt'li»ihtful  I'pic)  come  back  now 
to  my  I'iir  with  the  truf  Homoric  rin;;,"  says  Ain«»l<l  in 
grait'ful  tril»utt'  to  the  gt-nius  of  liis  friend;  and  he  j^'ivtsas 

instance    tlie  lines:   "  I)an<;erons  Corricvreckan 

Wlitrt'  roads  are  unknown  to  Locli  Nevish."  Sometliing 
of  this  Homeric  rin*;,  as  of  an  iinsunj;  epic.  huMnt<  the  <dtl 
I  lavt'rfordian's  car  when  the  familiar  nanus  cctnu*  hack  to 
him.  Tluit  little  stream  now,  whicli  ri.scs  north  of  the  old 
railroad  embankment,  winds  through  the  narrow  arch, 
sU)wly  fills  up  the  skatin<;-j)ond.  and  then  slips  away 
throu«;h  the  wood  autl  meadows  to  the  south,  where  they 
call  it  I'ont-Kca«ling,  vex  it  with  dams,  ami  now  and  then 
find  a  cat-tish  in  it — is  it  too  tiny  for  the  muse? 

Then  the  heroes  and  deeds  of  the  consulshi|»  of  IMancus, 
iiow  fast  they  are  fatlin«;  into  the  realm  of  myth,  how  well 
they  deserve  a  pious  singer!  Where  are  the  errant  cats 
th.it  haunted  th(>  .skirts  of  the  grove,  and  prowled,  not  un- 
wary of  hoarse  cry  and  cadent  brick,  even  to  the  edge  of 
the  "area?  " 

We  could  sing  a  little  Iliad  of  a  fence  which  the  .Nhm- 
agers  once  built  about  that  gruesome  brown  box  called  the 
railroad  station,  and  of  the  gate,  l)eyond  whieh  no  under- 
graduate was  to  set  iiis  foot.  For  in  the  dead  of  night  pro- 
fane hands  wrenched  that  gate  from  its  well-oiled  hinges 
and  heaved  it  on  a  passing  freight  train.  Whither  did  the 
fates  whirl  thee,  O  gate?  Now.  fence  and  station  and  the 
tirm  rails  themselves  are  all  vanished  from  the  spot;  hut 
the  Mickics  of  Kilkenny  still  filch  chestnuts  from  the  great 
tree  luird  by,  just  as  they  did  of  yore;  for,  lo,  these  things 
abide  alway. 

We  could  sing,  too,  an  ()dyssey  «»f  the  wanderings,  bil)a- 
cious  or  amatory,  of  thee,  great  Rooty  of  the  stately  lie — lie 
that  not  four  nor  four  times  "four  colored  men  "  could  con- 


12  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORI)    VOU.VME. 

coct  in  these  degenerate  days!  Thee,  too,  Joseph,  brother 
of  Rooty — we  mind  tliee  too.  Oxford  bore  thee — Oxford  in 
pleasant  Chester  vales — and  there  some  goil  liad  given  thee 
that  grace  that  neither  wasp  nor  hornet,  nor  whatsoever 
l>oareth  and  useth  a  sting,  could  work  thee  woe — a  grace 
that  made  thee  glad  in  the  mowing-field.  Where,  too,  is 
Boll?  Alas,  men  tell  tliat  he  was  lured  away  of  Bacchus, 
and  sought  the  vines  of  far  California,  deserting  his  kin; 
but  all  these  things  lie  upon  the  knees  of  the  gods. 

You,  too,  Haverfordians  that  are,  will  you  not  sing  the 
places  and  the  heroes  of  to-day?  Never  mind  the  essays 
on  morals  and  history  and  philosophy — the  sad,  bad  world 
is  full  of  them;  they  strew  our  path  liki-  burs — but  chant 
us  the  scrapes  and  the  pranks  of  your  mighty  ones.  And 
then  in  turn  some  boy  of  us  will  emerge,  Orpheus-like,  from 
the  Hades  of  graduation,  dragging  his  Eurydice  of  recol- 
lection after  him,  and  he  will  sing  you  legends  of  the  dim 
past;  of  the  days  when  we  had  "bounds"  and  "deductions" 
and  (in  senior  year)  a  daily  lunch  of  pie;  of  the  days  M'hen 
Congdon  batted  and  Rose  bowled,  and  King  took  great 
"extras"  in  "private."' 

Such  names  and  such  deeds  will  he  sing  you,  till  you 
shall  confess  that  your  noontide  was  not  without  a  flaming 
East  to  herald  your  splendor,  till  you  shall  look  not  all  in 
scorn  upon  the  men  who  came  before  you,  and  \vlio  labored 
in  the  vineyard  when  the  laborers  were  few. 

F.  B.  G.,  of  72, 
In  fJte  Haverfordian  for  1885-1886. 

'  The  written  exaniiiialion  was  so  called  to  distinguish  it  I'roiu  tlie  old 
jMil)lic  and  oral  e.xaiiii nations.  F'or  a  while  tlie  custom  i)revailed  of  giving 
extra  marks,  so  that  with  100  for  perfect,  a  mark  like  102  or  104  was  now  and 
then  obtained  in  a  given  subject.  This  was  the  case  about  1869,  and  jjrobably 
for  twenty  years  previous  to  that  dale. 


CONTKNTS. 

I-AIIK 

UlSTnKV  nK  Till-    Ill~l<'KY 5 

I'ltt.KM '.' 

1.  IxTic«)i>ucniuv— Knviumn.mkxt 17 

II.  Eut'CATUiN  IX  TiiK  S<»ciFrry  »>k  Kuikxio.  30 

III.  Okxj^is,  1S30  t..  1S33                                                .  M 

IV.  Eaki.y  Days,  1s:Wti.  is:{y \W 

V.  A  Stiium  .\i'nto.\ciiF»,  lvS39  r«i  1S4«> i:U 

VI.    DVKKWIIKI.MKIi  HY   DiSASTKU,  1S46  To   lSj"»  IGO 

VII.  TiiK  Fl.<M.|lSL•«.sll.^>.  ls4,s  I.)  1S.V2 \^^ 

VIII.  TiiK  L«m;axiax,  fkum  thk  Rkoi'knim;  t<>  ISAl  "Jl  I 

IX.  Cilti>WTII  IIP  THK  Cm.l.KiJK   Il>KA,  1S52t«>  1S5(>  .     .  -\] 

X.  BKCDMra  A  Coi.i.w;!.:,  1856  TO  18t)0 2(>1 

XI.  (.ivii.  Wak  Pkkioi.,  1K60TO  1864 --'95 

XII.  G«»VKKXMKXT  AT  Aum's  LKXtiTII,  1864  Ti>  isTl.'  .  327 

XIII.  (JoVKItXMKXT  l»V  TIIK  pACri.TY",  1H7'J  T«>  1S76     .  3S6 

XIV.  Bauci.ay  Hai.i.Biii.t,  1876  TO  1881 41h 

XV.  .<kmi-Ckxtkxxiai.,  18S1  to  18S4 458 

XVI.  Hki;ixxix<;  okSkcoxp  IIai.k-Ckxtlky,  1S84  TO  1SH7  .    .  41H5 
.WII.  .\  Visit  kkom  Rkpuiu.icax  Royalty— Fdhtiikii  Gkmwtii 

— C'liAsK  Ham.  ami  W<m>i>sii>k  CoTTA(iK,  1887  to  IS90   .  Aos 

.>CVni.   SoCICTIES — Co|.|.K.«iK   PaI'KKS  — LlllUAKY    AXI»   MfSKl.M    Col.- 

i.K.i-rioxs 594 

MX.  II  vvKitKoitii  AT  Sixty  6:{6 


APPHNOIX. 

Li.>»T  OK  SrrnKXT*  •'>'>5 

MKMBKRa  op  TIIK  Faculty  •'>"*«^ 

OkKICKK."*  AXK  MAXA<;Klf* ^^ 

OFFICKHS  OK  TIIK  .\l.l'MSI  A!**«)CIATION  693 

<)U  VTolt"',   P.>»:r»    VNI>  iMll/.K  WiNNKUS.  ''M 

(18) 


IJST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Tilt  whole-pagi"  ilhistraiions  are  indicated  thus  * 

I'AtiE 

Alumni  Ilall^ 261 

Arcli,  Ruined,  of  the  Old  Greenhouse  .            184 

Barclay  Hall' 418 

Entrance 470 

Student's  Room  in 573 

Bridge  over  the  Old  Railroad  Hed 198 

Bryn  Mawr  College,  Tavlor  Hall         451 

Buck   Tavern Ill 

Burial  Ground,  Haverford 271 

Carpenter  Shop,  The,  1S3S       125 

Castle  Br'th,  Llewellyn's  House 21 

Castner's  (Whilehall)*       137 

Chase  Hall 568 

Childs,  George  W.,  Residence  of  (Wootlon) 639 

Classical  Recitation-room 343 

College  Lawn,  View  on,  near  old  Railroad  Station      586 

Cremation,  The  La«t 556 

Cricket  Creitse,  The*    .    . 339 

Drive,  Scene  on  the* 205 

Fishing-pool  on  Mill  Creek 286 

Founders'  Hall* ...                327 

Circle  in  front  of 431 

Stone  Steps  on  Terrace          280 

Student's  Bedroom  in 114 

Gateway,  Stone,  at  Knt ranee— Lancaster  Turnpike*       474 

General  Wayne  Tavern 213 

Grammar  School,  Haverford 492 

(ireenhouse.  Ruined  Arch  of  the  Old 184 

Gulf  Road,  Scene  on  the 562 

Guniniere  (Prof.),  F.  B.,  Residence  of      649 

Hall,  Alumni* 261 

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LIST    (»K    ILI.rSTRATloNS.  15 

I'AUK 

Hall,  Barelav*             .  4 IS 

Hull,  Chase :»GH 

Hall,  Circle  in  front  ><(  KiMin<lcp<'  .  431 

Hall.  Founders'*  i'.JT 

Hall,  Taylor— Hryn  Miiwr  <  <>iu-i;«' .    .    .  I')l 

Harriton,  Kfsiilciue  of  CliarU>s  TlioniMiii                                                   .  '.'14 

Haverford  Burial  (irouml  '21  \ 

Haverfoni  ('olle>;e  in  1S33*  ...  rwi 

Haverftinl  Collf>?e  in  IMX* 1>»'» 

Haverford  (ininimar  Si-hool     .        .  A\>'2 

Haverford  Meetinjj  House*  ...  4«)0 

Library,  Interior  of  tlie* lilS 

I.jini-a8(er  Turnpike — Stone  •  Jaleway  at  Kntramv*  .    .       174 

Llewellyn's  House  (Castle  Br'th) "Jl 

Maple  -\venut' .►*><• 

Meeting  House,  Haverfonl*    .  4«>0 

Meeting  House,  ()M   Merion  'J^i 

•Mill  Creek,  Fisliin^-p«K)l  on  *»">♦» 
Old  Building  near  .....  114 
Scene  on   .        .    .                                                                                    .        7'.» 

Obeervatories,  The  2.VJ 

Old  Merion  Meeting  House  '.M> 

One  of  the  Shady   Haunts  of  the  Miidenis  1»><> 

I'ai)er  Mill— Oldest  in  I'enn<iylvania  .  I.il 

Penn  Itoundary  Sione 17 

portrait:   Brown,   Moses    ....  4.') 

Chase  (Pn.f  i.  Pliny  F:arle*  .VJ6 

Chase  (Prettident),  Thomas*  .')7f) 

Co|>e,   Thonia.s   P.  Si] 

Farnum,  John  AlVt 

Fothergill,  Dr.  John                                                         .  3H 
Gri.Hi-om,  John                                                                                        .         ol 

GumnuTc,  John  It'3 

(tummere    (I'resident),  Samuel  .1.  3".it'> 

Harlan,  Jo«eph  (i.*    .    .    .    .  ■J4.'> 

Harris  (Pn.f.i,  J.  Kendel*  .'.'24 

Hillet.  Samuel ''5 

Howlan«l,  <t»Hiri;r  177 

Jone«,  Jactih  P.*  '"^ 


16  LIST   OF    ILLUSTRATIONS. 

I'AGK 

Portrait:    Kiiiiber,  Thomas,  Jr 305 

Murray,  Lindley 42 

Scull,  David,  Sr* 41>6 

Sliarpless  (President),  Isaac* 5:>U 

Smith,  Daniel  B* 63 

Swift,  Dr.  Paul* 317 

Yarnall,  Charles 43S 

(^uadrai)gle,  The 386 

Radnor,  St.  David's — the  Church 34 

Recitation-room,  Classical 343 

Residence  of  Childs,  George  W.  (Wootton) 639 

Gummere  (Prof.j,  F.  B 649 

Sharpless  (President) 406 

Thomas  (Prof),  Allen  C 612 

Revolutionary  Powder  Mill,  near  Wynnewood    . ]o9 

Saint  David's,  Radnor — the  Church 34 

Serpentine,  The 240 

Sharpless  (President),  Residence  of 406 

Skating  Pond 646 

Steps,  Stone,  on  Terrace,  Founders'  Hall  .    .                ....  2S0 

Student's  Bedroom  in  Founders' Hall 114 

Student's  Room  in  Barclay  Hall 573 

Tavern,  Buck Ill 

Tavern,  General  Wayne 213 

Taylor  Hall— Bryn  Mawr  College 451 

Telescope,  Equatorial* 4'.i0 

Thomas  (Prof.),  Allen  C,  Residence  of 612 

Thomson,  Charles,  Residence  of,  Harriton 214 

Whitehall,  Castner-s* 137 

Wootton,  Residence  of  George  W.  Childs 639 

Wynnewood,  Revolutionary  Powder  Mill,  near 159 

Yarnall's,  EUis,  Cottage* 2!)5 


(  iiAi'Ti:!:  I. 
INTROni  'CTORV— !:N\'IR(  )Nmi:nt. 

Williii)  the  latul  of  IViiii, 
The  sectary  yielded  to  the  citizen, 
Aiul  j»eacefiil  dwelt  the  iiiany-c-reedetl  men.— WiiirriKit 


>TeJ 


PKNN  |if)l'NI).\RY-ST<>NK. 

Befork  entering  on  tin-  liistorv  piopor,  which  it  is  tlio 
immediate  purpose  of  tliese  pages  to  narrate,  it  may  not  be 
unprolitahle  to  revert  to  tlie  surroundings  of  tlie  institution 
to  wliich  tliey  refer,  and  form  some  conee|>tiou  of  tlie  ante- 
natal influences  that  bear  upon  our  history,  as  well  as,  by 
comparison,  of  the  contrast  between  the  state  of  things  over 
half  a  century  ago  and  in  the  Year  of  ( irace  1890,  when  this 
narrative  is  made. 

The  Commonwealth  of  r»nn,  the  scene  of  his  "  holy  ex- 
periment,' and  the  city  of  Penn,  named  by  him  Philnhlphia 
Brotherly  Love,  in  witness  of  the  same  experiment,  were  most 
potent  factors  in  the  evolution  of  the  America  of  the  Nin«- 

2  (17) 


18  llISTOi;V    OF    IIAVKIUOKD    COLLEGE. 

teeiilli  Century.  Jiidecd,  llicy  may  be  said  to  be,  if  not  the 
corner-stone,  at  least  one  of  tlie  chief  corner-stones  of  that 
Temple  of  LilnTty.  "The  Kdinljoro'  of  America,"'  founded 
early  in  the  seventeenth  century  on  Massachusetts  Bay,  has 
frequently  been  credited  with  most  that  is  fundamental,  in- 
tellectually, in  this  country;  and  that  she  holds  a  prominent 
place  in  literary,  if  not  in  all  intellectual  things,  cannot  be 
denied.  But  there  was  too  much  that  was  combative  and 
destructive  in  the  early  composition  of  that  heroic  little 
colony,  too  much  that  was  stern  and  unbending  in  politics, 
too  much  that  was  selfish,  bigoted  and  persecuting  in  re- 
ligion, to  make  the  best  material  for  the  highest  type  of  a 
free  Republic.  Democratic  liberty  must  not  be  liberty  to 
a  class  or  to  a  sect,  and  subservience  of  all  other  classes, 
sects  and  opinions,  but  liberty  to  all  alike.  It  must  even 
include  Quakers  and  aborigines.  This  was  hard  to  tiie 
Massachusetts  mind.  She  hung  the  Quaker,  and  was  at 
constant  warfare  witli  the  Indian  until  he  was  exterminated 
from  her  borders.  The  peaceable  teaching  of  Christ,  in 
her  opinion,  did  not  apply  to  heretics  and  heathen.  It  was 
otherwise  with  the  followers  of  Penn,  who,  even  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  announced  those  views  of  civil  and 
religious  liberty,  which,  in  the  nineteenth,  the  descendants 
of  the  Pilgrims  of  Plymouth  Kock  are  fain  to  accept. 

C.  F.  Richardson,  in  his  book  on  American  Literature, 
devoted  many  pages  to  the  early  histor}''  of  the  Puritan 
colony  and  its  paramount  influence  on  the  life  of  the  nation, 
literary,  jiolitical  and  religious,  while  he  gives  scant  credit 
to  the  colony  of  Penn.  He  says  briefly  of  it :  "  When  the 
Friends  fell  into  a  minority  they  were  still  potent,  but  their 
range  of  ambition  was  more  limited  than  that  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Puritans  ;"  while,  in  the  course  of  his  dissertation 


INTKonUCToKY. — K.W  IK<  (NM  INT.  1!» 

Oil  the  latter,  he  makes  this  reinarkahle assertion  :  "  l'er>uiial 
liherty,  in  |iolitics  aixl  religion,  was,  of  course,  not  ^enerully 
secured  in  the  American  colonies  at  first."  It  was,  however, 
secureil  in  the  province  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  first,  hefore 
theenil  of  the  seventeenth  eentury  ;  and  "  to  the  everlasting 
honor  of  the  (^nakers  he  it  reconled,  the  first  of  her  laws  was 
'  eoncerninj^  liherty  of  eonseienee.'  "  *'  To  the  resolution  and 
stronjj  will  of  the  (Quakers,"  a  writer  has  said,  "  we  oWe  one 
of  the  «;reatest  of  onr  ri«;hts,  freedom  of  conscience,  without 
which  civil  liherty  is  a  name."  The  underlying  idea  of 
(Quakerism  is  "a  spiritual  democracy;"  and  there  is  little 
reason  to  douht  that  '•  the  Constitution  of  Pennsylvania 
served  largely  as  a  model  for  that  of  the  great  l{ej)uhlic, 
which  was  huilt  and  launched  in  its  metropolis,  then  the 
largest  city  on  the  continent."  Ilaverford  College  was 
within  ten  miles  of  this  metropolis.  It  was  on  the  edge  of 
the  celehrated  W'elsli  tract,  and  that  portion  of  it,  the  trans- 
ference of  which  to  I)elaware  (then  Chester)  County  was 
regarded  hy  our  Cymric  ancestors  with  such  famous  indig- 
nation. 

These  worthy  people  had  emigrated  to  tlu-  New  \\'(»rld 
with  the  desire  to  live  (piietly  apart  from  the  people  arttund 
them.  (Jovernor  Penn,  the  Proprietary,  had  given  them 
reason  to  expect  their  wishes  would  he  gratified.  In  a  letter 
of  instructions  to  the  Surveyor-(  Jeneral,  he  directed  that  the 
Welsh  tract  should  he  laid  out  in  accordance  with  the 
understanding  with  him — i.e.,  contiguously  as  one  harony, 
the  intention  of  the  Welsh  settlers  being  to  conduct  their 
own  afl'airs  separately  from  the  rest  of  the  colony,  and  in 
own  language,  a."  a  county  palatine.  Tiinpt«<l  hy  the 
prospect  of  peace  and  4uietness  in  the  new  land,  the  settlers 
swarmed  over  from  Haverfonl  West  and  Brvn  Mawr,  from 


20  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFORD    COLLEGE. 

Peinljroke,  Monmouth,  ( Jlaiiiorgaii,  Montgomery,  Kadnor 
and  Merioneth  shires,  and  for  a  while  dwelt  in  peace.  During 
tiie  sad  days  of  financial  distress  which  darkened  Penn's 
■declining'  years,  however,  he  wrote  to  his  agents  to  be 
vigorous  in  the  collection  of  quit-rents;  whereupon,  in  their 
•y>eal,  the  rents  w'ere  assessed  upon  the  whole  forty  thousand 
acres,  heretofore  exem})t;  and,  in  spite  of  the  original  as- 
surance of  the  Proprietary  hiiiLself,  a  line  was  run  between 
Philadeli)hia  and  Chester  counties,  which  divided  the 
Welsh  tract  in  two  parts.  A  pathetic  appeal  was  made 
from  what  they,  at  least,  regarded  as  a  grave  act  of  injustice. 
"  Being  descended,"  says  this  appeal,  "  of  the  antient  Britons, 
who  always  in  the  land  of  our  Nativity,  under  the  Crown  of 
England,  have  enjoyed  that  liberty  and  priviledge  as  to  have 
our  bounds  and  limits  by  ourselves,  within  which  all 
Causes,  Quarrels,  crimes  and  tithes  were  tryed  and  wholly 
determined  by  Officers,  Magistrates  and  Juries  of  our  own 
language."  Their  spirited  claim  did  not  avail,  and  the 
reservation  was  thrown  open  for  settlement  by  others. 
Doubtless  it  seemed  to  them  an  act  of  glaring  wrong,  and 
seriously  marred  their  pleasant  pictures  ;  but  it  is  a  striking, 
commentary  on  tlie  obliterations  wrought  by  time  that 
these  ancient  Britons  are  now  completely  merged,  and  all 
lines  between  them  and  their  English-speaking  neighbors 
have  vanished,  no  distinction  remaining  save  the  old 
^\'elsh  names.  The  early  dissensions  probably  account  for 
the  quiet  obscurity  of  the  annals  of  this  part  of  the  colony, 
of  which  we  hear  little,  and  the  Welsh  settlers  were  not, 
perhaps,  much  in  accord  with  William  Penn. 

They  were  a  generous  people.  "  If  a  newly  arrived  emi- 
grant," says  Dr.  Smith  in  his  history  of  Delaware  County, 
"  or  a  poor  Friend  stood  in  need  of  a  house,  it  was  built  for 


INTUODUCTOUY. —  KNX  1 1;«  >\M  lAT. 


21 


liiiii;  t»l"  a  ploiii^li  uv  a  row,  In-  was  jnovitKMl  with  one." 
llavtitnni  Monthly  Meeting  coiitriliutt-d  t(j(>  lis.  ll«l.  in 
li'»t>7  to  nliovo  the  <listress  of  the  people  of  New  Kn^lami, 
caused  by  the  inroads  of  Indians.  Not  oidy  the  rt'li^Mous, 
but  also  secular  atlaiis  of  the  townships  appear  to  have 
l>een  conducted,  in  those  primitive  times,  by  the  Meeting;. 
( >ne  of  their  minutes,  in  1  «"»'.•:),  onK-rcd  that  the  inliabitants 
of  tlie  townships  of  lIaverfor<l   and    Ka<lnor   "slmuld    pay 


l.l.KWKLI.YNs  llurSK  iC.^STLE  lilt'Tlli. 


one  shilling;  towards  ye  taking  of  wolves.''  The  old  mile- 
stones, the  Merion  Meeting  House  and  tiie  Llewellyn  farm- 
liouse,  were  standing  in  recent  years — the  latter,  an  object  of 
admiration  for  its  <|uaint  a|)pearance  and  its  snnill,  heavily 
leaded  window-panes,  being  where  William  I*enn  was  se«'n 
in  prayer,  the  Llewellyn  Castle  Hr'tii.  A  rock  is  also 
shown  where  the  great  proprietor  is  said    to  have  dined; 


22  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKin'OKD    COLLEGE. 

but  lew  distinguishable  traces  now  remain  of  those  earlier 
days  of  the  colony. 

American  history  is  thick  in  the  vicinity.  The  revolu- 
tionary battle-fields  of  Brandywine  and  Germantown,  the 
scene  of  the  Paoli  massacre,  and  the  famous  winter  en- 
campment at  Valley  Forge,  during  the  dark  days  of  the 
Revolution,  are  all  near  at  hand.  The  independence  of  the 
mother  country  was  declared  and  proclaimed  from  the 
State  House  steps  in  Philadelphia  on  the  Fourth  of  July, 
1776.  In  Philadelphia,  also,  the  Continental  Congress  sat 
and  "imbibed  the  great  principles  of  toleration  from  the 
atmosphere  of  William  Penn." 

The  influences  that  surrounded  the  cradle  of  the  Repub- 
lic are  those  that  surround  Haverford  College.  The  birth- 
place of  Benjamin  West,  President  of  the  Royal  Academy — 
so  pronounced  a  Republican  that  he  declined  the  honor  of 
knighthood  proffered  by  the  king — has  been  a  favorite 
resort  of  the  students,  being  in  the  same  county  and 
easily  reached  in  an  afternoon  walk.  Had  the  college 
existed  in  his  boyhood,  some  of  his  letters,  preserved  in  the 
collection  at  Independence  Hall,  would,  perhaps,  have  been 
more  grammatical.  In  the  adjoining  county  at  Stenton,  the 
country  seat  of  James  Logan,  Penn's  Secretary  of  State,  after- 
ward Governor  of  the  Province,  it  is  believed  the  sextant, 
commonly  called  Hadley's  sextant,  so  important  to  navi- 
gators, was  invented  by  a  man  named  Godfrey.  Logan  was 
a  Friend,  and  founder  of  the  Loganian  Library,  now  a 
branch  of  the  Philadelphia  Library.  The  Haverford  Lo- 
ganian Society  was  named  in  honor  of  him.  In  another 
adjoining  county  (Lancaster)  Robert  Fulton,  the  perfecter 
of  steam  navigation,  was  born.  Here  also  lived  John 
Fitch,  who    laid   claim   to  the   invention   of  the  steamboat, 


INTKOIU'CTORY. —  KN  VIKONMKNT.  23 

ami  wlio  sailcil  one  i>n  the  I)tla\vai»'  Kefore  Fulton's  more 
successful  experiment  on  the  Hudson,  in  lMiila(lel|)hia 
also  was  founded  in  colonial  times,  by  Henjaniiii  I'ranklin 
and  others,  the  American  Philosophieal  Society,  still  j>rom- 
inent  amon^  learned  bodies;  a!id  here,  in  later  days,  the 
Philadelphia  Acadenjy  of  Natural  Sciences  was  also  founded. 
Franklin  here  "  drew  lij;htning  from  the  skies"  anil  made 
his  other  discoveries  in  science.  Here  has  been  ionj;  the 
seat  of  the  great  me<lical  schools  of  the  country,  the  Icjca- 
tion  of  the  United  States  Mint,  the  centre  of  nniltiplied 
manufacturing;  industries,  the  depot  of  the  mines  of  nickel, 
zinc,  iron  and  coal,  the  only  beds  of  true  anthracite  being 
found  in  the  eastern  counties  of  Pennsylvania.  The  val- 
leys of  the  Schuylkill  and  Lehigh  rivers  abound  with 
furnaces,  and  the  former  swarms  with  mills  and  resounds 
with  the  roar  of  myriads  of  s|»indles  and  the  rattle  of 
looms.  The  Flora  Cestriea  of  l)r.  Darlington  reveals  the 
abundance  of  botiinical  resources  in  the  county,  including 
many  plants  important  to  me<lical  science.  Important  dis- 
coveries in  palaeontology  have  been  made  in  the  adjoining 
county  of  Chester,  in  a  basin  near  IMnriiixville,  and  others 
near  ^'ork  ;  and  two  of  the  rarer  monsters  of  tht-  piime — 
Hadrosaurus  Foulkii  and  Laelaps  Aquilunguis — were  dis- 
covered near  the  Delaware  River,  on  the  New  Jersey  side, 
and  the  latter  named  by  Professor  Cope  of  this  college. 
The  whole  State  abounds  in  materials  for  extended  object- 
instruction  ;  and  the  nearness  of  IMiiladel|>hia,  with  its 
libraries,  an<l  the  collections  of  the  Pennsylvania  Histor- 
ical Society,  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and  the 
Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  of  coins  at  the  Mint,  of  relics 
at  Indepen<lence  Hall,  etc.,  has  been  of  value  to  the  nascent 
college,  its  professors  and  students.     It  is  in  some  respects 


24  HISTORY    (»K    irAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

also  a  model  city, for  its  hundreds  of  benevolent  institutions 
of  every  kind,  for  its  unexampled  development  of  tlie  idea 
of  ii  liome  for  working  })eo{)l(',  not  in  tenement  houses,  but 
nearly  every  mechanic  and  laborer  occupying  a  home  of 
his  own ;  for  its  rectangular  streets  and  numerous  parks  or 
city  squares ;  also  for  the  clearness  of  its  air  and  cleanli- 
ness of  its  house-fronts,  due  to  the  almost  entire  absence  of 
bituminous  coal.  At  the  time  of  the  origin  of  our  scliool 
the  predominance  of  the  Quaker  element  in  the  population 
had  long  ceased,  and  it  constituted  probably  less  than  one- 
tenth  of  the  whole,  yet  its  influence  survived  in  a  certain 
sobriety,  an  absence  of  ambition  and  pretence,  and  a  con- 
tempt for  the  purely  {esthetic,  which  have  caused  the  city 
to  be  described,  very  unjustly,  as  ''  The  Paradise  of  Medi- 
ocrity." 

The  sixty  years  of  the  existence  of  Haverford  as  a  school 
and  college  have  probably  witnessed  a  greater  development 
in  the  intellectual  life  of  tlie  civilized  world  than  any  like 
period  preceding  it.  It  has  been  a  half-century  filled  with 
instances  of  amazing  progress  in  science,  art,  literature, 
commerce  and  invention.  So  abundant  are  these  instances, 
that  to  enumerate  them  would  require  volumes,  instead  of 
the  few  pages  in  which  we  may  here  briefly  advert 
to  them,  and  specialists  would  be  a  necessity  to  recite  the 
achievements  of  every  department  of  thought  and  indus- 
try. To  recall  the  state  of  things  in  1830  is  a  ditticult 
feat,  even  to  the  venerable  survivors  of  that  era.  For  a 
youth  of  the  present  day  to  picture  it  in  his  fancy  would 
imply  a  brilliancy  of  imagination  very  rare.  One  can 
scarcely  realize  the  possibility  of  getting  on  at  all  with  the 
means  and  materials  available  at  that  period  for  everyday 
})urposes.     To  study  by  the  faint  glimmer  of  a  tallow  dip 


INTUODrCTnKY. — KNVlltONMKNT.  25 

ov  tlu'  wluile-oil  liunj>,  u  hitli  was  tlitii  the  hi^ljest  expres- 
sion of  art  for  purposes  of  illuiniiiatioii,  would  tax  tlu'  op- 
tics of  the  presnit  <hiy  heyoinl  the  ronsent  of  oculists.  But 
it  was  only  about  the  time  of  llaverford's  orij;in  that  lij^ht- 
ing-j^as  came  into  use,  the  first  successful  apj)lication  of  gas 
to  this  purpt)se  having  been  iiiiitlc  in  this  (•.)untry  in  1S_M. 
Petroleum  with  its  various  retinements  was  unknown — for 
tile  oil  fever  following  the  finding  of  oil  in  Western  reiui- 
sylvania  was  an  undiscovered  disease — and  the  improved 
Argand  and  other  burners,  which  gave  to  hea<llight  oil 
a  brilliancy  in  the  student  lamp,  rivalling  that  of  gas,  and 
a  softness  and  stea«liness  which  excelled  it,  had  not  been 
invented.  So  great  was  the  doubt  as  to  the  feasibility  of 
safely  distributing  gas  and  lighting  it  that  a  most  dis- 
tinguished citi/en,  a  IMiiladelphia  lawyer,  no  less  a  person, 
in  fact,  tlian  the  great  Horace  Hinney,  denounce*!  its  use  as 
criminal  in  that  it  would  lead  to  endless  conflagrations  and 
explosions.  It  will  appear,  notwithstanding,  from  the  fol- 
lowing history  that  it  was  afterward  introduced  at  I laver- 
ford,  and  has  there  had  its  day.  The  splendors  of  elec- 
tricity as  a  common  ilhnninator  were  then  not  dreamt  of. 
Now  there  are  over  oOO  towns  an<l  cities  lit  i>y  gas,  with  a 
capital  of  fifty  millions  or  more  invested  in  the  plant,  an«l 
no  inconsiderable  amount  is  already  expended  upon  elec- 
trical appliances  for  the  same  purpose. 

Systenis  of  transportation  have  been  revolutionized  more 
than  most  other  things,  and  their  change  affects  njore  than 
many  others  the  experience  of  youths  going  to  an«l  from 
school  or  college.  Tiie  origin  of  our  institution  .saw  the 
days  of  C'onestoga  wagons — tho.so  great  hnnbering  wains 
which  were  then  the  principal  means  of  conveying  merchan- 
tlise  between  the  "  ICast"  and  the  "  West."     It  is  true  the  rail- 


26  inSTORY    OF    HAVEKFOUD    C'OLLEfiE. 

road,  with  all  its  wonderl'ul  possibilities  and  results,  was  then 
springing  into  existence.  15ut  it  was  in  its  earliest  days, 
and  bore  little  resenihlance,  in  point  of  speed,  machinery  or 
roadbed,  to  the  magnificent  iron  higiiway  of  half  a  century 
later,  which  binds  the  Atlantic  to  tiie  Pacific,  and  lias  been 
perhaps  the  principal  means  of  developing  the  3'oung  and 
})lucky  nation  of  the  first  quarter  of  the  nineteenth  century 
into  one  of  the  wealthiest  and  most  powerful  ])eople  on  the 
face  of  the  globe.  The  greatest  of  these  artificial  highways 
in  the  world  ran  by  the  doors  of  Haverford  School,  and  its 
construction  was  begun  about  the  time  of  Flounders'  Hall. 
For  many  years  its  western  terminus  was  on  the  eastern 
l)ank  of  the  Susquehanna  River,  which  was  tlien  prett}'  far 
west,  and  it  was  only  the  Philadelphiaand  Columbia  Railroad. 
Many  of  the  older  students  can  remember  the  red  covered 
bridge,  known  familiarly  as  "  the  Columbia  Railroad  bridge," 
which  spanned  the  Schuylkill  near  Tom  Moore's  cottage,  a 
short  distance  below  the  present  Belmont,  and  the  inclined 
plane  up  which  the  cars  were  drawn  by  means  of  a  station- 
ary engine  at  the  top — in  those  days  regarded  as  a  necessary 
piece  of  engineering.  A  student  still  living  remembers  a 
train  being  precipitated  down  the  plane,  and  one  car 
])lunged  into  tlie  Schuylkill,  with  fatal  results  to  its  occu- 
))ants.  The  rails  were  laid  on  iron  chairs,  which  were  set 
in  cubical  stone  sills;  and  the  tradition  is  that  the  road 
was  made  to  wind  about,  so  as  to  stop  at  the  various  farms 
on  the  road;  the  serpentine  course  of  the  road  was  more 
likely  due  to  an  insufHcient  knowledge  of  the  value  of  a 
straight  line  for  high  speed,  and  of  the  heavy  wear  and  tear 
of  curves,  and  to  an  effort  to  cheai)en  the  cost  of  construc- 
tion by  rounding  hills  and  valleys.  At  first,  the  cars  on 
this  railroad  were  drawn  by  horse-power. 


INTR0I>U<TOltY.  —  KNVIRONMKNT.  27 

Iti  point  of  fact,  tlic  estaljlishim-nt  dI"  Ilaverfoid  Scliool 
was  c'onteiiiporaiH'ous  with  tlit-  ijawii  of  iailr<>adii)ji[. 
J.  L.  Kin^'walt,  in  liis  ''  'I'laiisportation  Systems  of  the 
I'niteil  States,"  says  that  "  WhiK'  the  poriotl  hctweon  1825 
ami  1830  was  j)eeuliarly  inipoiUmt  in  movements  which 
laid  the  j^roundwork  for  pn-parations  for  railway  construc- 
tion, it  can  scarcely  be  said  that  any  lailway  intended  for 
miscellaneous  trallic  was  com|)leted  and  in  successful  opera- 
tion in  the  United  States  before  iNoO.  That  is,  therefore, 
the  year  from  which  the  growth  of  the  American  railway 
system  is  «;encrally  dated."  'V\\v  S\vit(lil»ack  at  Mauch 
Chunk  and  in  ranthn-  ( 'n-ck  \  alley  was  in  use  in  182o, 
but  was  a  jjravity  road,  with  stationary  engines  for  the 
inclined  planes,  as  it  continues  to  be.  indeed,  seventy  years 
later.  The  Darlinj^ton  Railway  in  Kn<;land  was  opened  in 
1820  for  local  trallic,  and  the  Liverpool  aixl  Manchester  in 
1821>.  Our  I'^rieml.  .losiali  White,  who  was  at  one  time  a 
manager  of  Ilaverford,  was  the  leading  engineer  of  the 
Lehigh  region  at  that  jxrioil ;  and  Professor  Silliman  sai«l  in 
18o(i  that  .losiah  White  wrote  in  a  public  document  that  ho 
did  not  think  it  economical  to  run  railway  cars  faster  than 
six  miles  an  hour,  on  account  of  wear  ami  tear.  Thai  was 
one  mile  faster  than  Fulton  ran  his  lii-st  steamboat  on  the 
Hudson.  It  was  not  until  1828,  the  year  after  the  Friends' 
separation  to  which  is  ascribetl  the  origin  of  our  college, 
that  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  passed  an  act  providing 
for  the  construction  of  a  railway,  by  the  State,  from  IMiila- 
delphia  tlirough  Lancaster  to  Columbia,  aixl  thence  t<»  York. 
This  was  the  nucleus  of  tlie  first  of  the  great  trunk  lines, 
the  Penn.sylvania  Kailroa<l,  whose  route,  at  first,  and  for  forty 
years,  lay  between  Foundei-s*  llall  and  Ilaverford  Meeting 
House,  and  past  the  very  door  of  wimt  half  a  century  later 


28  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORI)    C'OLIJXJE. 

is  the  cottage  occupied  by  Ellis  Yarnall.  It  was  only  in 
1829  that  the  first  genuine  locomotive  was  run  in  America, 
on  the  railway  connecting  the  coal  mines  of  Northeastern 
Pennsylvania  with  the  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal.  The 
engine  was  imported  from  England  and  weighed  about 
seven  tons.  The  first  steamship,  the  "Savannah,"  had 
crossed  the  Atlantic  ten  years  earlier,  in  1810,  and  the  most 
rapid  development  of  steamboat  construction,  for  river 
navigation,  had  taken  place  in  the  thirteen  years  preceding 
1830. 

Anthracite  had  not  long  supplanted  hickory  for  fuel. 
John  Biddle,  of  Philadelphia,  a  youth  in  1830,  tried  burn- 
ing it  himself,  and  found  it  was  mereh'  stone  and  would  not 
burn.  He  was  afterward  President  of  the  Locust  Mountain 
Coal  Compan}^  one  of  the  large  miners  of  anthracite.  In 
1825,  the  entire  quantity'  sent  to  the  Philadelphia  market 
was  750,000  bushels,  not  over  10,000  tons. 

Land  in  the  vicinity  of  the  college  was  probably  worth 
from  one-tenth  to  one-twentieth  of  its  present  value.  A 
fortune  of  $100,000  was  what  a  million  would  now  be.  The 
population  of  Philadelphia  was  169,000.  That  of  New  York 
was  about  the  same,  but  she  was  beginning  to  outstrip  the 
rival  city,  which  had,  until  some  ten  3'ears  earlier,  been  the 
recognized  metropolis,  in  the  race  for  commercial  supremacy. 
Of  course,  the  whole  face  of  the  country  was  rural  and 
pastoral,  nor  was  it  then,  nor  for  many  years  after,  dotted 
with  handsome  villas,  now  so  numerous  not  only  thereaway, 
but  for  many  miles  to  the  west  of  Haverford.  The  ideas  of 
Friends  were  much  simpler,  and  their  standards  of  life 
more  modest;  and  ])lainness  in  dress  and  manners,  and  the 
peculiar  garb,  were  rated  much  higher. 

The  natural  sciences  were  comparatively  little  developed, 


INTKUDICTOKY.  —  KNVIROSMKXT.  29 

especially  tln'  kiiowlcdj^e  of  ciieniical  facts,  whicli,  in  tlieir 
application  to  the  iiulustiies,  have  had  so  larj;ea  part  in  the 
(levelopiiK'nt  of  the  country's  wealth.  The  nianufuctures  of 
the  United  States,  which  ie(iuircil  such  lonj;  fostering;  care 
on  the  part  of  the  general  government  to  hring  into  heing, 
in  competition  with  the  estahlished  facilities  of  tli»-  <  >1.1 
W'tultl.  were  vet  in  their  infanev.      Not  onlv  were  the  huii- 


OI,I»  MKitlON  MEKTINCJ  HOUSE. 


dre«ls  of  manufaeturing  in«lnstries  with  which  New  York 
an«l  IMiiladelphia  are  crowded,  and  which  represent  every 
variety  of  product,  then  unhorn,  hut  the  numerous  cities 
wliich  originated  in  some  particular  manufaeture,  such  as 
Lawrence,  Lowell,  Kail  River,  Pullman,  Klgin,  W'altham, 
etc.,  had  not  then  sprung  into  being. 

The  West  was  l>ounde<l  by  the  Missi.ssippi  River  ;  that  was 


30  HISTOKY  OF  HAVERFORD  COLLEGE. 

the  very  far  West.  It  was  hardly  expected  tliat  the  country 
would  ever  extend  farther  than  the  alluvium  of  that  vast 
waterway.  Ohio  was  "  out  west,"  and  the  young  giant  cities 
which  now  threaten  to  overshadow  the  eastern  metropolis 
had  scarcely  shown  their  heads.  The  El  Dorado  of  the 
Pacific  and  the  Rocky  Mountains  were  myths  of  the  future. 
The  railway,  the  reaper  and  mower,  the  sewing  machine, 
have  rendered  settlement,  growth  and  existence  possible  in 
these  virgin  lands  of  the  Occident.  It  was  not  till  twenty 
years  later  that  America  became  the  principal  source  of 
supply  of  the  precious  metals  for  the  world,  and  an  Amer- 
ican watch  was  a  rarer  commodity  than  an  American  book. 
And  how  much  is  implied  in  electricity,  of  electro-plating, 
and  electro-lighting,  and  telegraphing,  and  telephoning,  and 
a  hundred  things  besides  I  It  was  then  a  schoolboy's  curi- 
osity, and  little  more,  and  the  friction  electrical  machine 
was  its  illustration  ;  no  dynamos.  Voltaic  piles  nor  Kuhin- 
korf  coils  had  been  devised.  But  even  the  capacities  of 
the  telescope  in  exploring  toward  the  peripher}'  of  the  uni- 
verse, and  the  microscope  toward  its  centre,  had  not  been 
greatly  evolved,  still  less  those  of  the  spectroscope,  with  its 
marvel  of  records  from  across  the  ocean  of  space. 

We  have  touched  lightly  upon  the  comparatively  infantile 
state  of  things  sixty  years  ago,  and  upon  some  of  the  sur- 
face changes  in  the  land  we  live  in ;  but  it  would  be  unpar- 
donable to  omit  mention  of  the  stupendous  political  event 
to  which  our  national  politics  pointed  at  that  period,  which 
was  consummated  half-way  between  then  and  now,  but 
which  was  then  inconceivable,  for  we  were  in  the  fulfilment 
of  only  the  earlier  portions  of  Joseph  Hoag's  vision' — an 


'  Those  who  have  not  read  tliis  remarkable  vision,  before  the  War  of  tiie 
Rebellion,  can  hardly  appreciate  the  uncanny  impression  its  successive  fulfil- 
ments have  created. 


ISTKohlTTttKY.  —  KNVIKc  >NM  KNT.  31 

event  uliicli  iiivolvf.l  a  social.  |>i»litical  ami  moral  revolution 
in  this  country,  and  wiiieli  was  one  of  the  great  events  in 
the  history  of  the  worlil — that  "  irrepressible  eonlliet  "  whielj 
cost  a  million  lives  and  thousands  of  millions  in  money, 
which  reft  a  continent  in  twain  for  f<»ur  years,  and  set  five 
million  slaves  free  from  their  chains, 

in  1830,  so  deeply  was  the  I'nited  States  Constitution 
foundc<l  in  the  allection  and  conlidence  of  the  living  gener- 
ation that  any  attem})t  at  its  overthrow,  or  menace  to  the 
existence  of  the  Union,  seemed  imjmssihle.  The  anti- 
slavery  discussion  had  Ix'gun,  hut  had  not  attained  national 
dimensions,  nor  caused  much  alarm  cvi'U  to  the  volcanic 
slaveholders.  80  tremendous  have  hecn  the  results,  upon 
the  national  character,  of  the  embittered  political  con- 
troversy, and,  still  more,  of  the  continental  war  that  in 
one  great  convulsion  ttrminatcd  the  controversy,  that  the 
state  of  things  sixty  yt-ars  ago  can  scarcely  he  conceived  a 
ijuarter  of  a  century  after  the  war.  A  civil  war,  of  the 
nnignitude  of  this  one,  does  not  involve  a  country  for  four 
years,  without  a  tremendous  stimulation  of  the  nation's 
activities.  It  rouses  the  whole  nation  from  its  lethargies, 
energi/es  it,  and  especially  broadens  and  eidarges  its  enter- 
prises. A  million  of  tiie  young  men  of  a  nation  cannot  be 
taken  from  the  (|uiet  fields  of  commerce  and  literature  and 
agriculture,  and  plunged  into  the  negation  of  all  law  and  of 
all  moral  restraint,  but  the  law  and  tiie  restraint  of  militarv 
superiors,  without  a  great  enfranchi.sement  i»f  thought,  a 
great  removal  of  limitations,  and  a  lively  (low  of  that 
nation's  blood  into  new  channels,  following  in  the  reaction. 
Such  a  war  leads  to  an  immen.se  croj)  of  murders  and  rob- 
Ijcrics  and  arsons,  but  also  to  a  vigorous  crop  of  new  ideas, 
of  inventions,  of  discoveries  and  magnificent  undertakings. 
In  1S30  the  nation  was  still  in  its  state  of  lethargy. 


32  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKI)    COLLK(;E. 

Another  event  which  had  not  happened  at  that  time  was 
the  gold  fever  wliich  followed  the  discoveries  of  the  precious 
ores  in  California  in  "49.  Planting,  as  it  did,  the  American 
standard  and  an  American  population  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
it  proved  the  forerunner  of  a  new  civilization  and  of  mar- 
vellous expansion  of  the  nation's  growth  clear  across  the 
continent,  3,000  miles,  from  the  Atlantic  Coast  to  the  Pa- 
cific. With  what  rapid  steps  thereupon  followed  the 
awakening  of  Jai)an,  the  steam  navigation  of  the  Pacific, 
the  contact  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  with  the  Spaniard  and  the 
succumbing  of  the  Spanish  conquest  to  the  Anglo-Amer- 
ican, the  girding  of  the  continent  with  zones  of  iron,  the 
irrigation  of  the  deserts,  the  vanishing  of  bisons  and  red 
men  before  the  advancing  horde  of  conquering  Caucasians, 
with  its  inevitable  vanguard  of  border  rufiians  !  And  these, 
following  each  other  with  dizzy  speed,  were  things  un- 
dreamt of  at  the  era  of  which  we  write. 

What  has  resulted  't  It  is  ditiicult  to  define  the  limits  of 
the  influence  of  these  unprecedented  events  upon  human 
development.  Upon  this  nation  it  was  immense.  Not 
only  were  fortunes  built  up  "  beyond  the  wildest  dreams  of 
avarice,"  but  the  paralyzed  half  of  this  continent,  where 
the  barrenness  of  nature  seemed  to  be  in  collusion  with  the 
indolence  of  man  to  render  prosperity  impossible,  has  been 
awakened  from  its  slumber  of  centuries.  The  desert  has 
been  literall}'^  made  to  "  blossom  as  the  rose,''  and  dreary 
and  hopeless  marshes  and  sand-dunes  have  become  in- 
stinct with  life,  and  thronged  with  busy  hives  of  industry. 
The  dull  Mexican,  a  com[)romise  between  Spaniard  and 
Indian,  still  lingers  dazed  in  his  one-story  adobes,  while 
the  bewildering  blaze  of  the  new  American  civilization 
flashes  past  him,  surrounds  him  and  consumes  him.     Mag- 


INTlU)I)U«TnKY. —  I.N  \  I  KoN  M  I:M  .  o3 

niliceiit  land-loiki'd  Imrl^ors,  iK'vir  iK'fuie  utilized,  Imve 
Ijecoiue  busy  witli  steam  propellers  ami  white  with  sails  of 
eoinnieree.  (Jlorious  mountains  and  valleys,  eascatles  and 
lakt'<.  unvisited  save  by  tlu-  foot  of  the  savage  or  the  A/.tec 
and  that  ot  wild  animals,  have  been  converted  into  crowded 
resorts  of  wealthy  seekers  for  health  and  [•lc!i>nrc.  vyiiij,' 
with  the  Alps  of  Switzerland.  And,  more  rcnuirkablc  than 
all.  lands  thou«;ht  eapablu  «)f  yiehlinj;  only  the  j)riekly 
cactus,  or  ecpially  worthless  ve«;etation.  by  the  simple  pro- 
cess of  irri«;at  ion  have  been  transformed  into  productive  plan- 
tations, and  are  supplanting;  Italy  and  .Spain  in  tlitir  rich 
harvests  of  the  orange,  the  olive  and  the  vine.  And  thus, 
within  forty  years,  there  has  arisen,  upon  the  Western  slopes 
of  this  continent,  upon  shores  thitherto  almost  as  mythical 
as  the  cla.ssical  shores  of  the  (Jolden  Fleece,  a  civilization 
as  advanced  as  that  upon  the  Atlantic  Coast,  a  Pacific 
metropolis  more  populous,  and  busier,  and  more  prosperous, 
than  any  found  along  the  Atlantic  forty  years  before  the 
discovery  of  gold,  a  new  intercourse  with  the  great  nations 
of  Eastern  Asia,  that  is  coloring  with  new  light  the  thought 
of  both  hemispheres,  fresli  paths  for  commerce  over  the 
Pacific  seas,  and  all  this  carrying  the  centre  of  population 
and  influence  far  toward  the  setting  sun. 

Nor,  turning  our  eyes  to  Kuroj»e,  was  Italy  nnitieil.  nor 
the  thirty  States  of  Germany  consolidated  under  the 
llohenzollerns  into  the  powerful  (ierman  Umpire;  an<l 
France,  our  ancient  ally,  renniined  a  monarchy.  The  rev- 
olutionary agitation  of  1848  ha<l  not  occurred. 

These  historic  c(»nditi(Mis — the  enumcipation  of  millions 
of  slaves,  the  con.'folidation  of  Kurojiean  em[»ires,  the  peo- 
pling of  tlie  American  Continent,  the  magnetic  attraction 
of  the  Oriental  and  Occidental  civilizations,  and  the  amaz- 
3 


34 


HISTORY  OF  havi:ri-oi;d  college. 


ing  progress  of  art,  science,  discovery  and  invention — must 
needs  exert  a  powerful  impulse  upon  the  youthful  minds 
born  and  bred  in  the  midst  of  them. 

And  although  Haverford,  after  the  manner  of  the  quiet 
sect  to  which  it  belonged,  has  modestly  pursued  its  course 
through  it  all,  we  believe  it  has  kept  well  abreast  of  the 
progress  of  its  generation,  and  wielded  an  influence  which, 


>T.  DAVIDS  CHURCH,  RADXOR. 


albeit  not  great  in  itself,  is  disproportionately  great  for  its 
size. 

Ivlucation  in  the  United  States  was  in  a  ver}'  different 
stage  of  advancement  at  tlie  time  when  Haverford  School 
was  established  from  that  which  it  has  attained  since.  In 
Pennsylvania,  especially,  general  education  was  in  a  deplor- 
ablv  backward  condition.     An  old  edition  of  the"EncYclo- 


INTKODUC'TOKY. —  KN  V  I  Kt  iNMKNT. 


35 


ptt'dia  Ainericaim"  says  tijat  little  lia«l  bet-ii  tloin-  in  IVimimI- 
vauia  for  common  school  tMliuation  in  1^30.  In  tlit-  i<  ]Mnt 
of  the  Society  for  tlu-  I'n (motion  of  Public  Schools,  tlated 
April,  1831,  it  is  statiti  that  tlurin*;  the  preceding;  year  the 
number  of  children  between  the  a^es  of  live  and  litteen  was 
-HKI.OOU,  of  whieh  there  were  not  ir.(),(H)()  in  all  the  scho(ds 
of  till'  State.  There  was  no  le«;islativf  provision  for  tin-  sup- 
port of  schools. 

In  the  adjoininj^  States  of  Delaware  and  Maryland 
somewhat  more  progress  seems  to  have  been  made.  In 
Delaware  there  was  a  school  fund,  the  income  of  which  was 
distributed  to  such  towns  as  would  raise  a  sum  e«|ual  to  that 
which  was  received,  and  in  .Maryland  some  attempts  had  been 
ma«le  to  establish  a  general  system  of  priimiry  etlucation. 

A  free  .scho<d,  known  as  the  Walnut  Street  Charity  School, 
had  been  started  in  I'hilatlelphia  in  1705»:  and,  as  has  been 
seen  by  the  existence  of  a  Soci«ly  for  tiic  Promotion  of 
Public  Schools,  efforts  had  not  been  wanting;  to  providf  for 
the  establishment  of  a  system  of  free  public  schools;  but, 
with  the  deliberati<»n  characteri.stic  of  the  State,  nothinjx 
had  as  yet  resulted. 

It  was  otherwi.se  in  the  New  England  States,  whose  systems 
of  free  .schools  had  been  carrieil  to  a  consi«lerable  degree  of 
perfection.  More  was  freijuently  done  there  by  the  towns 
in  their  separate  capacity  than  the  law  of  the  State  recjuircd. 
In  the  city  of  Boston,  for  instance,  with  a  |)Opulation  num- 
bering at  that  time  U*ss  than  0"J,<MH)  inhabitants,  eighty 
schools  were  supported  with  7,130  pupils;  ami  there  were 
\'v)  private  schools  in  the  city  giving  in.struction  to  1,018 
pupil-i;  making  a  tot4il  of  11.1IS  piipils,  or  nearly  one-tifth 
of  the  entire  population,  and  which  may  therefore  be  sup- 
po.xed  to  include  nearly  cverv  chiM  of  suitable  age  to  attend 


36  HISTORY  OF  HAVEKFORI)  COLLEGE. 

school.  The  State  of  Connecticut  liad  a  fund,  derived  from 
the  sale  of  lands,  of  $1,882,201,  the  income  of  whicli  was 
appropriated  to  the  support  of  common  free  schools,  founded 
on  the  f^reat  principle  that  elementary  education  should  be 
so  free  as  to  exclude  none,  and  the  schools  so  numerous  as 
to  be  within  the  reach  of  all.  In  the  whole  of  New  England, 
with  a  poi)uhition  of  less  than  2,000,000  at  that  time,  there 
were  upward  of  10,000  pul>lic  schools,  besides  great  numbers 
of  private  schools,  boarding-schools  and  academies,  and 
eleven  colleges. 

New  Jersey  had  a  small  school  fund,  which,  together  with 
a  tax  on  the  capital  stock  of  banks  in  the  Commonwealth, 
was  distributed  in  small  sums  to  assist  schools,  very  much 
as  in  the  State  of  Delaware. 

The  provision  in  the  State  of  New  York  was  fairly  liberal, 
although  slender  in  comparison  with  recent  years.  Of 
9,062  school  districts,  into  which  the  State  was  then  divided, 
and  which  were  provided  with  school-houses,  furniture  and 
fuel  at  the  cost  of  the  district,  8,030  made  returns,  and 
499,424  scholars  were  taught,  partly  by  the  aid  of  funds 
from  the  State  treasury,  and  partly  by  a  town  tax. 

In  March,  1831,  the  New  England  system  of  free  schools 
was  introduced  in  Ohio;  but  little  had  been  done  for  educa- 
tion in  the  Western  States,  and  still  less  in  the  Southern,  over 
wliich,  indeed,  slavery  cast  its  withering  shadow  for  thirty 
years  more,  if  it  has  not,  lengthening  as  its  sun  set,  dark- 
ened their  intellectual  horizon  even  down  to  the  present  day. 

How  much  has  been  developed  since,  not  only  in  the 
wider  recognition  of  the  broad  j)rinciple  laid  down  early  in 
Connecticut,  so  essential  in  a  republic,  that  none  should  be 
excluded  from  the  advantages  of  a  free  education,  but  also 
in  the  appreciation  of  technical  and  art  education,  kinder- 


IMi;"iM(   i«iKN  .    -I-..N\  1K'»NMKNT.  37 

gartens, and  tlie  relative  pusitiun  «>!  j»iiiii;irv  schools;  in  the 
imiltiplieation  of  eolletjes  and  true  universities  for  lii}j;lu'r 
antl  specialized  training;,  and  in  the  exhaustive  discussion 
of  the  whole  suhjeet !  Ilaverford,  even  as  a  school,  was 
really  (juite  well  advanct'd  in  the  scale  in  its  early  «lays,  ami 
has  shared  in  tlu'  eonniion  evolution  <>f  the  science  since. 

Other  ehan«^es  have  happened  in  the  last  sixty  years,  not 
less  impressive  or  signilieant  than  those  which  we  have 
thus  hastily  sketched,  althou<;h.  as  we  have  intinnited, 
lar«j:ely  resultinj^  from  the  chanj^es  of  thought  and  changes 
in  the  drifts  ant!  currents  of  thought,  Imt  notahly  a  inucli 
greater  freedom  and  independence  of — shall  we  say  the 
superstitions  of  mediieval  days? — yes — but,  njoreover,  of  all 
trammels  save  the  sincere  and  earnest  (piest  for  truth. 
That  great  social  movement,  which  is  etjuallizing  and  level- 
ling all  classes  and  conditions  of  men,  and  recognizing  the 
equality  of  less  favored  races,  which,  although  enforced  as 
a  doctrine  in  the  Christian  Testament,  hegan  to  be  enforced 
as  a  fact  by  the  Black  iJeath  and  .Nhigna  Charta,  has  made 
great  strides  in  this  era,  and  the  consequent  strife  between 
wealth  and  labor,  which  seems  raj)idly  approacliing  a  crisis. 

We  refer  to  these  things  in  order  to  aid  our  readers  in 
realizing  what  conditions  were  absent  in  1S3(>.  and  making 
due  allowances  for  what  Ilaverfonl  was  at  first,  as  well  as  to 
give  due  cre<lit  to  tliose  pioneers  of  the  higher  education  in 
the  Society  of  Friends  who,  through  nnmifold  obstacles  and 
discouragements,  succeeded,  under  Provitlence,  in  estiiblish- 
ing  this  foundation. 

We  siiall  now  endeavt)r  to  show  what  education  was 
within  the  Society  prior  to  the  foundation,  and  then  the 
steps  which  led  immediately  to  the  founding  of  the  school. 


CHAPTER  II. 

EDUCATION  IN  THE   SOCIETY   OF  FRIENDS 

BEFORE  THE  FOUNDING  OF 

HAVERFORD. 

To  those  heroes  be  all  honor, 

They  beheld  the  far-oft'goal — 
Brick  and  stone,  with  these  they  built  not, 

But  they  shaped  the  human  soul. — Edward  Brown. 

From  the  time  of  its  rise,  the  Society  of  Friends  has  taken 
a    deep    interest   in    education.      Among   those   associated 

with  its  founder  were 
graduates  of  the  Uni- 
versities of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge,  and  a  num- 
ber who  had  enjoyed 
the  advantages  of  the 
liigher  continental  seats 
of  learning.  George 
Fox  valued  very  fully 
the  importance  of  in- 
strumental agency  in 
the  Divine  economy, 
and  especially  in  the 
work  of  education. 
In  1067,  according  to 
his  journal,  he  had  recommended  the  establishment  of 
a    boarding-school    for    bovs,    ;iiid     anuthcr    for    girls,    for 


I>i;.  jnilX  l-OTHKKon.I.. 


(3S) 


Ki)r«Aii..N    IN    nil,  s()cii:ty  of  ri:ii:Nns.  3'.» 

the  purposf  of  in^itrllctin•;  tlifin  "  in  all  things  civil  un<l 
useful  in  the  creation."  The  latti-r  was  forthwith  tstah- 
lished  at  Shackelwell,  and  the  former  at  Walthain,  with 
Christopher  Taylor,  a  man  of  learning  an«l  talents,  as  head- 
master. He  had  Keen  an  cniincnt  minister  in  the  Mstah- 
lished  Church,  and  held  in  very  iiigli  esteem.  Among  liis 
Works  are  two  school-books.  He  sulise(|uently  held  ofliee  in 
the  infant  colony  of  IVnnsylvania,  where  he  died  in  Id.sCi. 
Another  of  the  teacliers  at  Waltham  was  a  graduate  of  a 
German  university,  who  had  als(»  Iteeoine  a  convert  to  the 
new  doctrines.  All  the  arrangennnts  were  worthy  of  the 
large  and  enlightenetl  mind  of  the  founder  of  tjje  Society. 

15y  1(J71  Frien«ls  had  lifteen  boanling-schools,  and,  douht- 
less,  numy  others  for  day  scholars.  They  declan'd  :  ''  \\r 
deny  nothing  for  children's  leaiiiing  that  may  he  honest 
and  useful  for  them  to  know,  whether  relating  to  Divine 
principles,  or  that  may  he  serviceable  for  them  to  learn 
in  regard  to  the  outward  creation.''  The  ordinary  ICnglish 
i>ranches  and  Latin,  with  arithmetic  and  occasionally 
higher  nuithematics,  were  taught.  An  elementary  hook 
for  teaching  the  Latin  language  was  j)repareil  and  |iuh- 
lishe<l  hy  I'liends,  so  as  to  avoid  what  they  called  the 
"  heathenish  lM)oks  "  generally  used. 

With  the  same  object  ( Jeorge  Fox  assisted  in  preparing 
a  primer,  which  went  through  several  edition.s.  The  one 
issued  in  170«»  was  entitled,"  Instructions  for  Right  Spell- 
ing and  Plain  Directions  for  Uea«ling  and  Writing  True 
English,  etc..  with  several  delightful  Things  very  useful 
and  necessary  for  young  and  old  to  Read  and  Learn. " 
(ieorge  Fox,  John  Stubs  and  Benjamin  Furley  also  issued  a 
book  entitled,  "A  Rattle-Door  for  Teachers  and  Professors 
to  learn  Singular  and  IMural,"  etc.,  etc. 


40  HISTORY  OF  HAVEKFORD  COLLEGE. 

Robert  Jnii-clay,  who  favored  classical  schools,  wrote, 
"And,  therefore,  to  answer  the  just  desires  of  those  who  de- 
sire to  read  tlicin,  and  foi-  other  very  good  reasons,  as 
maintaining  a  coninierce  and  understanding  among  divers 
nations  by  these  common  languages,  and  others  of  that 
kind,  we  judge  it  necessary  and  commendable  that  there  be 
public  schools  for  the  teaching  and  instructing  of  such 
youth  as  are  inclinable  thereunto, in  the  languages." 

Thomas  Ellwood  speaks  in  his  journal  of  having  made 
some  progress  in  learning  when  a  boy,  and  lost  it,  adding, 
"Nor  was  I  rightly  sensible  of  my  loss  therein,  till  I  came 
amongst  the  (Quakers.  But  then  I  saw  my  loss,  and 
lamented  it,  and  applied  myself  with  the  utmost  diligence, 
at  all  leisure  times,  to  recover  it.  So  false  I  found  that 
charge  to  be  which,  in  those  times,  was  cast  upon  the 
Quakers,  that  they  despised  and  decried  all  human  learn- 
ing, because  they  denied  it  to  be  essentially  necessary  to  a 
gospel  ministry,  which  was  one  of  the  controversies  of 
those  times." 

An  incident  recorded,  relative  to  Wadsworth  School,  shows 
that  the  French  language  was  taught  there,  and  also  that 
the  Scriptures  were  regularly  and  publicly  read.  A  charge 
was  made  in  j)rint  that  the  Bible  was  never  read  to  the 
scholars.  A  direct  negative  was  immediately  given  to  this 
assertion  "by  the  French  teacher;"  and  a  certificate  from 
several  of  the  neighbors,  not  Friends,  who  were  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  school,  asserts  that  "  some  portion  of  the 
Old  or  New  Testament  was  daily  read  in  the  school,  so  that 
the  whole  Scriptures  were  read  in  order."  Such  a  course  of 
training  must  be  considered  very  liberal  for  a  time  when 
literary  education  was  not  general,  and  when  women  larely 
shared  in  anv  advantages  of  the  kind. 


EDUCATION    IN    THE   SOCIKTY    nF    KKIKXDS.  41 

In  tlie  light  of  recent  events  one  »)i'  tlu-  most  rcnmrkalde 
publications  of  the  early  Friends  was  a  tract  by  John 
Hellei"s,  a  member  of  Lon«lon  (^uartt  rly  Meetin*;,  issui'<l  in 
lO'Jo,  and  ri'iniblished  in  IG'.m;,  entitled,  "i*ro|iosals  for  Rais- 
ing a  Colled«je  of  I  ntlustry  of  all  useful  Trades  and  Hus- 
bandry, with  Profit  for  tin-  Kicli.a  IMentiful  Living  for  the 
Poor,  and  a  Ciood  Kdueation  for  ^^»utll,■' etc.  After  (juoting 
Sir  Matthew  Hale,  that  "a  sound,  prutknt  methotl  for 
industrial  education  for  tin*  poor  will  give  a  better  remedy 
against  tliesc  eorruptions  than  all  the  gibbets  and  whip- 
ping-posts in  the  kingdom."  he  ajtpeals  to  Parliament  to 
encourage  the  enterprise,  and  to  the  thinking  and  pnl)lie- 
spirited  to  eontribute  money,  whieh  Iv  Skeat  and  II. 
Springet  will  reeeive.  Many  of  his  arguments  are  very 
familiar  in  our  day,  and  "  to  answer  all  objeetions,"  in  his 
language,  "would  be  to  empty  the  sea  " 

In  ir>«>7  Hellers'  co-operative  plan  was  recommended  by 
the  morning  Meeting  and  Meeting  for  Sufferings.  The 
(Quarterly  Meeting  of  London  and  Middlesex  advised 
Monthly  Meetings  to  encourage  schools  for  the  education 
of  poor  children,  that  they  nniy  be  tit  for  employment,  and 
it  was  suggested  that  the  rooms  at  meeting  houses  be 
allowed  to  be  used  free,  when  convenient.  About  1702  a 
house  a|tpeai*s  to  have  l)een  obtaine<l  at  Clerkenwell,  in  the 
suburbs  of  i.,ondon,  and  fitted  up  as  a  school  and  work- 
house. In  171*0  the  minutes  of  the  committee  state  that 
Very  little  advantage  in  point  of  gain  has  arisen  from  the 
labor.  In  1^11  the  school  was  remodelled,  and  labor  cea.sed 
to  form  a  part  of  .systenmtie  instruetion.  There  ha<l  evi- 
dently been  too  much  desire  for  j>rolit. 

In  1«»1>7  the  cpiestion  of  '*bree«ling  up  ."chool masters " 
had  lH?en  consideretl,  and  in    171"»  the  Yearly  Meeting  ae- 


42  HISTORY  OF  iiavp:rfori)  college. 

knowluilged  "  that  tliL'  want  of  proper  persons  amongst 
Friends,  qualified  for  schoolmasters,  has  been  a  great 
damage  to  the  Societ}^  in  many  places."  Meetings  were 
recommended  "  to  take  care  that  some  weighty,  suitable 
Friends  go  and  inspect  schools  and  families  of  Friends  in 
the  several  counties;  and  to  see  that  the  advice  of  Friends 
be  duly  answered  in  this  great  concern."  Care  was  also  to 
be  taken  that  "  poor  Friends'  children  might  freely  partake 
of  the  benefits  so  far  as  would  be  useful  to  them."  In  1711 
"  the  Friends  that  are  schoolmasters  signifying  that  they 
desire  to  have  a  meeting  among  themselves  on  second-day 
in  the  afternoon  at  the  tliird  hour,  in  the  next  Yearly 
Meeting  week  to  advise  with  each  other  concerning  the 
education  of  youth,"  the  Meeting  approved  of  it. 

The  subject  of  increased  facilities  for  education  claimed 

the  earnest  attention  of 
al most  every  Y  e  a  r  1  y 
Meeting,  from  17<)0  to 
1740,  and  minutes  upon 
the  subject  were  regularly 
sent  down  to  the  subordi- 
nate Meetings.  The  great 
burden  of  these  was  for 
"godly  care  for  the  good 
education  of  children  in 
the  fear,  nurture  and  ad- 
monition of  the  Jjord." 
The  General  Epistle  of 
17<»<»    said:      "It    is    the 

earnest     desire    of     this 
i.iniili;y  mi  i;i;.\v. 

Meeting,  for  the  Lord's 
sake,  the  honor  of  His  name  and  truth,  and  the  good  of 
posterity,  tliat  a  godly  care  be  taken  by'youfor  the  due 


k. 

- 

^ 

g 

^^.. 

I.IM  (  ATMN     IN    Tin:    SOCIKTY    <)K    lltlKNDS.  4.'> 

education  of  Fritiuls'  tliiliirt'ii."  Thus  the  sul»jett  was 
constantly  pressed  upon  tlie  attt-ntion  of  Krit-nds.  This 
fact  proves  the  existence  of  a  good  (K';^ree  of  eduenlion 
aiHonj;  the  inenihers,  for  otlierw  ise  they  wouhl  have  rested 
quietly  in  i;:;nor;iufe  of  its  vahn-.  At  on*-  time  the  Nfarly 
Meetinjj;  sent  a  Uirf^v  committee  to  visit  all  the  meetings 
within  its  compass  to  secure  increased  attention  to  the 
suhject;  at  another  (17<!())  their  advanced  idea  of  education 
is  shown  l»y  the  lament  that  "  the  number  of  scholars  ot 
reputation  tor  Icarnin^j  is  very  ineonsiderahle.'  A  <:;reat 
step  was  taken  hy  the  estahlishmt-nt,  in  177'.',  of  Atkworth 
School  under  liheral  endowment.  It  was  founded  largely 
tiirough  the  etlorts  of  Dr.  John  Fothergill,  the  eminent 
physician  ami  |)hilanthro]»ist.  Not  long  after.  Lindley 
Murray,  a  I'riend,  reand  in  iNnnsylvania,  .settled  in  that 
part  of  England.  Few  men  of  his  ilay  exertetl  them- 
selves so  much  for  education.  Ackworth  was  a  school  for 
the  whole  Yearly  Meeting,  but  soon  there  was  a  <lennmd 
for  increased  facilities,  and  more  local  schools  were  retjuired. 
Thus,  Sidcot  was  established  in  l.S01»;  Wigton  in  lSir>; 
Croydon  in  is-j:',;  Tottenham  in  IS'iS;  York  r>oys' School 
in  1S29,  and  that  for  girls  in  1.S31  ;  and,  subsetjuently,  tiiose 
at  Rnwden,  I'enketh,  Ayton  and  Saflron-Wahlen.  It  is 
noticeable  that  four  of  the.«<e  dates  are  nearly  contemporary 
with  tlie  founding  of  Ilaverford.  Kor  nearly  a  century  the 
subject  of  education  had  been  under  the  especial  care  of  the 
Meeting  for  SulVerings,  and  ha«l  received  very  earnest  atten- 
tion. In  1S.'J7  the  Frientls'  Kducational  Society  was  formed, 
an<l,  by  holding  frequent  conferences,  and  through  other 
means,  steadily  advance*!  the  cause  among  the  membership. 
As  early  as  167')  the  (piestion  of  education  ajtpears  on  the 
records  in  Irehuul.     Among  the  schools  kept  by    Friend^ 


44  HISTORY  OF  HAVEKFORI)  COLLEOE. 

there  was  one  at  Ballitore,  opened  about  172.")  Ijy  Abraham 
Shackleton,  and  conducted  by  his  family  for  more  than 
seventy  years.  Here  Edmund  IJurke,  whose  warm  friend- 
ship for  Richard  Shackleton  was  terminated  only  by  death, 
was  prepared  for  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 

\\'hen  Friends  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  settle  in  America, 
they  brought  with  them  a  high  appreciation  of  the  impor- 
taiice  of  mental  culture  and  discipline,  but  the  circumstances 
surrounding  them  in  their  new  homes  were  not  the  most 
favorable  for  tlie  establishment  of  schools  for  their  youth. 
Families  were  often  remote  from  each  other,  and  the 
physical  demands  u{)on  them  required  all  their  energies. 
Nevertheless,  we  find  by  their  records  that  they  very  soon 
gave  intelligent  attention  to  the  education  of  their  children. 
Almost  everywhere  Preparative  or  Monthly  Meeting  schools 
were  established,  and  Friends  were  eager  to  take  advantage 
of  every  educational  opportunity  that  was  offered,  where 
their  children  would  not  be  exposed  to  injurious  influences. 

New  England  Yearly  Meeting  in  1095  advised  "  that 
schoolmasters  and  schoolmistresses,  who  ai"e  faithful 
Friends  and  well  qualified,  be  encouraged  in  all  places 
where  there  may  be  need,  and  that  care  be  taken  that  poor 
Friends'  children  may  freely  partake  of  such  education  as 
may  tend  to  their  benefit  and  advantage."  In  succeeding 
years  the  Yearly  Meeting  gave  urgent  advice  in  reference 
to  the  establishment  of  schools  in  the  various  subordinate 
meetings,  and  in  1737  "  Friends  of  ability  were  desired  to 
give  their  children  opportunity  to  learn  the  French,  German 
and  Danish  languages." 

In  several  of  the  Monthly  Meetings  throughout  New 
England  there  were  schools  of  considerable  reputation,  and 
those  upon  the  island  of  Nantucket,  at  New  Bedford  and  in 


EDUCATION    IN    TlIK   SOCIETY    OF    KKIKNDS. 


Rliodi'  Island  wi-n-  widely  known.  Hut  Friends  desiretl 
facilities  fur  a  luoader  training;  than  those  schools  aHordiMl, 
and  in  178<>  the  Yearly  Meeting  directe<l  that  a  fund  Ik* 
raised  hy  suhstription  for  the  estahlishnn'iit  of  a  boardinj;- 
school,  to  be  undtr  tlu-  direition  and  care  of  the  Meeting 
for  Sutferinjjs.  It  was  recorded,  however,  that  "  the  cirtuni- 
stances  of  Friends  with  regard  to  proj.city  wtie  generally 
very  limited  at  this  time,  and  tiu-  sums  sultscribed  were 
mostly  small."  Mo.ses  Brown,  who  had  kept  the  subject 
before  the  Society,  contributed  ^.'>7."),  and  the  school  was 
opened  in  IT'^l  at  l\)rtsmoutii,  K.  1..  with  Isaac  l.awton,  an 
eminent  and  i'lo(|uent  minister,  as  teai-luT.  Because  of  in- 
adequate su|)port,  howiver,  it  was  ili.scontinued  in  17.S8, 
and  the  renuiinder  of  the  fund  was  place<l  at  interest,  and 
Friends  were  encouraged  to  increase  it  by  donations  and 
beijuests.  Under  the  care 
of  Moses  Brown  it  had 
reached  Sl»,3(M)  in  LSI  I, 
when  he  gave  for  the  pur- 
pose forty-three  acres  from 
his  farm  at  rrovideii' ■ 
With  liberal  subscriptions 
from  numy  othei's  the 
school  was  opcncil  in  an 
untinished  ami  unfur- 
nished building,  Istmonth 
1st.  181U.  Moses  Brown, 
who  was  tlieii  over  80 
years  of  age.  could  neither 
wait  for  sutlicient  means 
nor  for  teaciiers  trained  for  the  profession,  so  that  wealthy 
an<l  cultivated   Friends  ofTered  their  services  without  pay. 


M(«^2<  HKOWN. 


46  HISTORY    OF    JIAVKItFOKD    COLLEGE. 

Among  them  wus  Dorcas  (Jardenerof  Nantucket,  subse- 
quently tl)e  wife  of  Dr.  Paul  Swift  of  Haverford. 

In  1822  the  sciiool  received  more  than  §100,000  by  the 
will  of  Obadiah,  son  of  Moses  Brown. 

From  1832  to  1835  Dr.  John  Griscom,  one  of  the  founders 
of  Haverford,  was  principal,  and  the  salary  of  $1,500  per 
annum  seemed  so  large  to  some  that  those  who  were  anxious 
to  secure  his  services  appear  to  have  offered  to  contribute 
the  excess  over  $1,000  or  $1,200.  Dr.  Griscom  had  been 
one  of  the  first  to  teach  and  lecture  on  chemistry,  and 
Halleck's  famous  poem  "  Fanny  "  mentions  a  certain  build- 
ing as  "sacred  to  Scudder's  shells  and  Dr.  Griscom." 

The  subject  of  the  guarded  religious  education  of  the 
youth  appears  to  have  engaged  the  attention  of  Friends  in 
New  York  at  an  early  period,  though  no  definite  action  is 
found  upon  the  records  of  their  Yearly  Meeting  until  1779. 
At  that  time,  and  at  the  meetings  of  the  following  years, 
the  subject  was  referred  to  the  careful  consideration  of  the 
subordinate  meetings,  and  they  were  requested  to  appoint 
committees  to  have  the  oversight  of  all  schools  that  had 
been  or  that  might  be  established.  Steps  were  taken  for 
the  creation  of  funds  for  educational  purposes.  Subscrip- 
tions were  taken  and  many  donations  received,  which  formed 
what  was  called  a  "  permanent  fund.''  This  was  increased 
by  a  number  of  legacies.  In  179-4:  Nine  Partners  Quarterly 
Meeting  recommended  the  establishment  of  a  Yearly  Meet- 
ing Boarding-School.  In  the  following  year  the  proposition 
was  united  with,  and  ten  acres  of  land  with  commodious 
buildings  were  purchased  at  Nine  Partners,  in  Dutchess 
County,  where  a  school  was  opened  12  month  20tli,  17'.">. 

The  Yearly  Meeting  gave  special  attention  to  the  main- 
tenance of  its  permanent  fund,  the  income  of  which  was 


Klir«  ATlnN     IN    THE    SOCIKTY    <»K    IKll  NDS.  17 

useil  I""'!'  the  t'diication  t)f  tlu'  children  <•!  I'lit'inls  in  limitetl 
circuiiistaiiccs.  In  17!>!>  X"47r.  iSs.  (Kl.  wore  col  Itcted  for  this 
[uirpose,  ami  in  anothi-r  year  ^o,4'J').  Suhsocnu'ntly  h'gacies 
amounting;  to  j?1(»,(KKI  were  received.  Tliis  pernuinent  e«lu- 
cational  fund  is  still  maintained. 

William  I'enn  h:id  n-ceivcd  a  liheral  education  at  Oxford, 
and  amon*^  those  who  accompanied  him  to  I'eiinsylvania 
were  a  numher  of  Friends  who  were  learned  scholars,  pro- 
ficient in  the  knowledj^e  of  (Jreek,  Latin,  llehrew.and  some 
vf  the  modern  lan«;ua»^es,  as  well  a<  in  mallMniatics. 

Tenn's  Frame  of  Govtrniutiit,  written  in  Fn^land  early 
in  1082,  contains  the  following;  "That  the  Governor  an»l 
Provincial  Council  shall  erect  and  order  all  public  schools, 
and  encourage  and  reward  the  authors  of  useful  sciences 
and  laudahle  inventions  in  the  saifl  Province  That 

all  childi<  n  within  this  Province  of  the  age  of  twelve 
years  siiall  be  taught  some  useful  tra<le  or  skill,  to  the  end 
none  may  be  idle,  but  the  poor  may  work  to  live,  and  the 
rich,  if  they  become  poor,  may  not  want.''  When  about  to 
sail  for  America  he  wrote  to  his  wife  about  their  children, 
'*  For  tlnir  learning  l>e  liberal.  Sj»ari'  no  cost  ;  for  by  such 
parsimony  all  is  lost  that  is  .saved." 

Penn's  Frame  of  (iovernment  was  accepted  without 
material  alteration,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  the  "(Jreat 
Law"  was  passed,  containing  the  following  provisions: 
"That  the  Laws  of  tiiis  Provinci-,  from  tiint-  to  time,  shall 
be  |>u)>lished  an<l  printed,  that  every  person  may  have  the 
knowledge  thereof;  and  they  shall  be  one  of  the  books 
taught  in  the  schools  of  this  Province  an<l  Territories 
thereof.  .  .  .  An«l  to  the  en<l  that  poor  as  wt-ll  as  ricii  nuiy 
be  instructed  in  good  and  commendal>le  learning,  which  is 
to  be  preferred  before  wealth,  Beit  enacted,    .    .    .      That  all 


48  HISTORY  OF  HAVERFORD  COLLEGE. 

persons  in  this  Province  and  Territories  thereof,  having 
cliildren,  and  all  guardians  and  trustees  of  orphans,  shall 
cause  sucli  to  be  instructed  in  reading  and  writing,  so  that 
they  may  be  able  to  read  the  Scriptures  and  to  write  by  the 
time  they  attain  to  twelve  years  of  age;  and  that  then  they 
be  taught  some  useful  trade  or  skill,  tliat  the  poor  may  work 
to  live,  and  the  rich  if  they  become  poor  may  not  want;  of 
which  every  County  Court  shall  take  care.  And  in  case 
such  parents,  guardians  or  overseers  shall  be  found  delicient 
in  this  respect,  every  such  parent,  guardian  or  overseer  shall 
pay  for  every  such  child  five  pounds,  except  there  should 
appear  an  incapacity  in  body  or  understanding  to  hinder  it." 

"At  a  Council  held  at  Philadelphia,  ye  2Gth  of  ye  10th 
month,  1683.  Present:  Wm.  Penn,  Propor.  and  Govr. ; 
Th.  Holmes,  Wm.  Haigue,  Lasse  Cock,  Wm.  Claj'ton." 

"The  Govr.  and  Provcl.  Councill  having  taken  into  their 
Serious  Consideration  the  great  Necessity  there  is  of  a 
School  Master  for  ye  instruction  and  Sober  Education  of 
youth  in  thetowne  of  Philadelphia,  Sent  for  Enock  flower, 
an  inhabitant  of  the  said  Towne,  who  for  twent}'  year  2:»ast 
hath  been  exercised  in  that  care  and  Imployment  in 
England,  to  whom  having  Communicated  their  Minds,  he 
Embraced  it  upon  the  following  Terms:  to  Learne  to  read 
English  4s  by  the  Quarter,  to  Learne  to  read  and  write  6s 
by  ye  Quarter,  to  learne  to  read.  Write  and  Cast  accot  8s  by 
ye  Quarter;  for  Boarding  a  Scholar,  that  is  to  say,  dyet. 
Washing,  Lodging,  and  Scooling,  Tenn  Pounds  for  one  whole 
year." 

"At  a  Council  11  month  ITtli,  1683,  it  was  proposed  that 
Care  be  Taken  about  the  Learning  and  Instruction  of 
Youth,  to  Witt :  a  Scool  of  Arts  and  Sciences.'' 

After  Penn's  return  to  England  he  wrote  Governor  Thomas 


KDICATION    1\    nil.    stMii.iN     (II      lHIKMis,  49 

Lloyd,  instructing  liiin  to  srt  up  a  puMic  ( iiaiiimar  Scluiol 
in  Philadi'lplua,  wliic-h  he  agret'd  to  iMcorj)orate.  Accord- 
ing to  the  Memorial,  Lloyd  "  was  hy  hirth  of  them  who  arc 
called  gentry."  He  was  a  graduate  of  Oxford  and  one  of 
the  ahlest  and  most  accomplished  (»f  the  colonists.  Ills 
early  death  in  lOl'l  was  an  incalculable  loss  to  I'eim  and 
the  ctdony. 

In  1(>1>7-S  the  school  was  chartered  hy  (lovernor  Mark- 
ham.  In  170],  as  Penn  was  about  to  return  from  America 
the  second  time,  he  granted  a  charter  under  the  corporate 
title  of  "  The  Overseers  of  the  Public  School  founded  in 
Philadelphia,"  etc.  This  charter  continued  the  control  by 
the  Monthly  Meeting.  In  ITOS  Penn  granted  another 
charter  extending  the  privileges  and  powers.  The  preamble 
of  this  document  recites  that  *'  Whereas,  the  prosperity  and 
wellfare  of  any  people  depemls  in  a  great  measure  upon  the 
good  Education  of  Youth  ami  their  early  instruccon  in  the 
principles  of  true  religeon  and  vertue,  and  (|ualifying  them 
to  Serve  their  Country  an<l  themselves,  by  breeding  them  to 
reading,  writing  and  learning  of  languages,  usfuU  arts  and 
Sciences,  Suitable  to  their  Sex,  age  and  degree,  which  cannot 
be  ert'ected  in  any  manner  So  wi-ll  as  bye  erecting  publict 
Schools  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,"  etc.  Ti»e  control  of  the 
school  was  vested  in  tifteen  overseers,  with  perpetual  succes- 
sion, under  the  title  of  "The  Overseers  of  the  Publick 
.•<choole,  founded  in  the  town  and  County  of  Philadelphia, 
in  Pensilvania,"  etc.  The  overseers  named  in  the  charter 
were  leading  men  of  the  infant  colony — viz.,  Samuel  Car- 
penter, Kdward  Shippen,  (irittith  Owen,  Th()mas  Story, 
.Vnth<)ny  Morris,  Richard  Hill,  Isaac  Norris,  John  Jones, 
William  Southeby,  Nicholas  Wain,  James  Logan,  Caleb 
Pusey,  Rowland  Kllis,  Samuel  Preston  and  James  Fox. 
4 


50  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKKFOKD    COLLKGE. 

A  tliird  cliartur  was  granted  by  Penn  in  1711.  Jonathan 
Dickinson,  Nathan  Stanbui y  and  Thomas  Masters  take  the 
place  of  Jones,  Southeby  and  Fox  as  overseers.  A  common 
seal  with  Penn's  coat-of-arms  and  the  inscription,  "  Good 
instruction  is  better  than  riches,"  was  included.  As  vacan- 
cies occur  among  the  overseers  they  or  the  major  part  of 
them  are  "  directed  and  enjoyned  to  nominate,  elect  and 
appoint  one  or  more  discreet,  religious  pson  or  psons  into 
ye  room  and  place,  rooms  and  places,  of  every  Such  over- 
seer or  overseers  So  dying,  surrendering  or  being  so  re- 
moved, within  forty  days,"  etc. 

The  school  has  long  been  known  as  the  William  Penn 
Charter  School,  and  among  the  masters  have  been  Anthony 
Benezet,  Robert  Proud  and  Charles  Thomson,  afterward 
Secretary  of  the  Continental  Congress,  and  Charles  and 
Joseph  Roberts. 

The  Public  Schools  and  Friends'  Select  Schools  were 
eventually  found  to  fill  the  place  the  Charter  Schools  had 
been  intended  to  occupy.  After  continuing  in  operation 
nearly  200  years  the  Charter  Schools  were  closed  and  a  new 
system  inaugurated,  largely  through  the  efforts  of  Charles 
YarnalljOne  of  the  overseers.  This  resulted  in  the  opening 
of  a  school  of  the  highest  grade  for  boys  in  IST'i.  It  was 
placed  under  the  care  of  a  Haverford  graduate,  Richard 
M.  Jones,  as  head-master,  and  started  with  sixteen  pupils 
on  the  property  adjoining  Friends'  Twelfth  Street  Meeting 
House.  Under  his  judicious  management  it  has  steadily 
increased,  and  has  now  (1890)  300  pupils. 

The  renowned  Francis  Daniel  Pastorius,  who  jirobably 
possessed,  according  to  Judge  Pennypacker,  more  literary 
attainments  and  produced  more  literary  work  than  any 
other  of  the  early  emigrants  to  this  province,  was  oue  of 


EDUCATION    IN    THE    SOOIITY    ol'    IKIENDS. 


51 


tlie   I'rit'mU  who  tau^Mit   in    I'miisylvania  about  tlio    year 

A  number  of  schools  were  establishrd  and  inaintaiiietl  by 
.\Kjuthly  aiul  (.Quarterly  Meelinj^s,  soiueof  which  were  known 
as  "Select  Schools."  They  tlitl  j^ood  work,  but  there  wa>  a 
feeling  that  greater  good  might  be  accomplishcfl  l)y  bavin",' 
a  large  institution  where  advanced  studies  might  be  pursued. 

In  17J)0  Owen  Biddle  issued  a  tract  entitled,  "A  Plan  f<»r 
a  School  on  an  Establishment  Similar  to  That  at  Ackworth. 
in  Yorkshire,  (ireat  Hrihiin,  varied  to  suit  the  Circum- 
stances of  the  Youth  within  the  Limits  of  the  ^"(•aI•ly 
Meeting  tor  Pennsylvania  and  New  .Jersey:  Introduced 
with  the  Sense  of  Friends  in  New  Knglaml,  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Kducation;  And  an  .Vccount  of  some  Schools  in 
Cireat  Britain,  to  which 
is  added  ( )bservations 
and  Remarks,  Intended 
for  the  Consideration  of 
Friends."  The  subject 
received  much  consider- 
ation, and,  finally,  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Yearly 
Meeting  purciiased  for 
4:r.,083  Os.  .Sd.($l(),222.22) 
a  farm  of  over  OIX)  acres. 
at  Westtown,  in  Chester 
County,  and  erected  large 
and  substantial  buildings 
thereon,  where  the  since 
celebrate<i  boarding-.school  was  opened  on  the  <)th  of  '•li» 
month,  17!M>,  with  Richard  and  Catherine  Ilartshorne  a.«« 
superintendent  and  nnUron. 


.lolIN  (i|{IS<  <)>! 


52  HISTOliY    OF    IIAVKKFOKD    COLLEOE. 

By  1802  the  total  cost  of  the  premises  had  reached 
$4G,020.19.  This  had  been  the  largest  and  most  important 
school  conducted  by  any  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends  on 
either  side  of  the  Atlantic. 

From  "The  Life  and  Times  of  John  Dickinson,"  by 
Charles  J.  Stille,  LL.D.,  a  valuable  work  just  published, 
it  appears  that  Governor  Dickinson  had  much  to  do  with 
the  establishment  of  Westtown.  In  1782  he  made  a 
liberal  donation  to  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  In  1783 
Dickinson  College  at  Carlisle  was  incorporated,  and  was  so 
named  by  charter  "in  memory  of  the  great  and  important 
services  rendered  to  his  country  by  his  Excellency  John 
Dickinson,  Esq.,  President  of  the  Supreme  Executive  Coun- 
cil, and  in  commemoration  of  his  very  liberal  donation  to 
the  institution."  In  1786  Governor  Dickinson  and  his 
wife  gave  to  Wilmington  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends  £200 
to  facilitate  education  of  poor  children  and  the  children  of 
those  not  in  affluent  circumstances,  without  any  distinction 
of  religious  profession.  But,  to  quote  Dr.  Stille,  "The  be- 
nevolent enterprise  which  at  that  time  Mr.  Dickinson  and 
his  wife  had  most  at  heart  seems  to  have  been  the  establish- 
ment of  a  free  boarding-school  under  the  care  of  Friends. 
In  1789  lie  offered  to  the  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends  in 
Philadelphia  a  considerable  sum  toward  the  endowment  of 
a  school  under  their  care,  in  which  the  pupils  should  be 
instructed  in  the  most  advantageous  branches  of  literature 
and  in  certain  practical  subjects.  The  Meeting  for  a  long 
time  hesitated  to  assume  the  trust.  .  .  .  His  proposition 
led  to  a  long  correspondence.  ...  In  17*U  the  Yearly 
Meeting  agreed  to  establish  the  school  at  Westtown,  and 
the  beneiaction  of  Mr.  Dickinson  and  his  wife  was  trans- 
ferred to  that  body  toward  its  support."     When  Haverford 


EDUfATION    IN    THK    SnCIKTY    nr    IKIKNlKS.  53 

came  to  be  fouiidtHl,  about  forty  years  later,  tJoveriior 
Dickinson's  dau^httr  was  anionic  the  lar<;('st  subscribers  to 
the  stt>ek. 

Frientls  of  Baltimore  Yearly  Meeting;  f»lt  a  like  interest 
with  Friends  elsewhere  in  the  education  of  tluir  ehildren.biit 
no  definite  action  appears  to  have  been  taken  by  the  Yearly 
Meeting  until  181'),  when  a  eoinniittee  was  appointecl  to 
take  subscriptions  for  the  establislnnent  of  a  boardin;,^- 
school.  By  the  following  year  i?2r),()0()  had  been  subscribed, 
and  in  I'^IT  a  farm  of  358 acres  near  Sandy  Spring  Meeting 
House  in  Montgomery  County,  Md..  was  purchased,  and 
work  was  at  once  begun  to  til  it  for  the  object  intended. 
In  I8ll>  the  school,  known  as  Fair  Hill  Boarding-School, 
was  opened  with  fourteen  scholars.  The  number  was  in- 
creased in  the  following  year  to  sixty.  Samuel  Thoma.s 
and  wife  wen-  the  lirst  superintendent's,  and  at  one  time 
Benjamin  Hallowtll,  who  subsecjuently  prepared  (leneral 
Kobert  K.  Lee  in  mathematics  for  West  Point,  was  among 
the  teachers. 

Ti>e  school  aj)pears  never  to  have  been  prosperous,  and  it 
was  suspended  in  the  year  18'2('»  for  the  want  of  sufficient 
support.  The  i)roperty  was  subsequentfy  rented  to  private 
parties  for  school  purposes,  and  finally  wtus  sold  and  the 
jtroceeds  devoted  to  the  education  of  Friends"  children. 

A  committee  of  North  Carolina  Yearly  Meeting  reporte«l 
in  1830:  "Tiiere  is  not  a  sciiool  in  the  limits  of  the  Yearly 
Meeting  that  is  under  the  care  of  a  committee  either  of 
a  Monthly  or  a  Preparative  Meeting.  The  teachers  of 
Friends'  children  are  mostly  not  members  of  our  Society, 
and  all  the  schools  are  in  a  mixed  state;"  "which  brought 
tlie  meetings  und«r  exercise  for  a  better  plan  of  education." 
A  committee  was  then  appointe<l  to  prepare  an  address  to 


54  HISTORY    Ol"    JIAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

the  subordinate  meetings  on  the  subject,  and  the  result  was 
the  establishment  of  a  few  excellent  Monthly  Meeting 
Schools,  and  finally  of  a  Yearly  Meeting  Boarding-School 
at  New  (iarden,  now  (uiilford  College,  in  1836-7. 

Friends  west  of  the  Alleghanies  had  not  time  to  do  much 
in  the  way  of  establishing  schools  before  Haverford  was 
founded.  Ohio  Yearly  Meeting,  however,  had  taken  action 
by  directing  subscriptions  to  be  taken  for  a  Yearly  Meeting 
Boarding-School,  which  resulted  in  the  establishment  of 
that  at  Mount  Pleasant  in  183(3. 

Subordinate  meetings  had  sustained  a  number  of  suc- 
cessful schools  before  that  time. 

In  addition  to  Dr.  Fothergill  and  Lindley  Murray,  al- 
ready alluded  to,  Joseph  Lancaster,  with  all  his  faults,  had 
done  much  to  promote  education,  and  so  had  William 
Allen.  The  Society  of  Friends,  moreover,  had  ]>roduced 
many  men  of  distinction  in  various  branches  of  science 
and  letters;  among  whom  were  John  and  Peter  Bartram, 
Peter  Collinson,  John  Dalton,  Dr.  Thomas  Young,  Benjamin 
Robins,  Richard  and  William  Phillips,  William  Curtis,  Di-. 
Lettsom,  Luke  Howard,  William  Darlington,  Enoch  Lewis, 
Bernard  Barton,  Thomas  Say,  the  naturalist;  Benjamin 
West,  President  of  the  Royal  Academy;  Amelia  Opie, 
William  and  Mary  Howitt,  Anthony  Purver,  whose  trans- 
lation of  the  Bible  we  value;  John  Woolman,  whose  pure 
writings  have  been  used  as  a  model  of  style  at  Harvard; 
and  (loold  Brown,  the  grammarian.  Such  a  list,  moreover, 
affords  evidence  in  itself  of  the  appreciation  of  education 
in  the  Society. 

The  efforts  of  Friends  to  promote  education,  of  which 
this  brief  narrative  has  been  made,  were  largely  directed 
toward  fittiuii' their  children  "for  business"  and  "for  the 


Kin  (  ATIDN    IN    Tin:    S<i<  IKIY    u|      I'KIKNDS.  .'if) 

ordinary  tliilit's  of  life."  Tiiev  rosultetl  in  little  mure  ilian 
layinjj  a  good  foundation  for  a  more  generous  culture,  into 
which  comparatively  few  had  ojiportunities  for  entering.  A 
desire  was  gradually  developed  for  lutter  facilities  for 
higher  education  than  had  yet  been  enjoye<l.  A  need  was 
felt  for  a  culture  of  that  broad,  generous  kind  which 
develops  the  whole  powers  of  a  rational  being,  and  qualifies 
him,  so  far  as  circumstances  will  allow  of  it,  to  act  not  in 
one  sphere  only,  but  wherever  his  talents  and  his  situation 
in  life  may  lead  him.  Friends  saw  that  a  good  education 
must  be  broad,  so  that  a  man  may  carry  with  him  some 
breadth  into  his  subsequent  career,  and  thus  have  a  steady- 
ing, conserving,  eidightening  influence  upon  the  com- 
munity around  him.  They  saw  that  it  should  l»e  the  aim 
of  such  an  education  not  so  much  to  impjirt  knowledge  as 
to  develop  the  power  of  acquiring  it,  to  train  the  youth  so 
as  to  enable  him  easily  to  grasp  whatever  special  knowledge 
his  future  position  in  life  might  deniand.  and  t<t  t»ach  him 
to  observe,  to  think  and  to  act. 

It    is  the  object  of   this   volume    to    record    one   of  the 
important  results  of  these  desires. 


CHAPTER   ill. 
GENESIS,    i8;o-v.. 

O  faitliful  worthies,  resting  far  beliind 

In  your  dark  ages, — since  ye  fell  asleep 
Much  has  been  done  for  truth  and  humankind. — Whittiek. 

There  seems  to  be  no  documentary  evidence  that  the 
founding  of  Friends'  Central  School,  afterward  Haverford 
School,  and  Haverford  College,  was  due  to  the  great  schism 
whicli,  in  1 827,  rent  asunder  the  Society  of  Friends  in  Amer- 
ica. It  is  rather  a  matter  of  rumor  and  circumstantial 
indication.  But  the  coincidence  of  time  points  to  that  sup- 
position; and  the  discussions  of  the  day  in  the  Orthodox 
branch  of  the  Society,  which  was  agitated  for  some  years 
after  the  separation,  by  a  search  for  the  causes  of  such  a 
widespread  and  unexpected  prevalence  of  Arianism  within 
the  body,  give  color  to  the  same  inference.  Among  the 
causes  assigned  was  a  lack  of  education,  especially  of  a 
higher  education,  among  Friends.  The  Bible  Association 
of  Friends  took  its  rise  about  the  same  time,  under  a  belief 
that  sufficient  attention  had  not  been  given  to  the  reading 
of  the  sacred  writings.  Another  product  of  the  times  was 
The  Friend,  a  Religious  and  Literary  Journal,  begun  in  1827, 
published  w^eekly,  and  at  that  time  the  only  organ  of  Friends 
in  America.  The  columns  of  The  Friend,  known  in  latter 
times,  by  double  entendre,  as  the  "  Sc{uare  Friend,"  reflected 
the  thought  of  that  wing  of  the  original  body  which  founded 
Haverford,  and  which  was  the  wing  recognized  as  the  true  or 

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(JEXKSIS.  57 

|ianiit  ImhIv  l>y  iIk'  courts  of  IVmisylvaiiia  aiitl  NfW  .Iti-sey. 
In  thf  coluimis  of  that  jiniriial  <liiriiiL;  the  years  iSlid  an<l 
1831  appeared  a  number  of  articles,  evidently  trom  ahlo 
pens,  on  the  suhject  of  education.  an<l  about  the  same  time  a 
Friends'  Academy  on  South  Fourth  Street,  Philadelphia, 
under  the  care  of  the  Overseers  of  Public  Schools  (repre- 
sented fifty  years  later  l»y  the  Peiin  Charter  School,  adjoining 
Twelfth  Street  Meeting  House),  and  a  Friends'  Select  School 
on  Orange  Street  in  the  same  city,  were  advertised.  At  the 
Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends,  held  in  Philadelphia  in  the  4th 
month,  1830.  a  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  five 
Friends  from  each  (Quarterly  Meeting,  to  "enter  fully  into  a 
consideration,  in  all  its  parts,  of  the  deeply  interesting  subject 
of  the  right  education  of  our  youth."  This  committee  made  a 
report  before  the  close  of  the  meeting,  signed  on  its  behalf 
by  Ilinchman  Haines  and  .John  For.^ythe,  which,  aside  from 
recommentling  that  "the  price  for  the  board  and  tuition  (»f 
children,  members  of  our  own  ^^•a^Iy  .\beting.  at  the  board- 
ing-school at  West  Town  be  reduce<l  to  sixty  clollars  j»er 
annum."  dealt  chiefly  in  generalities.  It  laid  stress  on  the 
"great  and  discouraging  difliculties  on  every  hand,"  and 
stated  that  the  "  first  an«l  most  important  step  toward  the 
accomplishment  of  the  great  object "  was  that  Friends  should 
"  dwell  under  a  sense  of  its  magnitude,  and  of  their  own  re- 
sponsibility." There  was  therefore  very  little  direct  practi- 
cal result  from  this  movement,  and  it  merely  goes  to  show, 
with  the  other  indications,  a  general  anxiety  on  the  subject 
of  education.  The  tirst  of  a  series  of  earnest  and  ably-writ- 
ten papers  on  etlucation,  signed  "  Aschani."  had  appeared 
in  The  Friend  about  a  month  before  the  Yearly  Meeting. 
In  the  course  of  this,  the  writer  .said,  "  I  wish  to  enable  my 
renders  to  consider  the  sUite  of  education  amongst  us   in 


58  HISTORY  OF  HAVERFORD  COLLEGE. 

connection  with  tlie  sentiments  of  writers  whose  authority 
is  now  ahnost  universally  received.  I  do  not  hesitate  to  ex- 
press my  conviction,  that  when  the  plans  of  instruction 
which  now  obtain  among  Friends  are  submitted  to  this  test, 
and  tlieir  results  compared  with  the  progress  of  society,  tiie 
achievements  of  science,  and  the  increased  influence  of  let- 
ters, we  shall  be  found  to  have  made  no  advance  in  any 
wise  commensurate  with  the  advantages  we  liave  enjoyed, 
or  with  the  responsibility  which  our  standing  in  the  com- 
munity imposes  upon  us."  It  is  interesting  to  note  tliat 
this  writer  states  it  as  "  an  undeniable  fact,  that  the  progress 
which  has  been  made  during  the  last  half  century  (preceding 
1830)  in  the  different  branches  of  knowledge  has  very  far 
exceeded  that  of  any  other  period  of  equal  duration." 
Ascham's  articles  are  outspoken  in  favor  of  a  classical  edu- 
cation, which  another  writer  opposes  as  unchristian ;  the 
former  comes  boldly  out  for  "  enlarged  and  liberal  systems 
of  instruction  in  the  Society  of  Friends,"  and  says,  "  We  must 
first  make  our  youth  perfect  masters  of  the  languages  of  an- 
tiquity, if  we  would  have  them  to  be  familiar  with  the  wis- 
dom of  her  authors."  The  last  of  "Ascham's  Essays,"  five  in 
number,  appeared  in  The  Friend  of  5th  month  22, 1830,  and 
they  appear  to  have  struck  a  key-note,  for  in  the  following 
number  but  one  of  that  journal  was  the  sul)joined  notice,  viz.: 
"Those  Friends  belonging  to  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting, 
who  are  favorable  to  the  establishment  of  a  seminary  for 
teaching  Friends'  children  the  higher  branches  of  learning, 
are  invited  to  attend  a  meeting,  to  be  held  at  the  committee- 
room  in  Mulberry  Street  Meeting  House,  on  6tli  day,  the  18th 
inst,  at  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon."  The  communications 
to  The  Friend,  from  different  pens,  on  the  subject  of  educa- 
tion, continued  to  appear,  evincing  the  warm  interest  that 


had  liit'ii  thorouj^hly  aroused.  In  oin-  of  tlirse,  juihlislM-d 
<»n  tl>e  loth  of  7tli  month,  si»jned  "II.  (J.,"  weretlie  foUowiiig 
tolliii';  j)assages:  "  Many  of  the  early  ministers  in  the  So- 
ciety, whom  we  consithr  as  the  hri;,'ht«'st  ornaments  of  our 
eliurch,  were  nun  that  liad  roieived  a  Hberal  edueation  ; 
;iiid  there  is  no  doubt  tliat,  under  the  sanctifying  power  of 
Divine  Grace,  it  contributed  to  enlarge  the  sphere  of  their 
usefulness,  in  religious  as  well  as  civil  socit'ty.  Barclay, 
Loe,  Penn,  Fisher,  IVnington,  ("laridge,  Caton.  Klwootl, 
Parnell,  Camm  and  Burrough  were  all  men  of  liberal  edu- 
cation ;  and  the  tirst  four  were  bred  at  college \t 

no  subse<iuent  j)eriod  has  the  Society  been  able  to  enroll 
amongst  its  ministers  so  large  a  number  of  men  of  liberal 
education  and  highly  cultivated  minds,  as  those  who 
adorned  its  early  days  ;  and  I  aji{»reh»'nd  it  will  readily  be 
admitted  by  all  who  are  familiar  with  its  history  that,  if 
we  are  to  judge  from  the  ellecta  produced,  the  ministry  has 
never  been  more  pure,  powerful  an<l  convincing,  nor  its  tes- 
timonies and  j>rinciples  more  faithfully  maintained,  than 
during  that  periotl  of  persecution  and  sulUring."  In  the 
IHh  month  appeared  another  paper,  entitled  "  Schools."  uvw 
the  signature  "  K.  (i.. "  in  which  the  writer  "  urges  the  fact 
on  the  calm  and  serious  consideration  of  every  unprejudiced 
min<l,  that  the  wants  of  our  religious  Society  do  imperiously 
require  the  establishment  of  a  school  for  teaching  young 
men  and  boys  the  higher  branches  of  learning,"  adding, 
further  on,  *'  it  is  a  fact  which,  though  painful,  ought  to  be 
known  to  our  members,  that  many  children  of  Friends  are 
placed  at  the  colleges  of  other  religious  societies,  such  as 
Vale,  Princeton,  Muhlenberg's  on  Long  Island,  and  ut  the 
Roman  Catholic  College  in  Maryland.  The  latter  has  fre- 
quently had  a-<  many  as  six  or  eight  at  once." 


60  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Meanwhile,  the  l)all  had  been  set  rolling,  for  the  meeting 
called  in  Mulberry  Street  Meeting  House  had  been  duly 
held,  and,  through  what  agency  does  not  appear,  one  had 
also  been  held  in  Henry  Street  IMeeting  House,  New  York, 
nearly  a  month  earlier,  and  only  two  days  after  the  notice 
of  the  Philadelphia  meeting  appeared  in  Tlie  Friend.  The 
object  of  these  conferences  was  identical,  viz.:  "To  take 
into  consideration  the  propriety  of  establishing  a  central 
school  for  the  instruction  of  the  children  of  Friends  in  the 
advanced  branches  of  learning."  There  is  every  probabil- 
ity that  the  coincidence  was  not  accidental,  but  that  New 
York  and  Philadelphia  Friends  had  prearranged  this  con- 
cert of  action.  The  minute  adopted  at  the  Henry  Street 
Meeting,  which  was  held  5  mo.  24th,  during  the  week  of 
the  New  York  Yearly  Meeting,  Samuel  Parsons  presiding 
as  clerk,  is  interesting  as  elucidating  the  motives  and  ideas 
of  Friends  of  that  day  with  reference  to  the  projected  semi- 
nary.    We,  therefore,  give  it  entire: 

"The  important  object,  on  account  of  which  Friends  have 
met,  engaged  the  serious  deliberation  of  the  Meeting, 
which  led  to  Friends  imparting  their  views  and  feelings 
thereon;  and  it  was  the  united  sense  of  the  meeting  that, 
in  order  to  preserve  our  youth  from  the  contaminating  in- 
fluences of  the  world,  its  spirit  and  its  maxims,  -whilst 
receiving  their  education — and  to  keep  this  interesting  class 
of  the  Society,  its  hope  and  promise,  attached  to  the  princi- 
ples and  testimonies  of  Friends — a  school  be  established  in 
some  central  position,  and  to  an  extent  adequate  to  the 
wants  of  Friends  on  this  continent,  in  which  a  course  of 
instruction  may  be  given  as  extensive  as  in  an}''  literary 
institution  in  the  country,  plainness  and  simplicity  of  dress 
and  de})oriment  be  strictly  maintained  and  enforced,  and 


r;K\Ksis.  Gl 

the  miiuls  of  the  pupils  he  at  the  sanic  time  imbued  with 
tlie  principles  of  the  Christian  reli«;ion,  as  always  main- 
tained by  the  Society  of  Friends,  that  they  may  he  thus 
prepared  under  the  Divine  blessing  to  become  religious 
men  ami  useful  citizens.  It  appeared  to  1»»'  the  opinion  of 
the  Meeting  that  such  an  institution  would  lie  most  useful 
under  the  supervision  and  management  of  the  contribu- 
tors." 

Tliey  then  appointed  a  committee,  consisting  of  Jolm 
Ciriscom,  Thomas  Cock,  Samml  I'arsons.  William  1'.  Mntt, 
^hddon  Hay,  William  l'>ir«lsall,  Ilumjijirty  Howland  and 
Asa  B.  Smith,  "to  meet  with  and  compare  with  Friends  of 
other  parts  of  the  I'nited  States  on  the  subject,  and  to  call 
a  meeting  in  this  city  to  report  the  result  of  their  pro- 
ceedings." On  the  iSth  of  thr  followiiii;  mt»nth  the  tirst 
meeting  convened  in  riiila<lelphia,  and  appointed  Thomas 
Kimber  clerk.  After  noting  the  conclusion  of  the  meeting 
in  the  sister  city,  Thomas  Evans,  Daniel  H.  Smith,  IMward 
liettle,  Thomas  Kimber,  Isaac  Collins,  (ieorge  Stewardson, 
Samuel  R.  (Jummere.  Isaiah  Hacker,  Uriah  Hunt,  Henry 
Cope,  William  Hodgson.  Jr..  and  .lojni  (Jummere,  a  com- 
mittee of  rare  ability  and  distinguished  attainments,  were 
named  to  unite  with  the  New  York  committee  and  report 
to  a  future  meeting.  The  scheme  develo|)ed  rapidly.  A 
second  meeting  was  held  on  the  7th  of  7th  month,  ami 
the  committee  came  prej>ared  with  a  draft  of  a  constitution, 
which  had  already  been  submitted  to  the  New  ^'ork 
Frien«is  and  receive*!  their  fjualifieil,  though  not  condi- 
tional, approval,  a  number  of  modifications  being  modestly 
proposed  by  them,  wjjieh  were  rather  summarily  disposed 
of  at  tlie  Phihulelphia  Meeting  by  tin-  minute,  "The  alter- 
ations therein  suggested,  not   being  deemed  suitable  at  the 


62  HISTORY    OF    llAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

present  time,  are  not  udopted."  Samuel  Parsons,  in  trans- 
mitting these,  had  said,  "  We  wish  it  to  be  clearly  under- 
stood that  these  are  merely  suggestions,  which  are  not  to 
embarrass  your  proceedings,  but  to  be  passed  over,  unless 
any  of  them  meet  your  views."  They  related  to  the  mini- 
mum age  of  students,  a  minimum  charge  for  board  and 
tuition,  a  qualification  of  the  preambular  provision  that 
the  teachers  were  to  be  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  one  or  two  minor  matters.  The  report  and  constitu- 
tion "were  adopted,  and  recommended  to  the  attention  of 
Friends,"  and  the  whole  subject  referred  back  to  the  com- 
mittee for  the  purpose  of  taking  measures — in  conjunction 
with  the  Committee  of  Friends  in  New  York — for  procur- 
ing the  contributions  and  support  of  Friends  throughout 
the  different  Yearly  Meetings.  The  report  of  the  commit- 
tee to  which  we  append  their  proposed  draft  of  a  constitu- 
tion was  as  follows,  viz. : 

"To  the  committee  appointed  on  behalf  of  Friends  of 
Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting  to  digest  and  arrange  a  plan 
of  a  central  school  for  the  education  of  Friends'  children 
in  the  higher  branches  of  learning. 

"The  sub-committee  appointed  at  the  meeting  held  on 
the  18th,  report  that  they  have  met  and  examined  the 
subject  committed  to  them,  and  having  had  the  company 
of  Samuel  Parsons,  one  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
meeting  of  Friends  in  New  York,  have  agreed  to  submit 
the  following  outline  of  a  plan  for  accomplishing  the  very 
desirable  objects  in  view.  In  proposing  the  sum  of  !>40,000 
for  the  capital  stock  of  the  Association,  the  committee  have 
supposed  that  fifty  acres  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Phila- 
delphia could  be  purchased  for  |8,000,  and  that  tlie  requisite 
building  could  be  erected  and  furnished  for  $24,000,  and 


UA-XIKL     1^.     SMITH. 


GENK8IS.  Go 

tluv  have  alloued  $8,000  for  appamtus  ami  library.  .Sup- 
posing that  Hfty  sohohii's  be  obtaine*!,  their  board  ami 
tuition  will  yield  $l(),(K>(i.  The  boarding  of  fifty  boys  is 
estinuited  to  cost  -St'O  each  per  annum,  making  $4,500; 
salary  of  l'riiKii»al,  $l,r>00;  salary  of  two  teachers,  $2,000 ; 
amounting  to  $8,000,  and  leaving  a  profit  of  Sii.dlMt,  whirli 
will  be  an  interest  of  .'>  per  cent,  on  the  capital  invested. 
Whati'ver  may  be  thought  of  tliese  estinnitcs  the  committer 
ho{)e  that  the  attention  of  i-'riends  may  not  be  diverted  from 
the  attainnjent  of  tiie  priniii)al  objects  in  view  by  a  dilfer- 
ence  of  sentiment  respecting  them. 

{Signed) — Damki.  B.  Smith.     Kuwakd  Bkttlk, 
John  Gr.M.MKRK,       Samuki.  (Iu.mmkkk, 
Thomas  1'vans.       Tmomas  Kimukk. 

PhUadelpfii'i.  t;  tw..  -J"^,  ]^:\{)." 

Friends  of  a  later  day,  who  have  the  light  of  subsequent 
events  to  turn  a  red  light  on  these  figures,  may  be  forgiven 
a  smile  at  their  .sanguine  calculation  ;  but  our  predecessors, 
it  is  to  be  remembered,  had  a  subscription  paper  to  hand 
around  as  the  .se(|UtI  t(»  tlnir  report,  and  must  be  pardoned 
the  tempting  form  in  which  they  were  obliged  to  present 
an  opj>ortunity  for  investment.  They  were  simj)ly  business 
mill.     Here  followed  the  ''  Outlines  of  a  Plan:" 

■  Whereas,  the  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends  have 
hitherto  laljoured  under  very  great  di.^ad vantages  in  obtain- 
ing for  their  children  a  guarded  education  in  the  higher 
branches  of  learning,  combining  the  re<juisite  literary  in- 
struction with  a  religious  care  over  the  morals  and  nuinners 
of  the  scholars,  enforcing  plainness  ami  simplicity  of  dress 
and  de|K)rtment,  training  u)>  the  children  in  a  knowledge 
of  the  testimonies  of  our  Keligious  Society,  and  carefully 


64  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

preserving  them  from  the  influence  of  corrupt  princi})les 
and  evil  communications ; 

"It  is  therefore  proposed  that  an  institution  be  estabh'slied 
in  which  the  children  of  Friends  shall  receive  a  liberal 
education  in  ancient  and  modern  literature  and  the  mathe- 
matical and  natural  sciences,  under  the  care  of  competent 
instructors  of  our  own  .Society,  so  as  not  to  endanger  their 
religious  principles  or  alienate  them  from  their  early  at- 
tachments. 

"  In  order  to  carry  the  foregoing  views  into  effect,  the  fol- 
lowing outlines  of  a  plan  are  submitted,  of  which  it  is  pro- 
posed that  the  third  and  fourth  articles  be  the  fundamental 
articles  of  association  : 

"  Article  I.  The  Association  shall  be  called  'The  Contribu- 
tors to  Friends'  Central  School.' 

"  Art.  II.  The  stock  of  the  company  shall  consist  of  400 
shares  of  one  hundred  dollars  each,  the  contributors  being 
at  liberty  to  increase  the  stock  by  new  subscriptions,  if  at 
any  future  period  they  shall  deem  it  expedient. 

"  Art.  III.  The  contributors  shall  be  members  of  the  Re- 
ligious Society  of  Friends  ;  and  certificates  of  stock  shall  be 
transferable  to  members  of  that  Society  only. 

"Art.  IV.  A  person  holding  one  share  and  less  than  three 
shares  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote  at  the  meetings  of  the 
contributors ;  a  person  holding  three  shares  and  less  than 
five  shares  shall  be  entitled  to  two  votes;  a  person  holding 
five  shares  and  less  than  ten  shares  shall  be  entitled  to  three 
votes;  a  person  holding  ten  shares  and  less  than  twenty 
shares  shall  be  entitled  to  four  votes ;  and  a  person  holding 
twenty  shares  and  upwards  shall  be  entitled  to  five  votes ; 
provided,  always,  that  no  person  shall  be  entitled  to  attend 
the  meetings  of  the  contributors,  to  vote  b}'  proxy,  or  other- 
wise to  partake  in  the  management  or  direction  of  the  insti- 


«.i.M.>is.  65 

tution  unless  \\v  be  at  the  time  a  ineinber  of  tlie  Religious 
Society  of  Friends.  Tiu'  votes  may  be  «,MV(n  in  j»eison  cir 
by  proxy. 

"Art.  V.  Tiie  coutril>utors  shall  meet  annually  on  the 

(lay  of nutntli,  at   whirh  time  a  Clerk,  Treasurer  ami 

iioard  o(  ^hlnaJ;eI•s  shall  be  elected  by  ballot. 

"Art.  \'l.  Tlu"  allairs  of  the  contributors  shall  be  con- 
ducted by  a  Hoard  of  twenty-four  Managers,  in  addition  to 
the  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

"Art.  \'ll.  I  In-  institution  shall  be  situated  at  a  con- 
venient distance  from  riiiladelphia. 

"Art,  \'III.  The  full  cour.'ie  of  instruction  in  the  school 
shall  inchule  Kni^lish  literature,  mathematics,  natural,  in- 
tellectual and  moral  philosophy,  the  Greek  and  Latin  lan- 
guages, ancient  literature  and  natural  history.  ( )pportunity 
also  to  be  afforded  for  instruction  in  the  I'rench,  German. 
Spanish  and  other  modern  lanj^uages. 

"Art.  IX.  The  coui"se  of  instruction  shall  be  conducted 
under  the  direction  of  the  Managers,  by  a  Principal  and  a 
sutficient  number  of  teachers. 

"Art.  .\.  No  scholar  shall  bea«lmitted  to  the  school  under 
the  age  of  twelve  years,  nor  without  the  approbation  of  the 
Managers,  and  having  passed  a  •satisfactory  examination 
before  the  Principal  and  teachers  as  to  his  protlciemy  in 
the  re^juisite  preparatory  stmlies. 

"Art.  XI.  Kxaminations  for  the  admission  of  .scholars 
shall  be  held  twice  in  each  year,  and  scholars  shall  not  be 
admitted  at  intermediate  times,  nor  for  less  than  one  year. 

"Art.  XII.  The  full  course  of  iu^tni.lioii  <|iall  imisist  of 
not  less  than  four  years. 

'.\rt.  .\III.  The  price  of  boarding,  washing  and  tuition, 
exclusive  of  modern  languages,  shall  be  $200  per  annum. 


66  HISTORY  OF  HAVKRFORD  COLLEGE, 

"Art.  XI\'.  The  domestic  economy  of  the  liouse  sliall  be 
under  the  management  of  a  steward  and  matron. 

"Art.  XV.  The  scholars  shall  be  Friends  and  the  children 
of  Friends.  The  children  of  contributors  and  those  recom- 
mended by  contributors  shall  have  the  preference  when 
the  school  is  full. 

"Art.  XVI.  The  net  profit  of  the  school  shall  be  divided 
among  the  contributors,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  five 
per  cent,  per  annum  on  the  capital  stock.  The  surplus 
over  this  amount  shall  form  a  contingent  fund,  to  be 
applied  under  the  direction  of  the  Managers,  for  the  general 
benefit  of  the  institution." 

It  would,  perhaps,  be  superfluous  to  say  that  the  hope  of 
profit  on  the  stock  was  not  realized,  but  that,  on  the  con- 
trary, there  was  seldom  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  first  sixty 
years  when  the  school  or  college  was  not  a  severe  drain 
on  tlie  i)rivate  coffers  of  its  friends  to  supply  deficits  and 
pay  off  debts.  Very  i)ro])aljly,  however,  the  possibility  of 
dividends  implied  in  the  sixteenth  article  of  the  plan  facili- 
tated obtaining  subscriptions  to  the  stock. 

Clearly  there  was  no  intention  at  this  time  of  making  the 
institution  a  college.  Not  that  the  idea  was  excluded  by 
the  outline  of  a  curriculum,  for  this  was  generic  enough  in 
its  terms,  and  comprehensive  enough,  to  render  a  college 
course  possible  within  the  limit  of  their  meaning.  But  the 
minimum  age  of  students  was  twelve  years,  and  the  Faculty 
to  consist  of  a  principal  and  two  teachers  at  very  moderate 
salaries,  as  stated  in  the  committee's  report,  though  not  in 
the  plan  intended  for  publication.  Teachers,  moreover,  as 
well  as  contributors,  managers  and  pupils,  were  all  to  be 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  undoubtedl}''  when 
the   bitter  controversy  of  1827,  with  its   animosities   and 


GENESIS.  67 

prejiuUces,  was  still  rankling  in  the  nHinlsi»f  Friends  of  one 
branch  of  the  Society,  it  was  much  more  ditlicult  than  iu>w, 
more  impossible,  if  there  are  degrees  of  possibility,  than 
now,  even  to  tind  within  the  Society  a  supply  of  professors 
to  kee|)  the  ranks  of  a  Faculty  full.  Nothing  more  was  the 
aim  of  its  founders  than  a  school  of  very  high  standing, 
and  so  it  was  called. 

The  joint  committee  of  members  of  New  York  and  Phila- 
delphia Yearly  Meetings,  as  soon  as  the  sumnur  heats  were 
over,  issued  a  circular,  addressed  to  individual  Friends, 
reciting  the  concern  which  lay  at  the  root  of  the  movement, 
sketching  the  juoposed  plan,  and  concluding  with  these 
words:  "Although  it  is  evident  that,  in  order  to  raise  so 
large  a  sum,  a  strong  and  united  effort  must  he  made  by 
Friemls  favorable  to  education  throughout  the  Society,  we 
do  not  doubt  of  accomplishing  a  good  of  .so  great  a  magni- 
tude. We  believe  that  if  the  present  favorable  opportunity 
be  allowed  to  pa.ss  unimproved,  many  years  will  elapse 
before  another  ellort  can  be  successfully  made  for  the  pur- 
pose. We  therefore  solicit  thy  co-operation  in  jiromoting 
tiiese  views  by  thy  own  personal  sul>scription,  and  thy 
influence  among  thy  friends  and  acijuaintance." 

Among  tlie  signatures  to  this  circular  appears  the  name 
of  Goohl  Brown,  the  gramnnirian,  apjiarently  substituted 
for  that  of  Mahlon  Day,  a  much-esteemed  Friend,  whoso 
sad  fate,  many  years  later,  in  is.')  I,  as  one  of  the  lost  on  the 
steamship  "Arctic,''  has  attaciied  a  melancholy  celebrity  to 
his  name.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  he  declined  to  .serve 
on  tlje  committee.  Appended  to  the  circular  was  a  supple- 
ment, signed  by  nineteen  other  names  of  Frien<ls  in  various 
parts  of  the  Union,  commending  the  njovement  as  "  highlv 
deserving  the  favour  and  support  of  Friends." 


68  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

The  appeal  met  with  unexpected  success.  It  was  dated 
10th  month,  1830,  and  so  prompt  was  the  response  that 
when  the  first  meeting  of  contributors  was  held  on  tlie  18th 
of  the  11th  month,  the  committee  reported  that  more  than 
the  M-hole  $40,000  had  been  subscribed.  The  names  of  120 
Friends  had  been  obtained,  agreeing  to  take  435  shares,  or 
$43,500  in  amounts  varying  from  one  share  to  twenty. 
Four  Friends,  viz. :  Thomas  P.  Cope,  Sally  Norris  Dickinson 
(daughter  of  Governor  John  Dickinson,  author  of  the 
"  Farmer's  Letters  "),  and  Elizabeth  and  Anna  Guest,  sub- 
scribed to  twent}^  shares  each.  It  is  a  commentar}^  on 
the  current  views  at  that  day  as  to  female  education,  that 
although  three  out  of  four  of  these  largest  contributors 
were  women,  there  is  no  evidence  that  a  thought  entered 
any  one's  head  that  justice  and  expediency  alike  would 
have  dictated  the  policy  of  according  to  girls,  equally  with 
boys,  the  benefit  of  the  new  foundation ;  for  it  would  prob- 
ably have  doubled  the  number  of  students  and  saved  the 
institution  from  its  premature  financial  embarrassment. 
Of  the  remaining  shareholders,  six  subscribed  ten  shares 
each,  thirty-six  five  shares  each,  and  the  rest  smaller 
amounts.  The  subscription  was  certainly  very  liberal  and 
most  encouraging  to  those  who  had  assumed  the  burden 
of  the  new  enterprise,  and  gave  undeniable  evidence  of 
the  deep  hold  which  the  subject  had  taken  on  the  hearts 
of  Friends.  As  was  apparently  expected,  judging  from  the 
naming  of  a  site  convenient  to  Philadelphia,  before  an 
effort  was  made  to  obtain  contributions,  a  large  part  of  the 
money,  about  three-fourths  of  it,  in  i)oint  of  fact,  was  sub- 
scribed by  Philadelphia  Friends,  who,  at  that  time,  far 
exceeded  their  brethren  of  other  Yearly  Meetings,  both  in 
numbers  and    in  worldly  estate.      So    animated  were   the 


•  .i:m:sis.  69 

coiinnittee  by  the  result  of  their  labors  thai  they  reeoni- 
meiuled  the  contributors  to  increase  the  sum  to  be  raised 
to  .S<JO,()U0;  which  was  unaninjously  ajjreed  to,  more  than 
forty  of  the  contributors  being  present, and  a  comnjittee  was 
appointed  to  solicit  further  subscriptions.  One  «>f  the  com- 
mittee was  Will.  Hodgson,  Jr.,  afterward  a  Icath-r  in  the 
secession  from  the  Yearly  Meeting  of  a  small  IxmIv  known 
as  the  Olive  Street  Friends. 

Uefore  the  contributors  adjourned  at  this  time,  they 
named  two  otluT  committfes,  one  consisting  of  Thomas  C. 
lames,  Philip  (Jarrett,  Thomas  Shijiley,  Henry  Cope,  Daniel 
l>.  Smith,  Thomas  Evans,  Thomas  Kimber,  Samuel  Bettle, 
(ieorge  Stewardson,  Edward  Kettle,  I'enjamin  Jones,  Isaac 
Collins,  Bartholomew  Wistar,  Samuel  B.  Morris,  John 
Cummere,  Charles  Yarnall,  Thom.is  Cock,  Joseph  King, 
Jr..  William  F.  Mott  ami  Daniel  Cobb,  '"  to  draft  a  constitu- 
tinn  for  the  government  of  the  company;''  a  rather  cundx'r- 
.'iome  committee,  and  one  would  think  a  smaller  one  would 
be  more  useful;  but  it  is  interesting, because  there  is  hanlly 
a  man  of  them  who.se  name  is  not  represented  in  connection 
with  the  college  in  succeetling  generations.  The  other  com- 
mittee was  "  to  look  out  for  a  suitable  situation  for  the  loca- 
tion of  the  school,"  and  this  |»roved  no  easy  matter.  It  was 
composed  of  Isaac  Davis,  Lind/ey  Nicholson,  Thomas  C. 
James,  Samuel  Bettle,  Israel  Cope,  Thomas  I*.  Cope  and 
(ieorge  Williams. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned  to  assemble  again  on  the 
ninth  of  the  next  month,  at  seven  in  the  evening,  at  the 
committee  room  in  Mulberry  Street  Meeting  House:  at 
which  time  forty-eight  contributors  atteiuled,  evincing  the 
continued  interest  felt  in  the  enterprise  by  the  little  sect 
for  who.se  goorl  it  was  originated.     <  >ii  this  occasion  a  draft 


70  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEKFORD   COLLEGE. 

of  a  constitution  was  produced,  amended  and  adopted;  and 
a  committee,  consisting  of  Tiiomas  C.  James,  Thomas  P. 
Cope,  Isaac  Collins,  Philip  Garrett  and  Thomas  Shipley, 
was  appointed  to  "  apply  to  the  Legislature  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, at  such  time  as  they  may  think  expedient,  for  an  act 
of  incorporation  for  this  Association,  i)redicated  on  the  Con- 
stitution which  has  now  been  adopted." 

As  the  two  committees  have  undertaken  tasks  that  will 
consume  much  time — more  than  might  have  been  antici- 
pated, indeed — let  us  here  digress  a  little,  and  res^ert  to  the 
somewhat  questionable  plan  adopted  by  the  committee,  of 
holding  out  the  inducement  of  a  dividend  for  the  purpose 
of  obtaining  subscriptions  to  the  stock  of  the  Association. 
No  business  man,  certainh%  would  make  an  investment  on 
the  basis  of  their  estimate,  expecting  a  dividend  on  a  bare 
five  per  cent,  margin  of  gross  profit  without  an  allowance  of 
one  dollar  for  required  imjirovements,  depreciation  in 
values,  unexpected  contingencies,  or  even  ordinary  repairs. 
It  is  hardly  conceivable  that  the  committee  expected  it 
themselves.  Yet  there  is  scarcely  a  doubt  that  money  was 
subscribed  by  people  little  able  to  spare  it  as  a  donation,  in 
the  vague  hope  of  dividends.  The  case  is  fairly  stated  by 
President  Samuel  J.  Gummere  in  an  address  before  the 
Haverford  Loganian  Society,  delivered  10th  mo.  6, 1S65.  He 
says,  "  The  want  of  such  an  establishment  was  not  felt  with 
sufficient  force  by  that  class  whose  interests  in  regard  to  the 
education  of  their  sons  it  was  designed  to  serve,  to  make  it 
an  easy  matter  to  procure  at  once  the  requisite  amount  of 
funds.  Indeed,  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  present  tlie  project 
in  the  light  of  a  'profitable  adventure,  and  to  solicit  subscrij)- 
tions  not  merely  as  contributions  to  the  cause  of  learning 
and  morality,  but  as  investments  in  a  safe  and  dividend- 


GENESIS.  71 

{taying  stock.  The  fact,  however, soon  hecaine  evident  that 
so  tar  from  heing  a  source  of  profit  to  the  stock hokler.s,  tiu- 
institution  woukl  not  even  he  sclfsustaininj^;  and  as  it  was 
idU'  to  look  for  legacies  or  donations  while  the  divitlend- 
paN  Ing  feature  was  retained,  an  etlbrt  was  soon  made,  which 
in  most  cases  was  successful,  in  induce  tiie  holders  of  stock 
to  sign  away  all  claim  to  any  surplus  that  might  accrue,  in 
order  that  such  surplus  should  always  he  devoted  to  the 
procuring  of  additional  facilities  for  imparting  sound  and 
liberal  instruction.  In  a  few  instiinces,  I  think,  those  un- 
willing thus  to  i»ind  thtinselves  found  punhasers  for  their 
stock  at  its  par  value,  though  I  know  of  at  least  one  original 
subscriber  who  is  still  in  the  habit  of  in<juiring  '  what  the 
prottped  is  for  a  dividend.''"'  Little  came  from  the  effort  to  in- 
crea.se  the  capital  stock  from  i?i(),(KK)  to  $GO,UOO  until  about 
four  years  later,  when  financial  <listress  drove  the  Managers 
to  a  resolute  effort  to  accomplish  the  increase 

Those  who  subscribed  from  philanthropic  motives,  no 
doubt,  felt  that  the  success  of  the  project  was  assured,  while 
those  who.se  sanguine  temperament  led  them  to  flatter  them- 
selves that  they  were  making  a  dividend-paying  investment 
soon  began  to  realize  their  mistake,  and  closed  their  porte- 
monnaies.  We  conse<|Uenlly  learn  little  more  of  any  further 
additions  to  the  stock  subscription  at  this  time,  and,  indeed, 
the  history  of  the  next  three  years  throws  scarcely  a  ray  of 
light  on  the  subject.  In  their  annual  report  for  1S34,  the 
Managers  stilted  that  their  expenditures  amounted  to$(>2,()(M), 
while  their  total  resources  did  not  exceed  $15,000,  or  very 
little  more  than  was  reported  one  month  after  the  issue  of 
the  first  circular.  This  was  a  crisis  "of  peculiar  anxiety  on 
the  part  of  the  Managers,"  thus  "deeply  involved  in  debt,"' 
and  tliev  set  to  work  to  retrieve  their  f«»rtuni*s  by  obtaining 


72  HISTORY    OF    llAVHRFORD    COLLEGE. 

the  additional  subscription  to  the  capital  stock,  for  some 
years  contemplated ;  and  such  was  the  lil)eralitv  again 
manifested  that  in  1836  they  were  able  to  report  that  the 
whole  amount  of  stock  subscribed  was  -SlMjSOO. 

Meanwhile,  the  committee  which  had  been  appointed  to 
select  a  site  for  the  new  institution  were  busily  at  work  and 
found  it  no  easy  matter.  It  was  not  until  about  eighteen 
months  after  the  hrst  meeting,  and  a  3'ear  after  the  success 
of  the  appeal  was  assured,  that  a  property  was  actually 
bought.  There  are  indications  of  divergent  sentiment  as  to 
where  the  school  should  be  placed,  which  increased  the 
delay.  We  cannot  better  describe  the  situation  than  by 
transcribing  a  letter  from  Thomas  P.  Cope  to  Samuel  Par- 
sons, in  the  midst  of  the  controversy. 

In  the  interval  between  the  last  meeting,  which  we  have 
recorded  and  the  writing  of  this  letter,  occurred,  on  the  30th 
of  12th  mo.,  1830,  another  meeting  of  the  corporation,  and 
one  of  much  importance;  for  the  first  organization  was 
then  formed  for  the  management  of  the  institution,  and  it 
is  the  same  in  form  which  has  been  followed  ever  since. 
This  organization  consisted  of  a  Secretary,  who  was  more 
properly  clerk  or  presiding  officer  (after  the  manner  of 
Friends  in  those  days,  even  at  business  meetings);  a  Treas- 
urer, and  twenty-four  Managers,  to  wit:  Secretary,  Henry 
Cope;  Treasurer,  Benjamin  H.  Warder;  Managers,  Samuel 
Bettle,  Thomas  P.  Cope,  Thomas  C.  James,  John  Paul, 
Isaac  Davis,  Abraham  L.  Pennock,  John  G.  Hoskins, 
Thomas  Evans,  Daniel  B.  Smith,  Thomas  Kimber,  Charles 
Yarnall,  George Stewardson,  Isaac  Collins,  Samuel  B.  Morris, 
Bartholomew  Wistar,  John  Gummere,  Thomas  Cock,  Sam- 
uel Parsons,  Lindley  Murray,  Samuel  F.  Mott,  John  Griscom, 
Gerard  T.  Hopkins,  Joseph  King,  Jr.,  and  Benjamin  ^\^ 
Ladd. 


(iEXESIS.  to 

The  iifw  Managers  wore  autljorized  to  select  a  site  and 
pureliase  the  «;rouiKl  for  the  school,  thus  superseding  the 
committee  of  the  corporation,  which,  until  then,  had  heen 
uniler  ap|»ointment  for  that  purpose;  they  were  also  em- 
powered to  contract  for  and  superintend  the  erection  of  the 
necessary  buildings.  It  was  six  months  later  that  Thomas 
1*.  Cope,  who  appears  to  have  heen  prominent  on  both  com- 
mittees, wrote  the  letter  to  Samuel  Parsons,  of  New  York, 
to  which  we  have  alluded.  H-  urit.v:,  under  <late  of  <>  mo. 
29th, 1S31: 

''l)KAi;  Frikni> — Thy  acceptable  favorot  tin'Jlth  reached 
me  next  day,  and  wouM  have  reciived  an  immediate  ac- 
knowledgment, but  as  the  H(»ard  was  to  convene  that 
evening,  1  hoped  by  waiting  a  few  houi-s  to  have  it  in  my 
jX)wer  to  communicate  something  more  decisive  on  the 
subject  of  an  election.  There  was  a  bare  quorum  j>re.sent, 
owing,  in  part,  to  the  absence  of  several  from  the  city;  ami 
the  assembled  members  concluded  to  a<ljourn  until  Third 
day  evening,  and  to  cause  notices  to  be  .served  on  those 
who  were  not  present,  tiiat  the  Hoard  would  then  consider 
the  subject  of  a  site. 

"  I  much  regret  what  has  taken  place,  and  more  espi'cialiy 
do  I  lament  that  dilferenceson  this  niatter  have  arisen  among 
us.  Whether  there  is,  as  thou  hast  heani,  a  majority  for 
Burlington,  ami  only  five  or  six  opposed  to  it,  will  be  mani- 
fested by  the  result.  I  have  not  scanned  opinions,  nor 
electioneered  to  carry  a  favorite  measure,  and  I  cannot, 
conse<iuently,  say  whether  a  majority  nuiy  or  may  not 
have  committed  themselves;  but,  be  that  as  it  may,  I  am 
persuaded  the  .school  cannot  be  fixed  there,  in  that  unity 
which  ought  to  govern  in  the  case,  an<l  which,  in  my  appre- 
hension, is  essential  to  the  success  of  the  underUiking.  I 
have  always  supj»osed  that  we  want,  in  the  first  place,  a 
healthy  situation — not  one  which  Jnay  be  so  occasi«)nally, 
but  which  lias  acfpiired   a    long-established   reputation   for 


74  HISTORY    01'    HAYERFORD    COLLEGE. 

sulubrity — and  cxen  the  neighborhood  free  of  malaria — may 
I  add,  both  moral  and  physical;  that  it  should  be,  secondly, 
near  enough  to  the  city  to  admit  of  easy  and  daily  access; 
and,  thirdly,  that  it  must  be  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  a 
Meeting  for  ^vorship,  and  a  respectable  body  of  Friends. 
These  I  have  supposed  essential  to  any  location,  to  which 
should  be  added  enough  land  to  constitute  a  respectable 
farm,  so  that  whenever  Friends  are  prepared  for  it  the  Fel- 
lenberg  system  may  be  tried  and  an  extensive  botanical 
garden  be  established. 

"If  these  ends  can  be  attained  I  shall  be  content;  and  I 
have  made  up  my  mind  that  I  will  cheerfully  yield  my 
own  predilections  to  the  settled  judgment  of  the  body 
wherever  fairly  expressed.  I  also,  at  the  same  time,  am 
free  to  say  that  I  know  of  no  situation  within  our  com- 
mand which  combines  so  many  of  these  advantages  as  that 
owned  by  Thomas  Thomas,  in  Upper  Darb^^  It  was  not 
my  original  choice;  but  when  it  was  suggested  on  all  hands, 
as  a  sine  qua  non,  that  the  school  must  be  near  a  Friends' 
Meeting,  it  decided  me,  after  much  reflection,  in  its  favor. 
It  may  not  be  all  that  we  desire,  yet  I  am  induced  to  think 
favorably  of  it,  because  I  know  of  no  other  equal  to  it — 
no  other  within  a  reasonable  distance  of  it,  near  to  which 
there  is  so  respectable  a  body  of  Friends,  unless  in  some 
village,  and  to  all  such  villages  objections  are  urged.  Be- 
sides, the  neighborhood  is  considered  to  be  exemplar}'  for 
its  moralit3^  The  situation  is  high  and  healthy,  and  the 
soil  productive.  No  running  stream  passes  through  it,  but 
it  is  abundantl}'  supplied  with  springs  of  excellent  water. 

"  The  farm  called  '  Willing's,'  one  of  those  we  visited 
when  thou  wast  here,  is  said  to  be  surrounded  by  a  popula- 
tion not  remarkable  for  sobriety ;  and  the  nearest  body  of 
Friends  are  those  of  Darby  Meeting.  To  have  a  meeting  of 
Friends  there,  would,  in  the  present  state  of  things,  be  im- 
practicable. The  place  known  as  '  Capt.  Kiley's  '  which, 
thou  mayest  recollect,  we  also  visited,  is  badl}'  watered,  and 
in  }»oor  condition.     Part  of  it  is  also  flat  and  swampy,  and 


GENESIS.  7o 

there  is  Imt  little  woo<l  on  it.  After  saying  so  much  I  may 
be  permitted  to  add,  that  if  rumors  Imve  reached  you  so 
have  rumoi-s  readied  us;  and  ainoni;  thein,  that  Dr.  ("ork, 
S.  F.  Mott  and  thyself  disajtprove  T.  Thomas's  place.  If 
tliat  bf  true,  why  I  shall  have  only  shown  my  folly  in  tell- 
ing thee  t>f  my  priftMvnfe  fur  it.  Having  writttn  thus 
much,  I  have  concludid  to  wait  tin-  decision  of  Third  day 
evening  ht'fore  I  (inally  close. 

"  21Uh. — W't'  have  had  our  meeting,  our  consultation  ami 
debate,  but  have  made  no  choice  of  a  seat  for  the  school. 
Burlington  was  not  named  ;  ^\'illing's  farm  had  one,  perhaps 
two  advocates;  T.  Thonnis's  had  a  large  majority  in  its  favor; 
but,  as  three  or  four  Friends  o|>posed  that  location,  its 
advocates  would  not  press  it ;  and  after  adding  three 
persons  to  the  committee,  jircviously  consisting  of  five,  we 
adjourne<l. 

•'  \\\'  must  now  do  as  .hiiues  Colmrn  u>td  often  to  toll  us 
in  his  prearhing,  '  exercise  our  situation.'  May  we  be 
favored  tn  dwili  in  everlasting  patience,  ami  perhaps  all 
may  yet  end  right. 

Very  truly  and  affectionately  thine, 

'l"ii('M.\s  r.  Copi:." 

Little  more  has  reached  the  historian  as  to  this  dilliiult 
quest,  until,  as  appears  from  a  second  letter,  which,  haply, 
and  happily  for  this  history,  as  in  the  case  of  the  one  above, 
fate  has  rescued  from  tho  flamis,  the  search  was  crownetl 
witli  a  happy  result  in  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  ground 
upon  which  the  college  stands.  This  letter  was  addre.'^seil 
by  Daniel  B.  Smith  to  Uichanl  Mott,  on  tin-  2  Jth  of  the 
11th  month,  IS-'U,  about  si.x  months,  therefore,  after  the 
above.  The  first  part  of  tin-  l.n.  r  fr.;if.-.l  of  another  suIj- 
ject.     He  thus  continues  : 

"  I  am  thy  debtor  for  a  h»ng  and  interesting  letter, 
received   from  thee  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  year. 


76  HISTORY  UF  HAVERFORD  COLLKGK. 

on  the  subject  of  the  Central  School.  The  difficulties  of 
finding  a  site  that  pleased  all  parties  have  at  length 
been  overcome,  and  a  farm  purchased  which  even  I, 
who  was  so  bent  upon  going  to  Burlington,  think  an  ad- 
mirable location.  Samuel  Parsons  can  give  thee  a  mucii 
better  description  of  it  than  I  am  able  to,  and  I  shall,  there- 
fore, refer  thee  to  him  for  the  particulars.  We  shall  pro- 
ceed at  once  with  the  preparations  for  the  building,  and  I 
hope  to  see  the  institution  opened  in  a  year  from  this  time. 
The  views  expressed  in  thy  letter  will,  I  trust,  govern,  or,  at 
least,  influence  the  managers;  and  in  order  to  carry  them 
into  effect,  a  principal  means  must  be  the  proper  kind  of 
head  for  the  institution.  A  man  not  occupied  with  the 
drudgery  of  teaching  or  farming,  having  the  charge  of  the 
boys  in  the  intervals  of  study,  and  representing  the  institu- 
tion to  visitors,  should  be  procured.  He  must  be  a  gentle- 
man in  his  manners,  endued  with  habits  of  order  and 
method,  affable  and  companionable,  religious,  grave,  yet 
cheerful.  If  such  a  man,  of  high  standing  among  his 
friends,  should  feel  it  to  be  his  religious  duty  to  the  opening 
of  an  institution  so  important  in  its  consequences  to  our 
Society,  would  it  not  be  almost  a  guarantee  of  its  success  ? 
If  thou  shouldst  know  of  such  a  one,  whisper  in  his  ear  a 
message  from  me,  that  the  monitions  of  the 

"  Stern  daughter  of  tlie  voice  of  God  " 

are  never  to  be  disregarded  with  safety. 

Thy  affectionate  friend, 

Daniel  B.  Smith." 

"Further  deponent  saith  not;"  as  to  differences,  love 
seems  to  have  prevailed  in  the  midst  of  and  over  them  all, 
and  they  were  completely  healed.  The  first  annual  report 
of  the  Managers  to  the  contributors  was  made  on  the  10th 
of  the  12tli  month,  1S31,  and  refers  to  this  subject  as 
follows:  "  Immediately  after  their  appointment  a  committee 
was  charged  with  the  care  of  procuring  a  suitable  farm  for 


GKNESIS.  77 

looatin;;  the  scliool.  This  cominittt'o  diligently  attt'iidtcl 
to  their  «luty,  ami  examined  every  place  oU'ered  for  sale 
within  ten  nnle.s  of  the  city,  tliat  was  at  all  liktly  to 
answer  the  purpose.  The  difheiilties  in  the  way  of  our 
l»eing  suitetl  were,  however,  great,  and  .seemed  for  nianv 
months  insuperable.  .  .  .  The  only  farm  whieh  united 
tlie  sutlVages  uf  the  whole  Hoard,  is  a  farm  whiih  has 
recently  been  offered  to  us,  and  whieh  we  have  since  pur- 
chased for  the  sum  of  §17,80.').  It  is  an  oblong  tract  of 
198.\  acres,  lying  on  both  sides  of  the  JIaverford  Koad,  near 
the  ten-mile  stone,  and  extending  from  that  road  to  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  being  nearly  .soutli  of  the  eight-mile 
stone  on  the  Lancaster  Turnpike  There  are  about  twentv 
acres  of  woodland,  distributed  in  small  groves,  well  adai>ted 
for  ornamental  cultivation.  The  soil  is  a  light  .sandy  loam, 
easily  cultivated,  and  a  part  is  in  very  good  condition.  It 
is  well  watered.  A  narrow  strij*  of  land,  nearly  the  whole 
breadth  of  the  farm,  lies  on  the  southwest  side  of  the  Haver- 
ford  Road.  Mill  Brook,  a  branch  of  Cobb's  Creek,  runs 
through  this  part  of  the  tract,  being  the  boundary  line 
along  a  part  of  it,  an<l,  pa.ssing  through  our  land  the 
remainder  of  the  distance,  in  which  there  is  a  fall  of 
seven  feet  nine  inches.  A  small  branch  of  Cobb's  Creek 
passes  through  the  eastern  section  of  the  land,  and  is  an 
unfailing  stream  with  a  fall  of  thirteen  feet.  There  is 
water  jMjwer  on  either  of  the.se  streams,  it  is  thought,  suf- 
ficient to  raise  water  to  the  highest  spot  on  the  farm. 
There  are,  in  addition,  two  fine  springs  of  water.  There  is 
also  a  quarry  of  good  buiMing-stone.  The  grounds  have  a 
slope  to  the  .south  and  .southeast,  and  leave  little  to  be 
desired  on  the  score  of  beautiful  scenery,  or  eligibility  for 
building.     The    Pennsylvania    Uailroad   pa.sses   along   the 


78  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGK. 

nortlR'i'ii  buuiidiiry  of  the  place,  and  cuts  oil' a  small  portion 
of  it.  Haverford  Meeting  is  held  on  an  adjoining  farm, 
and  is  a  branch  of  Philadelphia  Quarterly  Meeting."  The 
Managers  then  apologize  for  making  a  larger  purchase 
than  had  been  intended;  state  that  "they  have  authorized 
contracts  to  be  made  for  quarrying  stone  and  cutting 
timber  for  the  building,  which  it  is  intended  to  commence 
with  the  first  opening  of  spring;"  promise  "  a  wise  liberality  " 
in  the  ])lan  for  the  building,  and  reiterate  as  "  the  great 
and  fundamental  principle  of  our  Association — an  educa- 
tion in  strict  conformity  with  the  doctrines  and  testimonies 
of  our  Religious  Society ;"  and,  lastl}^  appeal  once  more  for 
the  increase  of  the  capital  stock  to  $60,000. 

We  shall  have  occasion  to  refer  again  to  the  continual 
stress  laid  by  the  early  Managers  upon  compliance  with  the 
doctrines  and  testimonies  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  which 
seem  to  have  been  construed  in  a  remarkably  rigid  sense. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  farm  actually  })urchased  was 
not  that  of  Tlios.  Thomas,  in  Upper  Darby,  upon  which  a 
large  majority  of  the  Board  had  united  their  votes  at  their 
meeting  in  the  6th  mo.  previous,  but  that,  in  deference  to  the 
minority,  that  property  was  abandoned  in  favor  of  one  owned 
by  Rees  Thomas  in  Haverford  township.  The  records  of  the 
Board  are  innocent  of  any  reference  to  differences  of  oi)inion, 
and  merely  refer  in  the  barest  way  to  the  final  conclusion  of  a 
desirable  purchase.  We  are  left  entirely  in  the  dark  as  to 
the  grounds  of  this  variation  of  opinion,  but  the  outcome 
of  it  all  was  good  ;  for  the  Managers  did  not  overstate  the 
beauty  or  the  advantages  of  the  new  location,  and  very 
probably  these  surpassed  those  of  an}^  of  the  competing 
"  plantations,"  as  they  are  called  in  the  old  title-deeds.  In 
the  midst  of  a  pastoral  country,  smiling  with  abundance, 


GENESIS. 


79 


luitl  on  a  ritlge  coniinaiuliu*^  ilistant  jijliinpses  from  tlie  trt'c- 
tojis  ami  liouse-tops,  tlu'  laiul  «>ii  the  one  hand  desceiuls  in 
tleej)  and  shadowy  ravines  to  the  beautiful  valley  of  tlie 
Schuylkill;  while,  on  the  other,  the  Delaware  winds  like  a 
white  silken  thread,  doubled  and  twisted  in  the  emerald 
woof  around  it.  Few  dell.«'  are  more  rharmin^  than  the 
hosky  dell  of  Mill  Creek,  and  tVw  landscapes  more  jdea.sing 


SCKXK  ON  Mn.l,  CKEKK. 


to  the  eye  than  the  hroad  and  diversifie<l  view  from  Pros- 
pect Hill,  bounded  by  the  blue  mountains  of  the  I'enn.syl- 
vania  llerks.  Th«'  farm  was  well  selected  for  increase  of 
value,  for  the  Penn.sylvania  Railroad  ran  past  its  gates, 
an<l  the  first  half  century  enhanced  its  worth  two  thousand 
per  cent.  Historically  it  was  interestinj;,  being  a  j)art  of 
the  Welsh  tract  of  40,000  acres  ceded  bv  William  Penn  to 


80  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

certain  ancient  Britons,  and  near  the  venerable  Merion 
Meeting  House  where  our  Welsh  ancestors  worshipped.  A 
copy  of  the  original  deed,  by  which  the  proprietor  conveyed 
the  tract  of  which  this  is  a  part  to  Richard  Davies,  is  pre- 
served among  the  archives  of  the  corporation,  and  may 
be  interesting  to  our  readers,  in  spite  of  its  legal  verbiage. 
It  is  as  follows : 

"  This  indenture,  made  the  17tli  day  of  June,  one  thou- 
sand six  hundred  and  eighty  and  two,  and  in  the  CCCiiii 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Charles  the  Second,  over  England, 
etc.,  between  William  Penn  of  Worminghurst  in  the  County 
of  Sussex,  Esquire,  of  the  one  part,  and  Richard  Davies  of 
AVelchpooler,  in  the  County  of  Montgomery,  Gent,  of  the 
other  part.  Whereas,  King  Charles  the  Second,  by  his 
letters  patent,  under  the  great  seal  of  England,  bearing  date 
the  fourth  day  of  March,  in  three  and  thirtieth  year  of  his 
reign,  for  the  consideration  therein  mentioned,  hath  given 
and  created  to  the  said  William  Penn  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
all  that  tract  or  parcel  of  land  in  America,  with  the  islands 
therein  contained  and  thereunto  belonging  as  the  same  is 
bounded  on  the  East  by  Delaware  River,  from  twelve  miles 
distant  North  of  Newcastle  town  to  the  three  and  fortieth 
degree  of  Northern  Latitude,  and  extendeth  Westward  five 
degrees  in  Longitude,  and  is  bounded  South  by  a  circle 
drawn  at  twelve  miles  distance  from  Newcastle  aforesaid 
Northwards  and  AVestwards  to  the  beginning  of  the  fortieth 
degree  of  Northern  Latitude,  and  then  by  a  straight  line 
Westward  to  the  limit  of  Longitude  above  mentioned,  to- 
gether with  divers  great  powers,  pre-eminences,  authorities, 
royalties,  franchises  and  immunities,  and  hath  created  the 
said  tract  of  land  into  a  province  or  signiory  by  the  name 
of  Pennsilvania,  in  order  to  the  establishment  of  a  colonv 


GENKSIS.  81 

aiitl  {)lanliK(»n  in  the  same,  nu'l  hath  th(.-ivl>y  alsot- further 
granted  to  the  said  William  r»iiii  his  htirs  ami  assigns 
tVuin  time  to  time  powt-r  antl  litcnee  to  assign,  aline,  grant, 
demise  or  enfeofV  such  parts  and  i)arcels  of  the  said  province 
or  tract  of  land  as  hee  or  they  shall  think  litt  to  such  per- 
son or  persons  as  shall  he  willing  to  purciiase  the  same 
in  fee  simj)le  fee  tayU-  or  for  term  of  life  or  yt'ars  to  be 
holden  of  thesaid  \\'illiam  IV-iin  his  lu-irs  an<l  assigns  as  of 
the  signiory  of  Windsor,  by  such  services,  customs,  and 
rents  as  shall  seem  titt  to  the  said  William  Penn,  his  heirs 
and  assigns,  and  not  immediately  of  the  said  King,  his 
heirs  and  successors,  notwithstanding  the  statute  of  <^uia 
Emptores  terrarum,  made  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward  (he 
First.  Now  this  indenture  witnesseth  that  the  said  William 
l*enn  as  well  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  twenty- 
tive  pounds  sterling  money  to  him  in  hand  paid  by  the  said 
Richanl  Davies,  the  receipt  whereof  he  the  said  William 
I'eiin  dnth  hereby  acknowledge,  ami  thereof  and  for  every 
part  thereof  iloth  ae'juit  and  discharge  the  said  Richard 
Davies  his  Executors  and  Administrators  as  of  the  rents 
and  services  hereinafter  reserved,  hath  alined,  granted, 
bargained,  sold,  released  and  confirmed,  and  by  these  pres- 
ents doth  alien,  grant,  bargain,  sell,  release  and  confirm 
unto  the  said  Richard  Davies  in  his  actual  possession  (now 
being  by  virtue  of  a  bargain  and  sale  to  him  thereof  made 
for  one  whole  year  by  indenture  bearing  date  the  <lay  next 
before  the  date  of  these  presents,  and  by  force  of  the  statute 
for  transferring  of  uses  into  possession)  and  to  his  heirs  and 
assigns  the  full  and  just  proporcon  and  <iuantity  of  one 
thousand  two  hundre«l  and  fifty  acres  of  land  (every 
acre  to  be  admeasured  and  computed  acconling  to  tiie 
<limencons  of  acres  mcncom  <1  ami  appointed  in  and  l)y 
6 


82  HISTORY    OK    lIAVKltFOKD    fOLLEGE. 

the  statute  made  in  the  three  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  the  first)  scituate,  lying  and  being  within 
the  said  tract  of  hind,  or  province  of  Pennsylvania,  the 
1,250  acres  to  be  alloted  and  sett  out  in  such  places  or  parts 
of  ye  said  tract  or  province  and  in  such  manner  and  at  such 
time  or  times,  as  ])y  certain  concessions  or  constitucons 
bearing  date  the  11th  day  of  July  last  past,  and  signed, 
sealed  and  executed  by  and  between  the  said  William  Penn 
on  the  one  part,  and  the  said  Richard  Davis  and  other  pur- 
chasers of  land  within  the  said  tract  or  province,  of  the 
other  part,  as  agreed,  limited  and  appointed,  or  liercafter  to 
be  signed,  sealed  and  executed  by  and  between  the  said 
parties,  shall  be  agreed,  limited  and  appointed.  And  also, 
all  the  estate,  right,  title  and  interest  of  him,  the  said  Wil- 
liam Penn,  of,  in  and  to  the  said  1,250  acres.  To  have  and 
to  hold  tlie  said  1,250  acres  and  every  part  and  parcel  of  the 
same  to  him  the  said  Richard  Davis,  his  heirs  and  assigns 
forever  to  be  holden  in  free  and  common  socage  of  him  the 
said  AVilliam  Penn,  his  heirs  and  assigns  as  of  the  said 
signory  of  Windsor,  yielding  and  paying  therefore  unto  the 
said  William  Penn,  liis  heirs  and  assigns  the  chiefe  or  quit 
rent  of  one  shilling  for  every  hundred  acres  of  the  said 
1,250  acres  att  or  upon  the  first  day  of  March  forever  in  lieu 
and  stead  of  all  services  and  demands  whatsoever,  and  the 
said  William  Penn  for  liimself,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  doth 
covenant  and  agree  to  and  witli  the  said  Richard  Davis,  his 
heirs  and  assigns  in  manner  and  following,  that  is  to  say, 
that  he,  the  said  William  Penn,  his  heirs  and  assigns  shall 
and  will,  by  and  before  such  time  or  times  as  for  that  pur- 
pose are  limited  and  appointed  in  and  by  such  constitution 
or  concessions  made  or  hereafter  to  be  made  as  aforesaid, 
clear,  acpiit  and  discliarge  the  said  1,250  acres  soe  to  be  sett 


(fENKSlS.  83 

out  as  shall  l>f  tluTtiii  appointed,  ami  evcrv  part  of  the 
same  of  ami  fnun  all  iiiaiiiuT  of  tytU's  ami  rlaynies  of  any 
Imliaii  or  native  of  tlie  said  traet  (»r  province, an<l  also  that 
lie,  the  saiil  Kit-hard  Havis,  his  heirs  and  assi«;ns,  shall  and 
may  tjuietly  and  peaceahly  have,  iiold  and  enjoy  the  said 
1,250  acres  and  every  part  thereof  acconling  to  the  true  in- 
tent and  ineanin<2:  ^d'  tiiese  presents,  without  the  least  ilis- 
turbance  or  interruption  of  him,  the  s;iitl  William  INnn,  his 
heirs  or  assij^ns,  or  any  other  person  or  jiersons  whatsoever, 
claimin*;  or  to  claim  from  hy  or  under  him  or  any  of  them, 
and  further  that  he,  the  said  William  I'enn,  his  heirs  or 
assigns,  shall  ami  will,  from  time  to  time,  make,  do  and 
execute  all  such  t'urther  ami  (»ther  act  and  acts,  thin;:  ami 
thin;:fs,  conveyances  and  assurances  whatsoever,  as  by  or  in 
pureuance  of,  or  according  to  the  true  intent  or  meaning  of 
such  conces-sions  or  constitutions  so  made  or  to  be  made  as 
aforesaid,  shall  be  agreed  an<I  appointcil  for  the  better  con- 
veying and  assuring  of  the  said  l,*i'»0  acres  to  iiini,  tiie  said 
Ricimnl  Davis,  and  his  heirs,  to  the  use  of  him  and  his 
heirs.  Ami  lastly,  it  is  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  all 
the  parties  to  these  presents  for  the  better  preserving  and 
securing  tiie  title  of  the  said  1,J')(>  acres,  and  the  said 
Hichard  Davis  dotii.  for  himself,  his  heirs  and  tussigns, 
covenant,  promise  and  agree  to  and  with  the  said  William 
IVnn,his  heirs  aixl  assigns  that  he,  the  said  Kichard  Davis, 
his  heii's  and  assigns,  within  six  months  after  such  time  as 
a  Public  Hegister  shall  be  nppointe<l  and  settled  within  thr 
said  tract  or  province,  shall  and  will  cause  and  j»rocure 
these  presents  or  suflicient  memorandums  of  the  .same  to  be 
entered  and  inrolled  in  the  said  Hegister  in  such  nnmiier 
and  sort  as  shall  be  for  that  purpose  ordained  and  appointed. 
In  witness  whereof  the  .said  parties  to  the.se  presents  have  to 


84  HISTORY   OF   HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

these  present  indentures  interchangeably  sett  their  liands 
and  seals  dated  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

Wm.  Pkxn. 
Sealed  and  delivered  in 

the  presence  of 
Benj.  Griffith, 

Tho.  Coxe. 

Recorded  ye  30th  7-,  1684." 

Then  follows  William  Pcnn's  receipt  for  £25,  "  being  for 
the  purchase  of  1,250  acres  of  land  in  Pennsylvania,"  dated 
the  ITih  day  of  June,  A.D.  1082,  "  annoque  R.  R.  Car.  Sed. 
Anglia,  c^'c,  CCCIIII." 

This  indenture  is  curious  and  interesting  for  several 
reasons ;  the  singularity  of  its  phraseology  and  orthog- 
raphy, intermingled  with  phrases  and  expressions,  ver- 
biage, perhaps,  it  may  be  called,  the  use  of  which  has 
reached  the  present  day  unaltered ;  the  light  it  throws  upon 
the  character  of  William  Penn's  tenure  of  Pennsylvania,  in 
its  relation  to  the  Crown,  as  a  seigniory,  and  the  nature  of 
his  transfers,  subject  to  payment  of  a  yearly  quit-rent  of  one 
shilling  per  100  acres  forever,  "  in  lieu  of  all  services  and 
demands ; "  the  reference  to  the  definition  of  an  acre  by 
statute  of  King  Edward  I ;  its  guarantee  against  all  Indian 
"  claymes  and  tytles ;  "  and  lastly,  the  provision,  thus  earh% 
for  that  invaluable  registry  of  deeds  to  real  estate,  which 
has  so  facilitated  transfers  of  real  property  in  the  province 
to  this  day. 

Changes  of  ownership  occurred  rapidly.  We  find  next 
that  on  the  19th  of  August,  "  in  the  second  year  of  the 
reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord,  James  2d,  the  King  of  Eng- 
land, and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  God  one  thousand  six 
hundred    and    eighty  six,"  Richard    Davis,  of  Welchpool, 


gknf:sis.  So 

Weeded  410  acres  ot"  this  land  t<»  Tlios.  Ellis,  ytuinan; 
Francis  Howell,  ycDinan ;  M»)r«;an  Oavid,  husliaiidman  ; 
Francis  Lloyd,  shoemaker;  and  James  Thomas,  yeoman. 
The  consideration  paid  to  William  P«nn  in  1(»82  was  about 
ten  cents  of  our  money  j>cr  acre,  and  one  shillin<;  sterling 
per  annum.  This  sale  was  made  for  .f32  ir)s.  lawful  money 
of  Kn*,dand,  or  about  40  cents  per  acre,  subject  presumably 
to  the  same  ground-rent.  The  next  deed  which  appears  is 
dated  the  2'>th  <lay  of  the  Twelfth  Montii  (the  numeral 
name  of  the  month  being  here  used  for  the  first  time),  17Uo. 
"  Kllis  Ellis,  of  the  townshij)  of  Haverford,  in  the  county  of 
Chester,  yeoman,  son  and  heir  of  Thonias  l]llis,of  the  town- 
ship and  c<Hinty  aforesaid,  yeoman,  ileceased,  to  all  jieople 
to  whom  these  presents  shall  come,  sendeth  greeting. 
Know  ye  that  the  said  Ellis  Ellis,  as  well  for  and  in  con- 
sideration of  the  Naturall  love  which  lie  hath  and  Heareth 
unto  Robert  Wharton  of  the  townshij)  afore.saiil,  cordwainer, 
and  Rachel,  his  wife,  being  the  natural  daughter  of  the  saiil 
Thomas  Ellis,  as  for  the  consideration  of  the  sum  of  fifty 
shillings  current  silver  money  of  Pennsylvania,  Hath  given, 
granted,  etc.,"  'loo  acres  of  Thonnis  Ellis'  land,  in  accord- 
ance with  his  last  Will  and  Testament. 

But  it  is  not  needful  for  us  to  trace  the  ownership  through 
the  various  hands  into  and  out  of  which  it  has  successively 
passed.  No  metes  and  bounds  are  given  in  any  of  the 
deeils  hitiierto  cited.  liut  there  is  a  "patent"  to  Thomas 
Ellis  and  Company  (presumably  the  same  Tiiomas  Ellis  as 
above),  for  T'.'l  acres,  whicii  recites  a  most  elaborate  an<l 
devious  boundary,  and  this  rccitid  lias,  no  doubt,  been  an 
important  contribution  to  the  identification  of  the  links  in 
the  chain  of  title.  It  is  true  the  marks  were  almost  all  of  a 
variable  or  perisliaide  kind — "  a  corner  tret*,""  the  courses  of 


86 


HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFOKD    COLLEGE. 


Mill  Creek,"  "a  lyne  of  trees,"  etc.;  but  one  or  two  names  are 
given  of  the  owners  of  neighboring  land,  and  these  furnish 
a  valuable  clue  to  the  location  of  the  tract  described  in  the 
patent.  Few  traces  remain,  two  centuries  later,  of  the  out- 
ward landmarks  of  that  day.  The  "  tem})oral "  things, 
which  "are  seen,"  have  passed  away.  The  "things  which 
are  not  seen,"  the  names  of  people  and  places,  remain  to  re- 
call the  past;  Merion,  Radnor,  Haverford,  Uewellyn,  Morris, 
Owen,  Reese,  and  a  host  of  other  names  bear  record  to  the 
origin  of  this  settlement  in  the  ancient  principality  from 
which  the  heir  to  the  throne  of  Britain  derives  his  title.  A 
few  of  the  old  milestones  have  outlived  the  wrecks  of  Time, 
bearing  the  legendary  three  balls  which  characterized 
William  Penn's  coat-of-arms,  when  the  weather  had  worn 
away  all  details  of  its  inscription.     The  old  Merion  Meeting 

House,  in  spite  of  resto- 
rations and  renovations, 
survives  to  remind  us  of 
the  reign  of  our  Sover- 
eign Lord,  King  Charles. 
A  few  small  leaded  win- 
dow-panes, the  genuine 
product  of  the  sixteen 
hundreds,  and  not  mere 
imitations  thereof,  tell 
the  simple  tale  of  two 
centuries;  but  aside  from 
these,  little,  as  we  have 
said,  remains  but  ghostly 
names.  But  the  beauti- 
ful contour  of  the  hills  is  there  yet.  The  blue  of  distance 
is  the  same  as  then.      The  streams  may  be  less  brimming 


THOMAS  r.  (OPE. 


GENKSIS.  87 

aiul  k'ss  mossy,  hut  are  chanuing  still  ;  aiitl  if  tliu  sha<le  of 
Ktt's  Thomas  m-  Kllis  Ellis  were  to  revisit  the  ancient 
scene,  it  may  In-  that  his  acres  would  he  as  recogni/.ahU' 
as  the  wheat-tiehl  at  Gettyshurg  is  to-tlay  to  tlu'  veteran 
who  survived  the  terrors  of  that  hloody  field,  and  more  so 
tiian  lU'liamy's  Boston  of  A.l).  'Jnini  will  \)v  to  thr  Adamses 
and  Quincys  of  ISIK). 

But  we  must  resume  our  narrative.  Lovely  as  the 
environment  was,  it  was  oidy,  for  our  purposes,  a  fair 
body  without  the  soul,  until  it  became  tlie  home  of  in- 
tellect, an<l  was  vitidized  by  an  active  organization,  filled 
with  the  lofty  purpose  of  evoking  the  mental  powers  of  our 
youth,  and  at  the  same  time  sweetening  a  life  of  mental 
artivity  in  the  outward  world  with  goodness  and  the 
gracious  influences  of  a  pure  religion. 

As  yet  the  organization  was  not  completed  by  an  act  of 
incorporation,  and  tlii-  was  to  be  the  preliminary  to  any 
inception  of  thi'  actual  work  of  education. 

We  have  seen  that,  on  the  last  day  but  one  of  iSoO,  the 
first  Board  of  Managers  was  chosen,  and  that  they  appointed 
two  committees,  one  of  which  was  charged  with  procuringa 
charter.  Let  us  now  turn  to  this  ellort  in  the  course  of 
which,  as  in  the  procuring  of  a  site,  unexpected  obstiicles 
appeared.  In  this,  as  in  the  other  matter,  the  .'iame  inde- 
fatigable manager  is  our  princij>al  chronicler.  On  the  l'>th 
day  of  the  1st  montii,  1831,  or  about  a  fortnight  after  the 
first  Board  was  elected,  Thos.  P.  Ck)pe  wrote  as  follows  to 
Wm.  Boyd,  a  member  of  the  Assembly  of  Penn.«ylvania: 

"  I  forwarded,  by  the  mail  of  yesterday, to  .Ies.se  H.  Burden, of 
the  Senate,  a  memorial,  signed  by  my.«»elf  and  others,  on  be- 
half of  the  '  Friends'  Central  School  A»<ociati«)n,"  soliciting  a 
charter.    The  religious  Society,  of  which  I  am  a  member, 


88  HISTORY  OF  HAVERFOKD  COLLEGE. 

have  long  and  deeply  felt  the  necessity  of  a  school  in  which 
their  youth  niiglit  receive  a  liberal  education.  With  the  view 
of  accomplishing  this  object,  a  number  of  us  have  associated, 
and  voluntarily  subscribed  a  considerable  sum,  intending 
to  purchase  a  farm  in  the  vicinity  of  this  city,  and  to 
erect  thereon  suitable  buildings  for  teachers,  pupils,  etc. 
We  have  no  ambitious  views,  and  confine  ourselves  to  a 
capital  of  S(jO,000,  of  which  between  840,000  and  850,000 
have  already  been  contributed.  We  wish  our  boys  not 
merely  to  acquire  a  lettered  education,  but  to  be  taught 
husbandry  and  other  useful  branches  of  domestic  industry. 
Some  debts  must,  of  course,  be  contracted,  and  responsi- 
bilities incurred.  Hence  the  utility  of  a  charter,  that  each 
subscriber  may  know,  and  estimate  the  extent  of  his 
liabilities,  and  that  all  who  enter  into  contracts  with  the 
Association  may  have  a  speedy  remedy  for  the  recover}'  of 
their  dues. 

"  Now,  should  this  scheme  meet  thy  approbation  (and  I 
cannot  doubt  that  it  will),  I  claim  thy  good  services  in  pro- 
moting the  speedy  passage  of  a  law  in  our  favor.  Charles 
J.  IngersoU  will  present  our  memorial  to  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, and  he  is  furnished  with  a  bill  prepared  for  us 
by  Charles  Chauncey,  Esq. 

"  Believe  me  to  be,  as  ever,  tin'  friend, 

"Thomas  P.  Cope. 

"  To  William  Boyd,  Esq." 

Ten  days  later  he  again  writes  to  the  same  Assembly- 
man :  "  To-day  I  have  a  letter  from  C.  J.  IngersoU,  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  containing  the  unwelcome  intel- 
ligence that  the  Committee  on  Charters  had  agreed  to  report 
against  our  application.  ...  I  am  convinced  that  our 
views  and  motives  are  not  well  understood,  or  that  other 
reasons  than  such  as  have  been  assigned  occasion  mistrust 
towards  us.  It  is  alleged  against  us,  for  instance,  that  the 
confinement  of  our  views  to  one  religious  denomination  is 


oENf:sis,  89 

rejmtjiuuit  to  the  feelings  wlnoli  jirevail  in  tin*  Legisla- 
Uiiv.  l>ut  wiiy  should  it  be?  !>;  not  every  charter  granted 
to  a  religious  congregation  obnoxious  to  tlie  same  exeep- 
tion  ?  We  support  our  own  poor,  and  educate  our  own 
children,  at  our  own  expense.  Why  not,  then,  give  us  a 
cimrter  to  protect  us  from  the  interference  of  otiiere  in  our 
exclusive  concerns?  Wi-  inttrftre  with  nobody,  and  volun- 
tiirily  and  readily  join  our  fellow-citizens  in  raising  funds 
for  the  support  and  instruction  of  the  common  dependents 
on  public  bounty.  We  ask  no  aiil  from  any  other  denomi- 
nation, and  ask  none  from  the  i)ul>lic  purse.  Now  what 
possible  burden  or  injury  ean  a  tlKUttT,  ^^'anted  tt»  us, 
inflict  on  any  one  else?' 

A  letter  which  he  addresseil  on  the  same  day  to  Jesse 
K.  Hurden,  of  the  Senate,  reveals  the  fact  that  stress  was 
then  laid  on  a  feature  of  the  institution  that  has  since 
been  abandoned — that  is,  the  limitation  of  students  to  the 
sons  of  Friend<.  He  writes:  "The  feature  in  <»ur  l>ill, 
which  confines  the  operations  of  the  A.ssociation  to  members 
of  the  religious  Society  of  Friends,  should,  I  think,  be  con- 
clusive evidence  that  we  have  no  desire  to  make  proselytes, 
or  to  interfere  in  the  educatit)n  of  rhildren  belonging  to 
other  sects,"  and  he  refers  later,  obscurely,  to  some  dispute 
in  which  Senator  Burden  apjiears  to  have  feared  the 
passage  of  this  act  might  embroil  the  Legislature.  "  Nor 
can  it,'"  he  says,  "by  any  necessary  conseijuence,  involve 
the  legislature  in  the  unhappy  dispute  alluded  to.  It 
would  seem  to  me,  that  to  connect  the  pending  «|uestion 
with  that  controversy  would  be  to  travel  quite  out  of  the 
record."  On  the  4th  day  of  the  2d  month.  T.  V.  ('o|)e 
renews  the  argument  with  Senator  Burden  thus;  "It  has 
been    objected    to    the    Roman   Catholics,   that   Protestant 


90  HIST(JRY    or    HAVEIU'OKD    COLLEGE. 

children,  admitted  into  their  seminaries,  have,  in  conse- 
quence of  tlie  course  of  instruction  pursued  in  them,  and 
the  influence  of  the  priests  on  their  tender  and  undis- 
ci})line(l  minds,  been  converted  to  the  Catholic  faith.  The 
Presbyterians  have  Ijeen  accused  of  similar  practices,  am- 
bitiously striving,  by  their  plans  of  school  instruction,  to 
bring  over  to  their  peculiar  doctrines  the  offspring  of 
other  Christian  professors.  I  do  not  allege  tliese  accusa- 
tions, nor  vouch  for  their  correctness,  but  I  may  be  excused 
for  asserting  that  we,  at  least,  meditate  no  such  con- 
trivances, and  have,  in  our  bill,  effectually  cut  ourselves  off 
from  the  exercise  of  them,  in  expressly  excluding  the 
children  of  other  denominations  from  an  entrance  into 
our  institution." 

It  soon  became  evident  that  insidious  efforts  were  on  foot 
to  defeat  the  school  bill.  The  Legislature  blew  hot  and 
cold.  C.  J.  Ingersoll  wrote:  "The  objection  to  the  Sunday 
School  Union  was  that  it  contemplated  proselytes.  The 
objection  to  the  school  you  propose  seems  to  be  that  you 
disclaim  prosel3^tes,  and  will  have  none  but  your  own 
followers."  The  bill  was  attacked,  first  on  one  ground  and 
then  on  the  other.  The  correspondence  between  Thos.  P. 
Cope  and  the  members  of  the  Legislature  continued  for 
many  weeks,  thej'',  on  the  one  hand,  keeping  him  advised 
of  tlie  arguments  adduced  against  granting  the  charter, 
and  he,  on  his  part,  perseveringly  refuting  them.  At  last 
the  title  of  the  bill  was  assailed,  and  the  source  of  the 
attacks  was  revealed  in  the  dissident  Friends  who  had 
separated  in  1827,  and  who  now  objected  to  the  use  of  the 
word  "  Friends  "  in  the  title  of  "  Friends'  Central  School." 
Tliis  objection  was  promptly  met  by  droj^ping  the  word,  and 
"  Ilaverford    School    Association  "    was   substituted.      The 


OEXtSIS.  Ml 

puerile  objection  was  tiun  raist-cl,  that  Krieiuls  lunl  not  Ixi-n 
accustomed  to  avail  tiuinselves  of  ciiaiters,  an  allej,'ation  as 
false  as  it  was  weak,  the  chairnuin  of  the  committee 
reminding;  the  le«2;islators  that  Wm.  Penn  himself  roceivcd 
a  chaittT  from  Charles  II,  and  that  Ni'W  England  Yearly 
Meeting  had  hiin  incorporated.  At  last  Isaac  Collins 
repaired  to  llarrisburg,  to  remain  then-  for  a  time  and  urge 
the  passage  of  the  bill,  and  the  perseverance  of  our  Friends 
was  shortly  aftt'r  rewarded  with  triumph,  and  wo  will  close 
our  rather  lengthy  allusion  to  this  subject  with  a  reference 
to  two  other  letters  of  the  chairman,  addressed  to  Isaac 
Collins,  in  the  first  of  which,  atlverting  to  the  repeated  con- 
cessions made  by  the  committee,  he  writes  on  th«'  "J<1  of  "Jd 
month,  1833,  "  It  cannot  be  doubted  that,  hereafter,  when 
the  excitement,  which  at  present  prevails,  shall  have  given 
place  to  calmer  feelings,  we  shall  be  able  to  obtain  any 
reasonable  addition  to  our  cliarter.  l)r.  Gibbon  tells  me, 
after  (juoting  the  new  provision,  tiiat  it  appeai^s  to  be  satis- 
factory to  all  parties.''  The  second  letter,  i)enned  three  days 
later,  says:  "  It  is  extremely  gratifying  to  fin<l  that  our  l>ill 
received  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Senate;  it  argues  well 
for  its  passage  in  the  Lower  House."     And  it  passed. 

The  charter  secured,  n»  w  matters  of  prt>ssing  importance 
confronted  the  management.  To  procure  a  superintendent 
and  instructors  of  such  character  as  to  assure  success  in 
building  up  the  school,  to  erect  suitable  builtlings,  and  yet 
•'  keep  within  ti»e  bounds  of  their  circumstances,  and  be 
just  in  the  payment  of  their  debts,"  to  lay  out  ami  plant 
the  beautiful  park,  for  which  Nature  had  already  done  so 
n)urh,and  to  make  a  satisfactory  arrangement  for  the  profit- 
able cultivation  of  tiie  farm,  all  claimed  early  attention. 
A  library  was  to  be  built  up;  collections  to  be  accumulated 


92  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORI)    COLLEGE. 

illustrative  of  natural  history,  archaeology,  etc.;  astronom- 
ical and  physical  apparatus  to  be  acquired,  and  all  of  these 
must,  as  yet,  have  a  beginning.  The  Managers  also  had, 
as  we  have  seen,  horticultural,  agricultural  and  mechanical 
designs  on  the  students ;  but  these  probably  never  material- 
ized to  the  extent  of  their  expectations. 

To  the  meeting  of  contributors,  held  in  the  5th  month, 
1832,  the  Managers  had  reported  a  plan  for  building,  which 
resulted  in  the  erection  of  Founders'  Hall,  and  stated  that 
they  had  "  not  been  inattentive  to  the  duty  of  providing 
competent  teachers,"  although  no  arrangements  to  that  end 
were  matured.  It  had  been  agreed  "  to  erect  a  stone  build- 
ing, 3  stories  high,  110  feet  long  by  28  feet  in  depth,  for 
the  accommodation  of  the  pupils.  The  kitchen  and  dining- 
room  are  in  the  basement  story,  a  large  collecting-room 
and  two  schoolrooms  are  on  the  ground  floor,  and  the 
second  and  third  stories  are  divided  into  64  chambers, 
9  feet  by  5 J,  for  the  accommodation  of  a  single  pupil  in 
each.  At  each  end  of  this  building,  and  at  right  angles 
to  it,  is  a  building  50  feet  by  28  feet  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  families  of  the  principal  and  one  of  the 
teachers.  The  office  of  the  Managers  and  the  infirmary 
will  be  in  one  of  these  wings,  and  the  library  and  an 
additional  schoolroom  in  the  other."  At  the  following 
annual  meeting,  in  1833,  the  Board  were  able  to  report 
that  the  building  had  been  erected  and  was  under  roof, 
"  nearly  according  to  the  plan  agreed  upon.  It  is 
expected  the  house  will  be  finished  in  the  course  of  the 
coming  autumn."  They  further  reported  that  commit- 
tees had  been  "  intrusted  with  the  duties  of  providing 
furniture,  books  and  apparatus,  and  of  maturing  a  plan 
of  instruction  ;  in  all  which  progress  has  been  made,  and 


GENESIS.  03 

partial  reports  have  been  given  in  to  the  lioanl.'  An 
orchard  ha<l  at  this  time  been  phmted  witli  apple  an<l  jicac  li 
trees,  but  very  little  had  been  done  in  the  way  of  pUmtin^' 
ornamental  trees  or  shrubbery.  A  great  transformation  in 
the  appearance  of  the  ground  took  place  in  one  year,  ancl 
in  about  two  years,  throu^di  private  contributions,  and  the 
employment  of  William  Carvill,  a  competent  English 
gardener,  to  superintend  operations,  the  rough  and  un- 
sightly surface  of  the  ground  was  transmuted  into  regu- 
larity and  beauty.  At  the  time  of  the  opening,  which 
occurred  in  the  autumn  of  is:i3,  the  building  stood  sur- 
rounded in  wet  weather  by  yellow  niu<l.  ''The  soil  was 
poor,"  one  reminiscent  writes;  "the  surface  of  the  ground 
was  rugged,  broken  and  rain-washed;  the  yellowest  mud 
atlhered  in  heavy  masses  to  the  boots.  .  .  .  The  only 
access  to  the  place  was  by  the  rough  lane  from  the  Ilaver- 
fortl  Ivoad,  the  ground  tiiiouuh  wliicli  the  avenue  passes 
to  the  turnpike  not  having  formed  part  of  the  original 
purchase." 

A  plan  of  the  orchard  above  referred  to  is  ext;int,  with 
marginal  memoranda,  giving  the  names  of  nearly  sixty 
difterent  varieties  of  apples  planted,  besides  100  assorted 
peach  trees,  24  assorted  plum  trees,  20  Seckel  pears,  10  St. 
Gernniin  pears  and  18  assorted  winter  pears.  A  marginal 
note  states  that  "of  the  original  planting  of  4'.»5  trees,  14<) 
died,  chiefly  during  the  hard  winter  of  1835-0;  when  the 
snow  disappeared,  it  was  found  (hat  the  rabbits  and  mice 
had  barked  most  of  the  trees  beneath  the  snow.  In  ls-1 1. 
these  trees  of  the  first  planting  were  most  healthy  and 
vigorous,  had  begun  bearing,  and  some  of  them  mcas»ired 
38  inches  girth  at  the  ground. 

A  lease  of  tiie  farm  had  Ikvu  made  on  the  21st  of  tiie 


94 


IIJSTOliV    OF    llAVKinoJIJ)    COLLKGE. 


1st  month,  1832,  to  Davis  Sill  for  one  year  from  the 
first  of  4th  month,  for  the  sum  of  8oO<»,  reserving  "the 
field  on  which  the  schoolhouse  is  to  be  erected,"  and 
reserving  also  free  access  to  the  stonc-quarrv  and  wood- 
lands for  building  materials;  the  tenant  to  pay  for  grass- 
seed,  and  to  pay  "all  taxes  of  the  said  farm."  This  lease 
was  renewed  to  the  1st  of  4th  month,  1834;  but  for 
some  unexplained  reason,  a  new  lease  was  entered  into  on 
the  day  after  Christmas  with  Stephen  M.  Trimble  to  fi\rm 
the  place  on  shares.  This  elaborate  document  is  interesting 
in  sundry  particulars,  but  is  too  long  to  transcribe.  It 
reserved  "  to  the  said  Association  the  exclusive  benefit  and 
controul  of  the  piece  of  woodland  north  of  the  schoolhouse, 
the  garden  and  lawn  adjoining,  the  stone-quarr}-,  a  piece  of 
ground  for  a  botanical  garden  not  exceeding  four  acres, 
sufficient  room  for  a  bathing  place,  and  ground  on  which  to 
erect  a  meeting  house,  should  it  be  wanted,  to  be  hereafter 
selected  by  the  Managers,  with  ingress  and  egress  to  and 
from  the  same  and  the  woods."  Another  provision  was 
that,  "  In  case  the  Managers  shall  determine  to  have  an  inn 
kept  on  the  premises,  it  shall  be  according  to  their  direc- 
tions," etc.,  "the  price  for  accommodations  at  the  inn  to  be 
twenty-five  cents  per  meal,  and  the  same  sum  for  a  horse 
at  hay  per  night."  Farming  a  dairy  must  have  been  not 
much  more  profitable  in  those  days  than  inn-keeping,  for 
the  farmer  was  bound  by  his  lease  to  furnish  new  milk  to 
the  college  at  3  cts.  and  skimmed  milk  at  2  cts.  per  quart 
during  half  the  year,  with  a  slight  advance  in  the  winter 
months,  and  butter  at  17  cts.  per  pound.  His  swine  were 
to  be  allowed  the  privilege  of  fattening  in  the  orchard.  If 
building  was  to  be  done,  he  was  to  board  the  hands  at  10 
cts.  per  meal,  including  lodging,  and  to  pasture  horses  kept 


GKXESIS. 


95 


t'ov  (lie  use  of  the  scliool  at  50  cts.  per  week.  We  tliink 
it  must  be  adinittotl  that  if  the  Association  ditl  nut  »arii 
mone}'  enou«;li  to  pay  one  ilividend,  it  was  not  for  want  of 
a  pood  imr«;aiii  with  the  fanner,  or  else  that  a  wonderful 
improvement  has  taken  plaee  in  the  vahu*  of  farm  produce 
since  that  era.  The  Kriends'  Mretinj;  was  tlieii  luld  in  a 
frame  dwelling;,  afterward  the  property  of  Ilaydock  Garri- 
gues,  west  of  his  residence,  "  where,  on  Monthly  and  Pre- 
parative Meeting  <lays,  the  men  were  accommodated  in 
the  parlor,  and  the  women  in  the  kitchen. "  The  ad<lition 
of  the  scliool  to  the  number  in  attendance  rendered  these 
modest  (piarters  quite  inadequate,  and  led  to  the  move- 
ment, to  which  reference  is  made  in  8tei)hen  Trinible's 
lease,  for  the  erection  of  a  new  meeting  hou.se,  and  the 
present  Haverford  Meeting  IIou.se  is  the  result. 

But  the  most  impor- 
tant t'f  the  concerns  that 
weighed  heavily  on  the 
foundei-s  was  the  .selec- 
tion of  a  head  for  the  in- 
stitution and  of  a  com- 
petent corps  of  instruc- 
tors, for  a  college  is  not  a 
collection  of  stones,  but 
of  men.  And  this  duty 
they  di.scharged,  with 
signal  success,  in  pro- 
|)ortion  as  they  did  it 
prayerfully  and  under 
I>ivine  gui<lance.  Their 
choice  for  a  Suj)erintendent  fell  upon  Samuel  Hilles,  of 
Wilmington,  Delaware,  whose  venenible  appearance  in  afler- 


SAMI  KL  !ni.I,h>. 


96  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

years,  as  assistant  clerk  in  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting,  will 
be  remembered  by  many  of  our  readers.  He  was,  perhaps, 
the  last  to  represent  the  liberal  section  of  that  body  in  any 
prominent  official  position,  and  was  a  man  of  singular 
urbanity,  gentleness  and  sweetness  of  Christian  life.  The 
three  instructors  who  were  selected  as  his  associates  in  the 
faculty,  or  council,  as  it  was  then  called,  were  all  men  of 
unusual  distinction  intellectually.  One  of  them.  Dr.  Joseph 
Thomas,  the  distinguished  author  of  Thomas's  Biographical 
Dictionary  and  Lippincott's  Pronouncing  Gazetteer  of  the 
World — both  books  involving  great  learning  and  an  im- 
mense amount  of  research — still  survives,  more  than  half 
a  century  later,  a  monument  to  the  ability  with  which 
this  intellectual  edifice  was  constructed.  Dr.  Thomas  was 
the  teacher  of  Latin  and  Greek,  the  objections  to  ac(|uiring 
those  heathen  languages  having  been  overbalanced  by  the 
arguments  of  old  Roger  Ascliam.  He  was  born  in  Caj^uga 
County,  New  York,  in  1811,  and  passed  his  childhood  in 
the  countr}'.  A  passionate  love  of  chemistry  led  him  in  a 
singular  way  to  the  study  of  the  classic  languages ;  for 
reading  that  Sir  Humphrey  Davy  had  discovered  a  new  gas, 
and  named  it  chlorine,  from  the  Greek  word  XXw/ad?,  green, 
he  conceived  that  he  must  study  Greek  in  order  to  under- 
stand chemistry.  He  therefore  acquired  a  love  for  the 
classics.  In  1830  he  went  to  the  Polytechnic  School  at 
Troy,  for  one  year,  and  graduated  there,  and  in  the  Fall  of 
1832  he  entered  at  Yale ;  but  his  health  failing,  he  went 
home  before  receiving  his  degree,  and  the  baccalaureate 
was  sent  after  him.  It  was  then  that  he  went  to  Haverford  ; 
but  most  of  his  colleagues  being  older  and  married,  much 
of  the  care  of  the  boys  devolved  on  him,  and  he  found  it 
too  great  a  strain,  and  only  remained  a  short  time,  returning. 


CIKNKSIS.  U7 

however,  to  teaelj  at  Ilavt-rt'onl  many  years  later.  In  the 
sprintj  of  1837  1k'  «,'ra<luattMl  in  ineditino  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  practised  a  j^ood  while,  hut  with  no 
great  success,  and  returned  to  teaching.  His  great  life- 
work,  however,  was  the  writing  of  tw<»  W(»rks,  which  .should 
have  innnortali/ed  his  name.  The  Doctor  says  his  friend 
Josiah  Leeds  once  said  to  him,  he  "wished  he  would  write  a 
hook  which  would  tell  how  to  pronounce  geographical 
names."  Upon  this  challenge,  he  set  to  work  and  pruduced 
the  Pronouncing  CJazetteer  of  the  World,  a  work  reijuiring 
immense  lahorand  research,  which  he  performed  with  great 
tidelity.  In  the  pursuit  of  this  he  travelled  much,  visiting 
Egypt,  Arahiaand  India,  at  much  expense  and  risk,  having 
heen  hesieged  in  Delhi  during  the  Sepoy  rehellion.  The 
work  was  so  well  received  that  he  undertook  another  of 
great  value,  a  Dictionary  of  Biography.  Unfortunately,  he 
derived  little,  either  of  remuneration  or  fame,  from  these 
great  works,  his  puhlishers  apj)lying  their  names  to  them, 
antl  driving  a  hard  bargain  with  him  for  compensation. 

John  (lummere  was  instructor  in  niatlu  inatics,  and  :i 
noble  man,  if  he  luid  a  little  of  the  eccentricity  of  geniu.s. 
Of  him  we  shall  hear  later. 

Hut  it  was  Daniel  H.  Smith  who,  by  (•<»minon  consent, 
was  recognizeil  as  giving  Ilaverford  its  tone,  and  l»uilding 
up  tiie  young  school  into  a  really  worthy  educational  insti- 
tution, "who  was  for  Ilaverfonl,"  .says  Lloyd  P.  Smith,  the 
late  learned  librarian  of  the  Phihulelphia  Library,  and  who 
was  no  mean  authority,  "what  Dr.  Arnold  was  for  Rugby — 
the  great  teacher  who  nnide  llaverft)rd  what  it  was — a  m.m, 
if  ever  there  was  one,  of  genuine  culture.  His  inlluence 
was  in  the  direction  of  liberal  studies,  of  a  wide  range  of 
thought,  of  an  enlarged  view  of  science."     Another  student, 


98  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFOKD    COLI.KGE. 

a  professional  man  of  eminence,  says:  "I  do  but  speak  the 
sentiments  of  my  class  when  I  say  that  Daniel  B.  Smith  was 
the  animating  spirit  of  the  place.  It  was  he  who  moulded 
the  character,  shaped  the  destiny,  influenced  the  future  of 
its  students."  While  he  combined  much  dignity  of  manner 
with  an  agreeable  suavit}'  in  his  ordinary  intercourse  with 
men,  he  was  a  man  with  whom  no  student  would  dare  to 
trifle,  his  character  being  formed  in  a  sterner  mould  than 
that  of  his  leading  associates.  He  was  professionally  re- 
spected by  his  scholars,  and,  as  a  foil  to  whatever  there  was 
of  sternness  in  his  composition,  the  delightful  cheeriuess  of 
a  nature  always  sunny  shone  forth  conspicuously  in  the 
hap[)y  temperament  of  his  wife,  who  was  much  beloved  by 
the  students  for  many  acts  of  kindness  and  generosity. 
We  might  enlarge  upon  the  virtues  of  these  truly  noble 
personages,  but  here  is  not  the  place  for  any  ample  biog- 
raphy. Enough  has  perhaps  been  said  to  show  what  was 
the  stuff  with  which  a  foundation  was  laid,  which  was 
destined  to  have  an  enduring  influence  upon  the  culture  of 
American  Quakerism.  Such,  then,  were  the  four  massive 
yet  comely  corner-stones,  upon  which  the  superstructure 
was  to  be  reared.  These  were  the  true  founders — men  whose 
personal  traits  and  whose  work  entitle  them  to  monuments 
in  perennial  brass.  And  such  was  the  simple  but  strong 
organization,  characteristic  of  our  fathers,  with  which  they 
began  this  higher  educational  S3'stem.  No  obelisk  or  costly 
sarcophagus  marks  the  resting-place  of  its  founders.  Let  it 
be  for  us  to  preserve  them  in  undying  memory! 

Before  closing  this  chapter,  we  must  not  forget  to  revert 
to  the  one  principle  which,  to  the  founders,  was  a  ruling 
motive  in  organizing  the  school.  They  kept  constantly  in 
view  the  importance  of  enforcing  upon  the  students  an  ad- 


UKXKSIS.  99 

herence  to  tlic  '•loctrinesand  testimonies"  <»f  tlu-  Society  of 
Friends.  The  two  went  togetlier;  but  the  stress,  at  least  in 
piibhshetl  onlinances,  was  laid  on  what  were  fainiliarlv 
known  as  "the  teslinionie;*,"  and  which  had  reference  U»  the 
Friends'  form  of  dress,  the  use  of  the  singular  pronouns  thon 
and  thee,  and  the  innneral  iianjes  of  the  days  mid  months; 
and  abstinence  fron>  compliiiitntaiy  titles.  (>ur  worthy 
fore  tat  heiN  attached  what  seems  now  an  uniKcessary  weight 
to  these  testimonies  as  bearing  upon  a  religious  life,  but 
they  were  very  sincere  in  their  conviction  that  these  were 
essentials  to  true  (hri-tianity.  and  a  protection,  a  sort  of 
amulet,  against  the  assaults  of  the  uinvtaried  a<lversarv. 

Soon  after  the  opening  of  the  school,  therefore,  the 
Managers  issued  a  code  of  printed  rules,  from  which  we 
•  piote  the  following,  to  show  how  circumstantially  thev 
sought  to  gui«le  the  youth  under  their  rare  into  the  "strait 
and  narrow  way: " 

"  As  the  object  of  this  school  is  to  afford  an  education 
to  the  youth  of  our  religious  Society  consistent  with  its 
principles,  the  Superintendent  aixl  teachers  should  have 
this  important  concern  mainly  in  view,  and,  by  example 
and  precept,  encourage  the  students  to  plainness  in  dress 
ami  address,  and  endeavor  to  instil  into  their  minds  a 
love  and  esteem  for  our  d<K'trines  and  testimonies.  The 
students  are  required  to  dress  consistently  with  the  sim- 
plicity of  our  profession ;  and,  as  deviations  in  this  respect 
have  been  apparent,  eitlier  from  misa|>prehension  or  other 
cause,  it  seems  necessary  to  be  more  explicit;  it  will, 
therefore,  be  expecte<l  hereafter,  of  any  stu<lent  admitted 
into  this  institution,  that  his  lx»dy-coat,  round  jacket  and 
waistcoat  shall  be  single-breasted  and  without  lapels  or 
falling  collars,  and  where  any  of  these  are  figured,  they 


100  HISTORY    OK    JIAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

shall  be  of  patterns  consistent  with  the  plainness  required 
in  the  other  parts  of  the  dress — the  students  to  wear 
hats,  caps  being  excluded.'''  It  is  notable  that  there  was 
no  specification  of  Christian  doctrine  in  this  rule. 

Another  regulation  requires  that  "no  periodical  publica- 
tions except  The  Friend  (meaning  the  Philadelphia  Friend) 
are  to  be  brought  to  the  school  for  the  use  of  the  stu- 
dents, nor  any  books  excepting  school  books,  which  shall 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Council.  The  Council 
shall  also  have  charge  of  the  library,  and  regulate  the 
distribution  of  books  to  the  students."  Some  of  these 
rules  have  a  slight  flavor  of  the  monastery,  and  w^e  fear, 
from  sad  instances  of  flagrant  deviation  from  rectitude  in 
after-life,  that  under  this  regime  they  were  no  more  ef- 
fectual than  would  have  been  a  more  liberal  system  in 
preventing  such  deviations.  As  might  be  inferred,  the 
other  requirements  corresponded  in  severity  with  those  to 
W'hich  we  have  alluded.  One  of  these  stipulated:  "The 
students  will  be  expected  at  all  times  to  keep  within  the 
enclosures  around  the  school  building,  except  when  they 
may  have  express  liberty  from  the  Superintendent  to 
pass  beyond  them  ; "  and  another  provides  that  "  when  a 
student  obtains  liberty  to  extend  his  walk  beyond  the 
prescribed  limits,  it  is  to  be  distinctly  understood  that  he 
is  not  to  enter  or  even  to  go  to  any  house  whatever,  un- 
less he  shall  have  at  the  same  time  obtained  permission 
from  the  Superintendent  for  that  purpose."  Other  re- 
quirements   were    "  that  no    student    shall    pass    into    any 

^Tlie  soft  liat  iiiid  roimd-crovvned  Derby  lial  of  tell  liad  not  tlieii  cotiu'  into 
uf-e,  and  boys  commonly  wore  a  cap  something  like  a  Navy  cap,  so  tli;it  ilio 
above  recjiiirement  meant,  even  for  yonng  boys,  a  stiff  bat  of  low  crown  some- 
what like  tliat  worn  by  men,  but  usually  with  the  characteristics  of  a  Friend's 
bat. 


GENFISIS,  1<>] 

otliLT  cluiinl»t-'r  tluui  his  own,  iiiid  that  at  all  times, 
whether  in  tlu'  day  «m-  in  tlu'  iii^ht,  when  the  stiulenti< 
are  in  their  chunihei*s  or  in  the  adjaeent  passage,  tliey 
shall  avoid  all  unnecessary  conversation  with  eaeh  other." 
They  were  to  "  conform  in  all  their  dejiortment  to  striet 
decorum,  to  use  the  plain  language,  to  avoi<l  cutting  their 
names  or  otluiwise  ilefacing  or  wasting  either  their  own 
property  or  that  of  each  other  or  of  the  institution,  and 
in  general  to  ahstain  from  any  act  which  in  their  judg- 
ment would  not  be  likely  to  be  sanctioned  by  those  under 
whose  care  they  are  placed."  The  practice  of  smoking 
and  chewing  tobacco  was  to  be  altogether  avoided. 

It  was  reasonable  to  expect  that  so  rigid  and  specific  a 
code  would  fail  of  its  obje<-t.  But  those  were  the  days 
when  in  primary  schools  the  dunce-cap  and  rattan  reigned 
supreme,  and  it  was  many  years  before  the  management 
of  Ilaverford  School  discovered  that  the  most  effective 
way  of  insuring  the  observance  of  the  rules  of  morality 
and  decorum  by  students  is  to  throw  them  on  their 
manly  honor. 

The  regulation  as  to  a  peculiar  dress  is  referred  to, 
however,  especially  to  emphasize  the  fact,  which  has  been 
a|>parent  throughout,  that  Haverfonl  was  regarded  at  its 
origin  simply  as  a  Friends'  Select  Boarding-School.  Such, 
indeed,  the  membei-s  of  the  Legislature,  who  were  asked 
for  their  votes,  were  lussured  was  its  object;  such  the  original 
Articles  of  Association  made  it;  and  such  the  two  funda- 
mental or  unalterable  Articles  indicate*!  it  was  to  be  kept, 
inalienably.  Without  anticipating  the  history,  we  may 
oidy  say  here  that  the  stress  of  circumstances  forced  the 
Managers  to  the  wise  conviction,  a  few  years  later,  that 
the  only  safety  lay  in  a  relaxation  of  the  Uthis  of  the  bond. 


102  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

To  this  necessity,  so  often  the  motlier  of  wisdom,  while  we 
must  recognize  it  as  also  the  daughter  of  Providence,  we 
owe  it  that  the  school  ultimately  0})ened  its  doors  to  others 
who  were  willing  that  their  sons  should  be  educated  under 
the  fostering  care  of  Friends,  and  that  it  afterwhile  blos- 
somed out  into  a  college  of  highly  respectable  standing. 
To  this  we  owe  it  that  the  munificent  bequest,  which 
has  excelled  all  other  gifts  and  be({uests  many-fold,  came 
from  one  who  was  not  a  member  of  that  religious  body, 
although  bound  to  it  by  many  ties  of  kinshiji  and  affec- 
tion, but  whose  well-beloved  and  lamented  son  was  edu- 
cated within  Haverford's  walls.  And,  on  many  accounts, 
we  cannot  regret  that  misfortune  resulted  in  an  abandon- 
ment of  the  severe  and  iron-bound  regulations  which  ill 
became  that  benignant  liberality  of  thought  and  charity 
of  opinion  that  so  grace  the  halls  of  learning. 


JOHN     OUM\/IERE. 


ciiAi'Ti:!:  iw 
EAKl.^    DAYS— isv,-^,u. 

Have  you  no  tnulitions — iioiu' 

Of  tlie  court  of  Solomon? — Maky  llnwirr. 

A  MUrTiTi'DK  of  lU'W  duties  jucsscil  ujiou  the  attention 
of  the  Managers  after  tlie  organization  was  effected.  The 
school  was  not  to  be  opened  until  the  2.Sth  of  lOth  month, 
lSo3.  But  a  system  of  instruction  was  yet  to  be  devised  ; 
and  this  was  diilieult,  for  a  great  deal  was  to  be  taught  by 
a  very  small  Faculty.  It  was  decided  that  the  teacher  of 
nnUhematics  would  "  un<icrtake  tiic  dtpiirtuient  (»f  natu- 
ral jdiilosophy.  and  perhaps  also  of  chemistry,  at  least 
for  the  present;  and  botany  will  very  properly  fall  within 
the  province  of  the  Superintendent,  in  case  horticultural 
labor  be  adopted  as  a  regular  portion  of  every  day's  occu- 
pation for  the  pupils."  No  provision  had  yet  been  made 
for  "natural  history.  Knglish  composition  (including 
rhetoric  and  logic),  civil  history,  modern  literature  and 
moral  philosophy"  up  to  the  7th  month  of  that  year;  "  in 
all  of  wiiich,"  says  a  re|>ort  from  the  (.'ommittee  on  Teach- 
ers, "according  to  tlie  principles  adopted  by  the  Mamigers, 
instruction  must  be  given  to  the  pupils."  Furniture  was 
to  be  l)ought — the  building  was  not  entirely  completed  — 
provision  must  be  made  for  a  su|)j)ly  of  water.  A  prepara- 
tory class  was  re.solveil  upon,  to  which  boys  might  In-  ad- 
mitted "  who  have  acquired  a  knowledge  of  reading,  writ- 

(103) 


104  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

ing  and  arithmetic."  These  might  be  under  twelve  years 
of  age,  the  minimum  limit  fixed  for  entrance  into  the 
Third  Junior  Class.  In  reporting  upon  the  appointment 
of  teacher  of  mental  and  moral  philosophy  and  English 
litiTuturr,  tlir  committee  entered  into  a  disquisition  on 
the  serious  importance  of  that  department,  and  the  exalted 
character  of  the  person  who  should  fill  the  position  of  its 
teacher,  and  stated  that  their  colleague,  Daniel  R.  Smith, 
had  consented  to  accept  it,  concluding  by  recommending 
his  appointment. 

Another  perplexity  presented  itself  to  the  minds  of  the 
Managers.  The  Friends'  Central  School  Association  had 
adopted  a  constitution,  certain  articles  of  which  were  un- 
alterable. Gould  its  incorporated  successor,  the  Haverford 
School  Association,  legally  re-enact  the  3d,  4th  and  (Uh 
Articles  and  render  them  unalterable,  according  to  the  10th 
Article?  And  if  the  corporation  could  not,  could  they  in 
any  way  put  it  out  of  the  power  of  a  mere  majority  to  alter 
them?  Two  of  the  most  eminent  lawj'^ers  of  the  time, 
Charles  Chauncey  and  Horace  Binney,  were  consulted  on 
this  and  other  points  of  less  importance,  and  gave  it  as 
their  opinion  that  the  new  corporation  had  the  power  de- 
sired, to  re-enact  and  make  unalterable  the  said  articles. 
The  Managers  little  imagined  then  that,  in  twelve  3'ears 
from  that  time,  the}^  would  themselves  seek  from  the  same 
eminent  counsel  a  means  of  escape  from  the  "  fundamental 
and  unalterable"  provisions. 

Matters  went  forward  steadily.  The  two  leading  teachers 
were  to  receive  $1,500  each,  and  a  residence  was  to  be  pro- 
vided for  each  of  them.  The  farmhouse  was  modified  to 
accommodate  Daniel  B.  Smith's  family,  and  a  piazza  built 
across  the  north  front.     The  government  was  managerial. 


KAKI.Y    I 'AYS.  IdO 

"Samuel  15.  Morris  aiitl  ( k'orge  Stewardsoii  were  aj)|ioiiitcHl 
to  assist  the  Superintendent  in  tlie  purchase  of  provisions 
for  the  family."  The  Council  suhmitteil  to  them  an  elalx)- 
ratc  plan  of  study  and  arranj,'ement  of  hours:  the  latt<'r 
may  be  inti-restin*;  to  our  readers,  because  it  sliows  the  sim- 
plicity and  rul«'  of  those  early  days.  The  Managers  con- 
cluded to  adopt  the  report  "for  the  present,"  as  follows: 

"The  students  to  rise  in  summer  at  half-past  five,  in 
spring  and  autumn  at  six,  and  in  winter  at  half-past  six.  A 
bell  to  be  rung  at  this  timi*,  and  half  an  hour  to  be  allowed, 
at  the  end  of  which  all  the  students  are  to  make  their  ap- 
pearance, dressed  and  uaslud,  in  tluir  several  school- 
rooms, to  answer  at  roll-call,  and  hear  the  reading  of  a 
suitable  portion  of  Scripture.  The  remaining  time  till 
breakfast  to  be  passed  here  in  private  study  and  prepara- 
tion for  the  lessons  of  the  day,  under  the  charge  of  the 
Superintendent. 

"  Breakfast  to  Ih>  ready  in  summer  at  seven,  half-past 
seven  in  spring  and  autumn,  and  eight  in  winter.  One 
hour  to  be  allowed  for  Ijreakfast  and  recreation.  The  tin»e 
from  the  expiration  of  this  hour  till  school  time  to  be 
passed  in  winter  (being  half  an  hotni  in  gymnastics  or 
other  suitable  emj)loyment,  at  the  discivtion  of  the  Super- 
intendint,  and  in  spring  and  autumn  in  horticultural  labor 
or  otherwise,  under  the  .same  direction.  School  to  com- 
mence at  half-past  nine  and  continue  till  half-past  twelve, 
except  on  meeting  day,  when  it  is  to  continue  but  one 
hour.  The  roll  to  be  called  at  the  opening  of  the  school. 
Dinner  at  one  o'clock.  The  time  from  half  past  twelve  to 
two  to  be  allowed  for  dinner  and  recreation.  Seh(K)l  to 
commence  with  roll-call  at  two,  and  continue  in  winter 
until  half-past  four,  and   in  spring,  summer  and  autumn 


100  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLKGi:. 

till  five  o'clock,  except  on  Seventh  Day  afternoon,  when 
there  is  to  be  no  school.  From  the  close  of  the  school  till 
six  o'clock  to  be  api)ropriated  to  active  exercise,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Superintendent.  During  the  proper  sea- 
son, it  is  supposed  horticultural  labor  will  be  most  suitable. 
Supper  at  six  o'clock.  From  six  to  seven  to  be  appropri- 
ated to  supper  and  recreation.  From  seven  to  eight  to  be 
passed  in  the  lecture-room.  From  eight  to  nine  to  be 
passed  in  the  general  school-room  in  private  study  and 
preparation  for  lessons,  under  cliarge  of  the  Superintend- 
ent. The  roll  to  be  called  at  eight  o'clock.  The  evening 
to  be  closed  with  suitable  serious  reading  by  the  Superin- 
tendent. The  students  to  go  to  bed  at  nine  o'clock.  The 
evening  of  Seventh  Day  to  be  appropriated  to  washing,  etc." 
The  plan  then  proceeds,  with  similar  circumstantiality,  to 
prescribe  the  routine  for  First  Day,  and  the  disposition  of 
classes  for  study. 

Active  efforts  were  set  on  foot  to  obtain  contributions  to 
a  cabinet  of  natural  history,  which  were  crowned  with  con- 
siderable success,  especially  in  the  mineralogical  branch  : 
and  simultaneously  a  movement  was  begun  to  accumulate 
a  "  Scientific  and  Classical  Library."  One  matter  that 
caused  the  Managers  concern  was  the  providing  of  a  con- 
venient place  for  worship  after  the  manner  of  Friends,  and 
as  it  was  understood  that  Radnor  Monthly  Meeting  of 
Friends  were  desirous  of  erecting  a  meeting  house  in  the 
neighborhood,  it  was  decided  to  grant  an  acre  of  ground 
for  the  purpose  and  an  appropriation  of  $400,  provided  the 
house  was  solidly  built  of  good  material  and  the  plan  a[)- 
proved  by  the  Board.  This  concern  was  the  ground  of 
much  negotiation  between  a  neighbor  named  Samuel  (iar- 
rigues  and  the  Board,  the  former  desiring  to  sell  the  As- 


KAUI.Y    I)AY.«.  1(17 

sociatioii  lour  acres  of  liis  luiul  lor  tlu-  j)ur{)Ost',  t-oupled 
u  ith  c'oiulitionsof  liis  own,  Tliis  propusition  was  declined  ; 
but  tlie  Monthly  Meetin*;  having  refused  their  ofVer  of  an 
acre,  and  proceeded  to  enlar«;e  the  house  they  were  occupy- 
ing, the  IJoard  ultimately  found  it  best  to  buy  two  acres  of 
Samuel  Garriguos,  which  they  proceeded  to  deed  to  trustees 
appointeil  by  Radnor  Monthly  Mcctin^^  for  the  jturjxiM 
desired.  These  two  acres  were  situated  on  liuck  Lane, 
where  the  meeting  house  was  erecte<l  and  connecte<l  by  a 
Ixtard-walk  with  tiie  school,  the  Canal  Commissioners  con- 
senting to  the  construction  of  a  bridgi-  ovt-r  the  railroad. 
which  was  built  by  the  school  at  an  expense  of  several 
hundred  dollars  more.  A  high  palisade  fence  was  also 
made,  extending  from  the  gate  near  the  station  along  the 
railroad  and  around  the  woods  to  the  kitchen  garden. 

The  next  step  in  the  line  of  school  organization  was  the 
appointment  of  William  (iuninuTf  ami  .John  Collins  as 
teachers  c^f  the  Introductory  School,  and  benches  were 
placed  at  the  west  end  of  the  large  school-room  for  the  u.se 
of  their  pu))ils  when  a.ssembled.  It  was  also  determined  to 
appoint  an  assistant  to  the  Sujierintendent,  "  with  powers 
and  duties  somewhat  similar  to  those  exercised  by  the 
Ciovernor,  as  he  is  called,  at  Westtown."  A  bathing-jiond 
was  made,  j>resumably  the  one  which  was  in  the  edge  of 
the  woods  formerly,  near  Llewellyn's,  and  some  gymnastic 
'■  fixtures"  were  erecte«l  for  the  use  of  the  students.  In  a 
gush  of  enterprise,  the  Managers  expended  some  $')(X)  on 
two  railroad  sidings,  one  in  the  city  at  Thirteenth  and 
Willow  Streets,  and  one  at  the  school,  and  bought  a  freight 
car,  which  they  believe<l  would  economize  freights  on  coal, 
gravel,  manuR',  etc.,  '"  permis,sion  being  granted  by  the 
Canal   Ck)mmissiouers.       Ib-w   long  this  economizer  con- 


108  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

tinned  in  nse  is  not  apparent;  all  trace  of  it  seems  to  have 
vanished  now.  Other  improvements,  as  pavements,  a  wash- 
house,  wagon  and  slaughter-house,  spring-house,  etc.,  had 
to  be  made.  A  water-supply  for  family  use  was  at  first 
obtained  by  a  pump  from  a  well  sunk  in  the  area  around 
the  house.  But  a  more  permanent  and  abundant  supply  was 
had  by  constructing  a  dam,  race,  water-wheel,  pump  and 
other  machinery  to  deliver  the  water  from  "  a  never-failing 
spring"  at  the  school,  using  for  its  propulsion  the  waters 
of  Cobb's  Creek.  The  cost  of  this  entire  plant  was  about 
S2,500,  and  the  pumping  capacity  of  the  works  was  20,0(10 
gallons  daily.  But  we  are  anticipating,  for  the  last  improve 
ment  was  not  in  operation  till  some  time  after  the  school 
was  opened. 

This  momentous  event  occurred  at  the  time  anticipated, 
twenty-one  students  being  present  at  the  opening.  These 
were  B.  Wyatt  Wistar,  Henry  H.  Collins,  Alfred  M.  Collins, 
Owen  Jones,  John  S.  Haines,  J.  Liddon  Pennock,  Dillwyn 
Smith,  William  Yarnall,  D.  Offley  Sharpless,  Samuel  B, 
Parsons,  Charles  L.  Sharpless,  William  Gummere,  James  A. 
Morgan,  William  S.  Hilles,  Benjamin  R.  Smith,  Clarkson 
Sheppard,  Joseph  Walton,  Francis  T.  King,  Robert  Canby, 
Edward  Tatnall,  and  J.  Dickinson  Logan. 

Shortly  after  the  opening  of  the  school  this  minute  of 
the  Managers  was  sent  out  for  the  guidance  of  parents  and 
guardians,  together  with  the  rules  referred  to  in  the  last 
chapter:  "  The  supplies  to  the  students  being  ample,  it  is 
believed  that  neither  the  comfort  nor  the  reputation  of  the 
institution  will  be  promoted  by  placing  money  in  their 
hands,  and  it  is  earnestly  recommended  to  parents  and 
others  who  send  students  to  the  school,  to  place  such  sums 
as   they    may  think   expedient  to  furnish  them   with  for 


EARLY    DAYS.  109 

clothing,  etc.,  in  the  hiimls  of  the  Superinteiulent,  to  be  dis- 
pensed to  tlu'iii  at  his  discretion." 

In  1S34  Sumuel   Hilles  resigned  tlie  position  of  Superin- 
tendent, and  tlie  Council  or  Faculty  was  reconstructed  as 
follows: 
.litMN   (JiMMKiiK,   Superintendent   and   Teacher   of    Matlu- 

niatics  and  Natural  Philosophy. 
S.vMUKi.  J.  (JtMMKKK,  Assistant  Tcaclierof  Mathematics  and 

Natural  Philo.>-ophy. 
Daniki.  B.  S.mith,  Teacher  of  Moral  riiilosuphy,  English 

Literature,  etc. 
Wii.i.iAM    Dknms,  Teacher  (»f   the    Latin    Languages   and 

Ancient  Literature. 
Wii.i.iAM   GfMMKKK,   Assistant   Teacher  of  the  Latin    Lan- 
guages and  Ancient  Literature. 
Benjamin  IL  I  )ka(<»n.  Teacher  of  the  Introductory  School. 
i>KN.iAMiN  V.  Haudy,  Assistant  Siijurintendent. 

In  the  summer  term  of  1S3G,  the  number  of  students  was 
seventy-six.  Most  of  the.«e  were  from  Philadelphia;  hut 
several  came  from  New  York,  anil  a  ttu  from  Xiw  .hrsi  y. 
Maryland  and  North  Carolina. 

By  this  time  many  improvements  had  been  nnule  in  the 
equipments  of  the  institution.  Tlie  water-works  were  com- 
plete<l;  still  later  William  Carvill,  a  skilful  Kngli.sh  gar- 
dener, was  engaged  in  planting  the  clumps  of  trees  which 
have  ever  since  adorned  the  lawn,  making  the  "Academic 
sluules"  of  llaverford  :  and  the  students  found  a  pleasant 
ro<'reation  in  tending  their  flower-betls,  which  lay  not  far 
from  the  site  on  which  the  greenhouse  was  afterward 
erected. 

The  first  commencement  of  the  institution  took  place  in 
1830,  Thomas  F.  Cock   and   Joseph  Walton  composing  the 


110  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKI'ORD    (OLLEGi:. 

graduating  class.  Both  of  them  survived  to  attend  the 
semi-centennial  celebration  of  the  opening  of  the  college  in 
1883,  and  both  still  survive  in  1890. 

Seventy-nine  students  were  named  in  the  catalogue  of  the 
school  in  1837.  This  was  the  largest  number  present  in 
any  year  before  the  erection  of  Barclay  Hall. 

The  second  graduating  class,  in  1S37,  consisted  of  nine 
members.  The  third  commencement  witnessed  the  com- 
pletion of  the  course  of  study  by  but  two;  the  fourth,  in 
1830,  was  composed  of  six  graduates. 

In  the  latter  year  a  further  change  had  been  made  in  the 
Faculty,  which  then  consisted  of  the  following  officers  and 
teachers : 

Isaac  Davis,   Superintendent. 
John  Gummere,  Teacher  of  ^lathematics. 
Daniel  B.  Smith,  Teacher  of  Moral  Philosophy,   English 

Literature,  etc. 
William   Dennis,  Teacher  of  the  Latin  and  Greek   Lan- 
guages and  Ancient  Literature. 
Samuel  J.  Gummkre,  Teacher  of  Mathematics  and  Natural 

Philosophy. 
Ben.iamin  V.  Marsh,  Assistant  Superintendent. 

Besides  the  foregoing  almost  statistical  account  of  the 
period  from  1833  to  1837,  more  familiar  reminiscences  are 
here  in  place.  For  some  of  these,  going  back  to  the  very 
birthday  of  the  school,  we  may  borrow  material  from  the 
record  of  the  semi-centennial  celebration,  embracing  re- 
membrances contributed  b}'  one  of  the  first  year's  group  of 
students,  John  Collins.     He  writes  in  part  as  follows: 

"  Let  us  look  out  on  the  scene  that  met  the  eyes  of  the 
first  students  of  Ilaverford  School  in  the  late  Fall  of  1833. 
Standing  on  the  long  piazza,  on  the  south  side  of  Founders' 


KARI.Y    DAYS. 


Ill 


Hall,  there  was  iiotliini:;  to  indicate  what  tlu'  lawn  was  to  be 
ill  at'ti'i'-vears.  Fields  divided  by  post  and  rail  fences,  the 
corn  t)r  wheat  stuhhle  standing;  here  and  there  amid  orchards 
whoso  jjnarled  trees  showed  si^ns  of  ajre  and  decay,  or  a 
clump  of  brushwood  varied  the  landscape,  lu  the  middle 
grounil  lay  the  lon>;,  l»»w  farmhouse,  where  for  many  years 
visitoi"s   to   the   school    could    lin<l    more  con|j;enial   aceom- 


IU«  K    TAVKUN. 


UMMlatioii  than  at  the  Buck  Tavern,  to  the  north  (»f  the 
institution.  Tlie  wliole  view  was  hemmed  in  l)v  the  lonj; 
reach  of  gray  woods  in  tlie  distance.  <  hi  the  other  side  of 
tlie  building,  the  grove  of  trees,  in  all  the  wildness  of  nature, 
shut  in  the  prospect,  but  it  was  to  us  an  attractive  spot  when 
summer  iieats  came  on.  Many  a  lesson  was  learned  and 
rehearsed  in  those  shady  walks,  and  tlu-re  the  youthful 
Ijotanist    or   entomologist    began    his  scientific    researelies. 


112  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORI)    COLLEGE. 

The  latter  class  was  so  indefatigable  that  it  was  said 
every  old  stump  was  uprooted,  and  not  a  single  bug  or 
beetle  could  be  found  within  a  mile  of  Haverford. 

"Our  path  to  tlic  old  meeting  house  led  us  through 
these  woods,  over  the  West  Chester  Railroad,  on  a  narrow 
plank  bridge.  Many  a  silent  sitting  did  we  patiently  at- 
tend, and  though  to  some  the  unbroken  stillness  may 
have  been  irksome,  yet,  doubtless,  to  not  a  few  they  were 
seasons  of  communion  with  Him  who  'must  be  worshipped 
in  spirit  and  in  truth.' 

"  As  usual  with  boys,  savage  or  civilized,  we  had  and 
we  enjoyed  our  out-of-door  athletic  sports.  Jumping,  leap- 
frog, running,  and  even  sawing  and  splitting  wood  were 
eagerly  practised.  Few  were  our  indoor  amusements  when 
rain  made  the  paths  around  the  house  almost  impassable, 
save  on  narrow  boards  laid  down  on  the  soft  and  slippery 
micaceous  soil.  In  those  early  times  all  music  was  under 
ban,  and  most  games  of  chance  and  skill  were  prohibited. 
Yet  it  happened  that  the  simple  Jews-harp  would  find  its 
way  to  the  school  despite  all  the  precaution  of  the  com- 
mittee. If  an  offender  was  detected,  the  harp  was  at  once 
taken  from  him  and  a  rebuke  administered.  Yet  more 
and  more  instruments  secretly  came  until  (as  report  would 
have  it)  a  barrel  had  been  filled  with  the  tongueless  harps. 

"  The  room  at  the  southwest  corner  of  the  building  was 
at  first  a  sitting-room  and  library,  while  the  corresponding 
one  at  the  other  end  of  the  house  was  used  as  a  parlor. 
Between  the  main  entrance  and  the  east  end  was  the 
lecture-room,  from  which,  in  tlie  Fall  of  1834,  a  part  was 
partitioned  oif  to  serve  for  an  introductory  class-room.  A 
water-color  sketch  by  one  of  the  teachers,  taken  during 
recess,  represents  its  appearance  at  the  time.     At  one  end 


KAin.Y    DAYS.  11^> 

was  a  collection  of  curiosities,  prepared  sjieciiuens  of  birtls, 
coins,  varieties  of  wood,  etc.  These  formed  the  nucleus  of 
the  museum  now  in  the  second  story.  In  the  picture  just 
mentioned  is  seen,  through  the  window,  a  Imllalley  at  the 
siile  of  the  wootl.  This,  too,  may  have  been  tiie  germ  of 
the  excellent  gynuiasium  now  adjoining  the  main  building. 

■'There  were  bounds,  beyond  which  we  were  not  allowed 
to  pa.ss  without  special  permission.  Tlie  distanee  ar«»und 
was  a  mile,  and  one  of  the  then  student.s  delighted  t«)  make 
the  run  every  day  before  breakfiust,  the  state  of  the  weather 
permitting.  Others  attempted  the  feat,  ImU  none  could  ecpuil 
the  pace  of  our  swift  runner,  whose  race  was  ended  long  ago. 

"  Not  long  after  the  opening  of  llaverford  it  was  judged 
best  to  engage  some  one  as  attendant  and  care-taker  of  the 
boys,  both  in  and  out  of  the  house.  Whether  we  of  those 
times  were  worse  than  the  j>resent  generation  wc  would  not 
decide,  but  some  considered  such  an  individual  a  useless 
appendage  to  the  management  of  the  school,  and  sought 
every  means  to  avoid  his  espionage." 

It  is  related  of  this  "care-taker"  that  on  one  occasion  he 
traced  two  students  to  the  famous  White  Hall,  where  there 
was  a  bar.  Upon  his  entrance,  the  suspects  eoncealed  them- 
selves t)ehind  the  counter,  when  this  oHicial,  first  assuring 
himself  that  there  were  no  witnesses,  asked  for  a  drink  ; 
whereupon  the  unblushing  youths  popped  up  and  "turned 
tlie  tables."  Probably  the  story  is  exaggeratetl ;  he  nniy 
have  ordered  lemonade;  but  this  and  other  similar  stories 
show  tlie  inex|H?<lience  of  such  a  system,  which  is  j>eculiarly 
distasteful  to  young  men  of  "spunk."  The  name  of  this 
otlicial  has,  in  con.se(juence,  been  hamled  down  to  posterity 
(we  presume  unjustly)  surrouncled  by  odium  tliat  will  never 
be  effaced. 


114 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 


"Tlie  office  was  abolished  on  finding  that  the  result  was 
not  satisfactory. 

"Part  of  the  second  floor  was  divided  into  very  narrow 
apartments,  suggestive  of  solitary  confinement.     Some  of 


ickuw*^  ,f  '-f*  V>  V  A-:  V''^  f^ 


STIDENT'S  HEDKOOM  IN"   ForNDKItS'  HALL. 

the  larger  boys  could  readily  reach  to  either  side  with  out- 
stretched arms,  and  the  meagre  furniture  consisted  of  a 
very  narrow  Ix'dstead,  a  small  cherry  wardrobe  with  two 
drawers,  a  smaller  table,  a  chair,  and  a  minute  looking- 
glass  in  the  plainest  possible  frame.     The  outlook  was  from 


KAKI.Y    DAYS.  115 

lialf  a  wiiiduw.  A  corrrct  (Irawiiii^  of  (uu-  of  llicse  duriiii- 
tories  i.s  to  l»e  sftii  in  Alunmi  Ihill.  Other  accommoda- 
tions wt'iv  niiu'li  in  tlu'  same  style,  yet,  witlial,  we  weiv 
content.  It  was  the  wise  policy  of  tlie  founders  of  Ilav- 
erford  to  maintain,  as  far  as  possible,  rigi<l  simplieity 
throuj;hout.  Iieli(.vin«^  that  strict  economy  was  necessary 
at  the  outset,  tiiere  was  no  wasteful  expenditure.'  Thf 
students  performed  their  daily  ablutions  in  the  oj)en  area 
around  Founders'  Hall,  whether  the  tem|)erature  was  at 
IK)°  Kahr.  or  20°  below  zero;  it  is  doubtful  wht-ther  this 
contributed  to  vi^or  of  eonstitution.  The  bathing-rooms, 
which  were  titled  out  with  live  or  six  bath-tubs.  w(  iv  in  the 
east  end  of  the  basement,  now  used  for  the  meetings  of  tin- 
Y.  M.  C.  A. 

"  Few  in  number,  our  interests,  our  sports,  and  vwu  our 
studies  brought  us  luanr  to  one  another  than  otlu-rwise 
would  havf  beiii  the  case.  Our  teachers,  too,  had  greater 
opportunities  to  note  our  individual  characters.  An  almost 
parental  tie  existed  between  them  and  some  of  the  boys, 
rendering  the  restraints  of  disiipline  almost  unnecessary. 
They  loved  to  watch  our  sports  upon  the  play-ground,  and 
would  enjoy  a  hearty  laugh  with  us  when  oirasion  w(.)uM 
prompt  it. 

"  rniformly  kind  in  numm-r,  Sanniel  llilles  won  the  re- 
spect of  every  one,  yet  could,  when  nee«l  was,  administer 
a  scathing  rebuke  with  the  friendliest  feeling  toward  the 
ortender.  With  equal  .**ympathy  did  his  amiable  wife  at- 
tend to  our  personal  wants  in  health  or  sickness,  or.  in 
the  parlor,  had  in  lively  talk,  encouraging  eaeh  bashful  boy 
to  join  therein.  Dear  in  our  memory  to  this  day  is  the  fos- 
tering care  of  these  beloved  ones,  now  laid  to  rest. 

"A  passing  tribute  is  justly  due  to  the  venerable  teacher 


116  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

of  moral  and  intellectual  philosophy — Daniel  B.  Smith. 
Well  do  some  of  the  highest  class  recollect  our  first  lesson 
in  Abercrombie,  when  he  began  to  teach  us  to  think. 
Making  some  commonplace  remark,  he  asked  us,  in  a 
minute  or  two,  to  recall  and  tell  him  the  succession  of 
thoughts  suggested  by  what  he  had  said.  It  was  an  amus- 
ing as  well  as  a  useful  exercise — a  fit  introduction  to  mental 
training  and  consecutive  reasoning  unfamiliar  to  us  all. 
So,  too,  we  learned,  as,  perhaps,  we  had  never  learned  be- 
fore, the  art  of  .studying.  From  this  naturally  followed  the 
expression  of  ideas — first,  vocally,  then  in  writing.  By 
him  we  were  taught  to  think,  to  speak,  to  write.  His  in- 
structions were  also  peculiarly  valuable  in  the  study  of 
classic  or  of  foreign  languages — giving  us  a  facility,  a  force, 
and  accuracy  of  rendering  not  otherwise  attainable.  He 
it  was  that  foresaw  that  something  apart  from  our  daily 
lessons  was  needful  for  our  mental  improvement,  and  the 
practical  development  of  the  knowledge  we  gained  b}'  pri- 
vate study  or  in  the  class-room.  Hence  the  organization  of 
the  Loganian  Society — the  discipline  of  the  mind,  the 
knowledge  of  parliamentary  rules,  and  the  training  of  the 
diffident  t3'ro  in  public  speaking  which  it  has  conferred, 
can  be  known  only  by  those  who,  since  its  formation,  have 
taken  an  active  part  in  its  various  exercises. 

"  Nor  must  we  forget  the  venerated  name  of  John  Cium- 
mere,  whose  rare  mathematical  ability,  evinced  by  his 
published  works,  was  appreciated  by  all  who  came  under 
his  instruction." 

This  dear  friend's  virtues  will  be  commemorated  in  an- 
other chapter.  The  students  remember  him  with  the 
respect  due  to  his  exalted  character,  albeit  they  did  not 
hesitate  to  play  their  pranks  in  that  dav  with  Friend  ( Jum- 


KAIM.Y     I>AYS.  117 

mere's  profound  ubstruction  iluiiii^^  >tiiily.  The  signal  r<»r 
tliese  fits  of  abstraction  was  a  peculiarity  wliicli  he  had  of 
turning  down  one  of  Ids  tliunibs  when  lost  in  thought. 
This  he  frequently  did  during  the  pithering  of  tlu-  stu- 
dents in  the  collectin*;-rooni,  and  no  sooner  was  tin-  thumb 
turnrd  than  study  oii  their  part  was  at  an  (.-nd.  They 
talked,  they  read  what  they  pleased,  they  even  Kft  thi- 
rot)ni  and  cut  all  sorts  of  capers,  aiul  so  lon«;  as  the  thumb 
was  down  they  were  sure  of  escape  from  observation.  A 
timely  signal  from  one  of  the  students  when  the  bmwn 
stuily  was  at  an  end.  and  instantly  every  boy  was  in  his 
place. 

It  was  on  the  21st  of  1st  month,  ISrM,'  that  a  number  of 
the  students  of  the  school  asseml)led  to  form  an  association 
for  mutual  improvement  in  literature  and  science.  .loseph 
Walton,  .)r.,  .h»hn  Collins  and  Hartholoiiu  \v  Wyatl  W'istar, 
as  committee,  prepared  a  constitution. 

The  name  of  Haverford  Loganian  Society  was  given,  in 
recollection  of  Logan,  the  intinuite  friend  of  William  Penn. 

Its  objects  were  stated  to  be  improvement  in  composition 
and  elocution,  the  investigation  of  various  scientific  and 
literary  subjects,  and  the  formation  of  a  mu.seum  and  cabinet 
of  natural  history,  and  of  a  library. 

The  President  was  in  all  ca.ses  to  bean  oHicer  of  the  insti- 
tution; the  Vice-i*resident  to  l>e  chosen  from  the  Senior 
Class  each  year;  the  Secretary  tVom  the  .lunior  Class.  Tiie 
other  oflicers  were  a  Treasurer.  Curator,  and  Librarian,  and 
standing  committees  on  diirerent  departments  of  scientific 
observation  were  to  be  appointed. 

'  The  enxuin^  pane*  art-  parilv  r«'|>r<>«liiiiti  fioni  *'  Havt-rfunl  Kwive*!,"'  an 
adilri?»  by  I)r.  Henry  Ifartiihorne,  cn>ninuiii.,r  iiin  ■  iln-  nvivnl  ..f  the  •xlnxil 
after  iu  tem|M>nirr  8ii.<t|ienftinn  in  iSI.'i. 


118  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRKOKD    COLLEGE. 

It  was  thus  clesio;ned  to  place  the  teachers  and  students 
on  a  footing  of  equality,  making  the  Society  an  institution 
democratic  in  its  nature.  On  its  floor  no  ipse  dixit  was  in- 
fallible; the  learned  professor  of  mathematics  could  there 
assert  no  problem  without  proof;  and  even  the  authority  of 
our  leader  in  Virgil  and  Medea  could  be  disputed. 

The  connection  of  graduates  and  others  leaving  the  school 
was  maintained  by  the  establishment  of  an  honorary  mem- 
bership, to  which  they  became  entitled. 

On  the  26th  of  2d  month,  1834,  the  Society  was  resolved 
into  five  committees :  one  on  general  literature,  one  on  mathe- 
matics and  natural  philosoph}^  one  on  botany  and  miner- 
alogy, and  one  on  zoology;  each  to  furnish  a  report  at  least 
once  in  two  months. 

Provision  was  also  made  for  the  delivery  of  essays  and 
recitations. 

About  two  months  later,  the  President  reported  that  the 
Managers  had  granted  to  the  Society,  for  a  botanical  garden, 
the  piece  of  ground  now  occujned  Ijy  the  garden  and  green- 
house, and  extending  below  them  toward  the  farmhouse 
lane.  A  gardener  was  soon  obtained,  and  subscriptions 
were  set  on  foot  for  furnishing  plants  and  other  materials. 
There  were  difficulties  in  the  way  of  this  horticulture,  for 
we  find  on  minute,  three  weeks  later,  "  Resolved,  That  the 
Society  finish  the  extermination  of  the  daisies  in  our  garden 
to-morrow  afternoon,  at  20  minutes  past  5." 

Some  commencement  of  a  greenhouse  must  have  been 
alread}'  made,  as  it  is  alluded  to,  although  not  distinctly 
stated.  The  cabinet  of  minerals  and  of  dried  plants,  and 
the  library,  were  also  from  time  to  time  added  to  by  the 
members  and  their  friends ;  and  barrels  were  sunk  in  the 
ground,  under  the  direction  of  the  Zoological  Committee, 


KARI  Y     |t\YS.  no 

for  observations  on  tlu-  (Ksttiit  uf  tlit-  larva-  of  tlje  seven* 
teen-year  locust. 

A  plan  for  the  erection  of  a  ^reenliouse.  at  a  cost  of  six 
liuutlrctl  dollars,  was  reported  by  the  I'rcsident,  8tli  month 
•JTth.  IvS.M.  it  was  to  be  forty  feet  front  on  tlie  south,  a 
part  to  be  occupied  as  a  carpenter  shop. 

Tlie  officers  elected  \'ov  the  m  xt  year  were:  Daniel  B. 
Smith,  Presitlent ;  Clarkson  Shejipard,  \'ice-Presi«lent ; 
Jonathan  Fell,  Secretary  ;  John  Iliinn,  Treasurer ;  Krancis 
T.  Kinj;,  Librarian;  Joseph  Walton,  Jr.,  ('urat«»r. 

in  the  11th  month,  a  cireulai"  was  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Meteorology  from  the  American  I'hilosophical 
Society  and  Franklin  Institute,  conferring  as  to  the  best 
means  of  promoting  the  advancement  of  meteorology.  It 
was  useful  in  facilitating  and  encouraging  regular  and  ac- 
curate observations  upon  that  subject,  which  were  iiuiugu- 
rated  and  are  supposed  t(»  have  hem  ki'pt  up  for  forty  years. 

Two  iiundred  and  fifty  species  of  |)lant>s  were  presented 
by  David  Thomas,  of  New  >'ork.  The  greenhouse  was 
completed  in  the  \'2th  month. 

In  their  literary  performances  great  activity  and  pumtu- 
ality  now  characterized  the  nu-mhers.  Fssays,  recitations 
and  debates  followe<l  each  otiier  in  lively  order.  In  dis- 
cussion, their  united  wis«lom  decided  the  classic  stu<lies  to 
be  u.seful ;  the  French  Uevolution  a  useless  pestilence;  the 
future  condition  of  the  Indians,  if  moved  west  of  the 
Mississippi,  was  pru«lently  left  undecided.  There  were  no 
prophets  among  them,  for  it  was  determined  that  unlimitecl 
immigration  wouM  be  benelicial  to  this  country  :  but  a  very 
judicious  veto  was  i.ssued  against  ca]>ital  |>unishment. 

In  2d  month,  1S30,  four  prizes  were  awarded,  after  com- 
petition, for  the  best  essays  by  members.     Burke's  Works,  in 


120  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFURD    COLLEGE. 

three  volumes,  was  the  first,  Aikin's  British  Poets  the 
second. 

The  fruit,  consisting  of  strawberries,  raspberries  and 
cherries,  belonging  to  the  Society,  was  this  summer  so  con- 
siderable as  to  require  the  special  care  of  a  committee.  The 
duty  of  assisting  them,  however,  in  disposing  of  it,  was 
cheerfully  and  effectually  performed.  The  first  fruits,  as 
strawberries,  oranges,  etc.,  were  usually  given  to  the  Super- 
intendent or  teachers  and  their  families. 

A  handsome  collection  of  hyacinths  and  tulips  was  ob- 
tained for  the  garden,  whose  rich  colors  and  fragrance  are 
strongly  impressed  upon  some  of  our  memories. 

The  carpenter  shop  was  at  this  time,  as  afterward,  a 
flourishing  and  highly  useful  institution. 

In  12th  month,  1836,  a  communication  was  read  from 
Thomas  P.  Cope,  Isaac  Collins  and  Bartholomew  Wistar,  of 
Philadelphia,  from  which  it  appeared  that  they  had  erected, 
at  their  own  expense,  and  presented  to  the  Loganian  Society, 
the  spacious  and  elegant  arbor  for  grape-vines  at  the  east 
end  of  the  greenhouse,  together  with  the  vines  with  which 
it  was  stocked.  The  members  of  the  Society,  sensible  of  the 
liberality  which  prompted  the  expenditure,  and  of  the  con- 
fidence in  them  which  was  implied  by  the  gift,  thereupon 
pledged  themselves,  by  resolution,  to  take  every  needful 
care  of  the  same,  and  to  appropriate  the  fruit  to  the  general 
use  of  the  students  and  of  the  family  of  the  institution. 
They  reciprocated  the  wish  expressed  by  the  donors,  not  only 
that  no  unwholesome  grapes  might  ever  be  borne  on  the 
spacious  bower,  but  tliat  tlie  nobler  vine,  which  had  been 
planted  by  the  public  spirit  and  fostered  by  the  wise  liber- 
ality of  the  Haverford  School  Association,  beneath  whose 
ample  shades  they  were  now  gathering  the  fruits  of  litera- 


KAKI.Y    1)AYS.  121 

tiire  and  science,  nii«;ht  never  disappoint  its  early  promise, 
but  mijjht  continue,  for  ajjjes  to  come,  to  rejoice,  with  its 
plenteous  luirvests,  tia'  lirarts  of  tliose  to  wlioni  it  niigiit 
lull  as  an  inlitritance.  It  was,  therefore',  unanimously  re- 
solved, tliat  tlu'  tiianivs  of  the  Society  hv  j»rc'sent«'d  to 
Thonuis  r.  Cope,  Isaac  ColUns  and  liartholonnw  Wistar. 
for  tJK'ir  liberal  donation. 

The  arbor  was  placed  under  thr  special  charge  of  a  com- 
mittee. 

Three  prizes  were  ajjjain  awarded  fur  the  best  essays  on 
the  1st  of  3d  month,  1837.  The  tirst,  this  time,  was  a  han<l- 
some  copy  of  the  works  of  l)u«^ald  Stewart. 

An  aildrc.'^s  was  read  at  the  last  meetin<;  of  that  session 
by  Lindley  Murray.  He  had  been  preceded,  on  similar 
occasions,  by  Clarkson  Sheppard  and  Thomas  F.  Cock. 

The  practice  of  apiMijiiting  members  to  read  sometimes, 
instead  of  original  essays,  a  form  of  lecture  or  compiled 
"  information  "  upon  chosen  subjects,  was  adopted  early  in 
the  next  .session  and  proved  useful.  Greater  care  was 
secured  in  the  composition  of  essays  by  the  appointment  of 
a  Committee  of  Criticism. 

The  garden  and  greenliou.se  were  now  under  charge  of 
twelve  elected  managers,  and  the  carpenter  sh(»p  under 
directors,  which  latter  cultivated  their  financial  talents  by 
shaving  the  members  unmercifully  in  sale  of  boards. 

On  Gth  inniith  21st,  1837,  the  greatest  number  of  active 
members  was  present  that  had  occurred  during  the  ex- 
istence of  the  Society,  it  was  fifty-eigiit.  Its  prosperity, 
and  perhaps  tiiat  of  the  school,  wliicii  then  numi)ered  over 
seventy  pupils,  had  been  during  this  year  at  a  maximum. 
Thoughts  were  entertiiined  of  building  additions  to  the 
schoolhouse  for  the  admi.'^sion  of  a   larger  number;  exten- 


122  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

sive  improvements  were  proposed  and  begun;  everything 
was  nourishing  and  i)romising. 

Many  of  the  old  scholars  will  remember  the  interest  of 
some  of  the  debates  at  this  time,  particularly  of  one  on  the 
immediate  Abolition  of  Slavery,  and  one  on  the  comparative 
utility  of  Poetry  and  Philosophy,  in  which  the  eloquence 
and  ability  of  our  teachers,  Daniel  B.  Smith,  William 
Dennis  and  Samuel  J.  Gummere,  were  mingled  with  the 
equally  ardent  efforts  of  the  members  of  the  Senior  and 
Junior  classes. 

Fell,  Fisher,  Serrill,  Pennock,  Murray  and  Sharpless 
made  the  constellation  which  then  shone  brightest  in  our 
firmament. 

At  a  special  meeting  held  9th  month  8th,  1837,  a  report 
was  offered  on  the  propriety  of  the  publication  by  the 
Society  of  a  printed  monthly  paper.  The  plan  embraced 
the  appointment  of  six  editors,  four  resident  at  Haverford, 
two  in  Philadelphia.  The  contributors  were  to  be  active 
and  honorary  members  of  tlie  Loganian  Society.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  obtain  subscriptions,  and  agents 
were  selected  from  the  members  in  Philadelphia,  New  York, 
Baltimore,  Cincinnati,  New  Bedford,  Providence  and  other 
places.  The  name  of  this  monthly  was  to  be  the  Literary 
Gymnasium. 

What  a  beautiful  project!  With  the  President  at  its 
head,  and  all  the  grov\'ing  talent  of  the  members,  past, 
present  and  future,  to  sustain  it,  this  offspring  of  the  press 
might  have  had  a  noble  influence,  the  wisdom  of  age 
leading  on  the  burning  phalanx  of  youthful  enterprise  and 
genius  in  the  warfare  of  truth  against  the  world !  But  at 
the  very  first  meeting  of  the  next  term  it  was  deemed 
proper  that  the  publication  of  the  paper  be  suspended. 


KAKI.Y    MAYS.  123 

From  this  time  literature  began  to  lose  its  lustre.  Natu- 
ral history,  however,  flourished — as  we  tiinl  from  the  dona- 
tions of  sliells,  hirds'  ejjjjs,  \m^s,  beetles  and  butterflies 
made  to  the  Museum.  Kules  were  recjuired  to  restrain  the 
catching  of  moths  and  bugs  on  jdanls  in  tht-  liotaniial 
garden — so  high  was  tluit  entiiusiasm. 

In  IS.38  the  Society  and  the  school  received  handsome 
contributions  from  Nathan  Dunn  ;  and  it  was  from  his 
ofl'ers  that  the  suggestion  uf  tiie  building  of  a  new  and 
enlarged  greenhouse  originated.  A  committee  to  obtain 
subscriptions  for  tiiis  purposi'  was  soon  after  appointed,  and 
tlie  aid  of  the  Committee  of  Managers  on  the  Lawn  was 
solicited.  With  their  help,  the  sum  of  between  :?2,(MK)  and 
$3,000  was  collected — and  the  conservatory  was  the  result. 
The  carpenter  shoj),  seen  from  the  west  end  of  the  school- 
house,  was  also  erected  by  the  aid  of  the  same  funds. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  these,  and  the  gardeji,  mostly  kept 
in  beautiful  order,  and  rich  in  valuable  plants,  were  highly 
important  portions  of  the  moral  and  intellectual  economy 
of  the  school.  They  were  a  part  of  that  large  and  liberal 
plan  for  the  education  and  development  of  mint!  and  heart 
in  young  men,  which  raised  Ilaverford  so  far  above  ordi- 
nary schools,  and  even  colleges,  and  which,  it  is  hoj)ed, 
may  in  time  generally  supersede  all  narrower  and  less  efli- 
eient  schemes.  It  may  be  true  that  prosperity  sometinu's 
leads  to  too  fearless  an  expenditure  of  the  nieans  of  the 
Association  ;  Itut  it  was.  at  that  time,  no  le.<«8  certain,  in  our 
min<ls,  that  any  plan  which  would  needlessly  cut  away  or 
crush  these  and  similar  aids  to  mental  an<l  moral  cultiva- 
tion in  the  students,  would  deprive  Ilaverford  of  all  its 
su|ieriority,  and  reduce  it  to  the  level  of  other  analogous 
institutions. 


124  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

The  Logaiiian  Society  itself  is  an  instance  of  the  advan- 
tage of  leading  young  minds  to  self-culture,  and  of  the 
interest  they  take  in,  and  profit  they  reap  from,  all  that  pro- 
ceeds from  themselves.  A  still  stronger  proof  is  found  in 
the  fact,  that  even  more  ardent  and  constant  efforts  were 
made,  and  often  with  more  success,  to  sustain  those  lesser 
societies,  remembered  by  us  as  the  Historical,  the  Franklin, 
the  Rhetorical,  the  Penn  Literary,  etc.,  which  originated 
and  were  confined  entirely  amongst  the  students  them- 
selves. It  is  the  experience  of  all  colleges,  and  indeed 
of  all  education,  that  self-culture  is,  at  last,  the  highest 
culture. 

At  this  time,  when  literary  action  in  the  Loganian  was 
on  the  decline,  the  lesser  societies  were  in  full  vigor.  But 
the  state  of  the  larger  body,  and  the  final  result  in  the 
others  too,  may  in  part  be  accounted  for.  In  the  first 
place,  a  certain  degree  of  restraint  was  caused  by  the  pres- 
ence of  teachers,  unless  they  actively  participated  in  the 
proceedings;  and  the  number  of  older  mem])ers  was  now 
lessened.  The  admission  of  the  youngest  also,  who  took  no 
part,  diminished  the  enthusiasm  of  the  rest. 

But  a  spirit  was  now  creeping  in,  which  made  inroads 
upon  the  enthusiasm,  and  paralyzed  every  effort  toward 
progress  and  perfection.  It  was  a  spirit  of  satire  and  sar- 
casm, which  made  the  students  look  constantly  for  matter 
of  ridicule  in  all  that  was  said,  done  or  seen  around  them, 
at  any  place  or  time.  Thus  at  odds,  every  one  with  the 
rest,  each  was  afraid  to  put  forth  his  powers,  and  a  deadly 
stagnation  was  the  consequence.  Essays  were  not  written, 
recitations  not  prepared,  debates  indefinitely  postponed,  or, 
for  want  of  arguments,  left  undecided.  It  was  long  before 
the  evil  was  exorcised,  even  by  the  noble  efforts  of  the 
President. 


KAKI.V     HAYS. 


12.' 


A  paper,  styled  The  (olley'uin  (begun  in  iSot'.),  was 
conducted  in  18oS  in  the  Society.  An  excellent  mode  of 
written  discussion,  or  theses,  by  two  members  ai>|)ointcd,on 
given  subjects,  was  also  brought  into  practice. 

And  a  great  interest  was  exciteii  by  an  inipeacinnent  aii<l 
mock-trial  *>f  th»'    directors  of  the  carpt'iiter  shop.      I  ►.   15. 


TIIK  CAItPKNTKU  MH»|- 


Smith  was  judge,  Nathan  Hill,  sherill  ;  I5arkcr  (iuniniere, 
Benjamin  Collins,  Richard  Lawrence  and  Justus  Adams, 
jury.  The  directory  was  accused  of  high  crimes  and  mis- 
demeanors in  their  a<lministration.  The  trial  was  opened 
by  Charles  W.  Fisher,  prosecuting  attorney  for  the  Society, 
and  William  I).  Arnold,  counsel  for  the  defendants.  The 
examination  of  witnesses re<|uired  two  sittings;  on  the  third 


126  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFOKD    COLLEGE. 

the  jurj''  retired  and  brouglit  in  a  verdict  of  guilty,  on  five 
counts,  of  neglect,  partiality  and  extortion.  The  sentence 
is  not  recorded,  but  it  is  believed  that  they  survived  it. 

At  the  end  of  this  session  an  address  was  delivered  by 
Charles  Taber,  of  the  Senior  Class;  and  in  the  Fall  of  the 
same  year  a  valedictory,  in  verse,  by  Henry  Hartshorne,  of 
that  class,  then  graduated.  An  orator  was,  after  this,  ap- 
pointed for  the  close  of  each  session. 

Besides  the  Loganian,two  other  students' societies  were 
formed,  not  long  after  its  beginning — the  Historical  and 
the  Franklin  Literary  Societies.  The  first-named  took  most 
of  its  members  from  the  two  upper  classes,  the  other  was 
chiefly  formed  by  the  younger  students.  The}'  had  weekly 
meetings  in  the  evening,  in  one  or  other  of  the  class-rooms, 
with  essays,  declamations  and  debates,  sometimes  readings 
from  favorite  autliors  ;  among  them,  Charles  Dickens.  In- 
tense interest  was  taken,  by  some  members  at  least,  in  these 
meetings.  The  writer  believes,  from  his  recollection  of  this 
inspiring  intellectual  influence,  that  students'  societies  con- 
stitute an  important  part  of  the  means  of  culture  in  every 
college. 

Out-of-door  activities  were  by  no  means  neglected.  Gym- 
nasium we  had  none,  but  a  ball-alley  stood  near  the  edge 
of  the  woods  back  of  Founders'  Hall,  along  with  several 
parallel  and  leaping-bars,  which  were  a  good  deal  used. 

Our  games  were  town-ball  (much  like  baseball),  football, 
happily  not  the  savage  modern  game,  though  rough  enough 
for  the  most  robust;  shinny,  an  active  game  with  a  small 
ball  and  sticks  crooked  at  the  end  ;  and,  first  in  1S3S-9, 
cricket.  The  writer  remembers  taking  part  in  a  number  of 
games  of  cricket.  They  were  lively  enough,  quite  exciting- 
enough,  among  ourselves,  without  tlu'  liy])er-stimnlus  which 


EARLY    DAYS.  127 

nowadays  is  so  craved  in  tlu'  intercollegiate  matches.  ].,ong 
walks  also,  on  Seventh  l>ay  afternoons,  and,  with  .some, 
botanical  or  entomological  excursions,  gave  us  abundant 
enjoyment  of  the  oju-n  air  and  of  the  beautiful  country 
all  around  us. 

A  few  lines  of  verse  may  be  permissible  here.  They 
are  taken  from  an  .Vluiiiiii  A.ssociation  address  delivered 
at  the  college  in  18SU: 

Iteneatli  lUvsv  .sliatic;*,  niid  near  yon  Ft)tintlen<'  IImII, 

.\  lot!;;,  fair  jjallery  o|)eiu  to  my  lall, 

IIiiii^  rutintl  with  pictures  of  my  l>oyisli  days. 

Are  there  none  here  to  eclio  my  faint  pnu.se".' 

Comrades,  now  w-attere*!,  were  we  young  af;ain, 

Wouhl  we  drink  more  of  joy,  hear  li>.s  of  pain  .' 

June  forest  walks,  ( >c'tol»i'r  tinted  ;:roves, 

Where  frifndshi|>s   ripenwl,  sweet  as  later  loves  ; 

Winter's  uns|>otteil  ermine  on  the  lawn, 

The  skater's  cireltiio'er  the  iee-|K)nd  drawn; 

The  (lying  football  and  the  cricket  rim. 

The  games,  all  gloriouH,  whether  lost  or  won  : 

Full  niiKtns  more  hright  than  we  e'er  since  have  si-en  ; 

More  hrilliant  sun.sels  than  have  elsewhere  Keen. 

Tlie«»e  were  our  joy.s ;  hut  these  were  far  from  all, 

In  those  old  days  we  p:isxed  at  Founders'  Hall. 

Comrades  and  rivals  lioth  in  College  lore, 

lioving  not  learning  lens,  though  Nature  more: 

Toward  Truth  and  lieauty  were  our  glancea  turned, 

With  high  amhition  every  l»osom  Imrned. 

Not  then  we  knew,  what  now  we  sigh  to  know, 

How  little  man  can  ever  learn  Udow  ; 

Nor,  yet,  the  grander  truth,  in  starlight  writ. 

Our  souls'  growth  upwani  may  lie  infinite. 

Ia;m  are  «•«■  now,  a*  greater  seems  Ih'  All  ; 

I.«Te  grows,  will)  worship,  as  pride's  fignient-s  fall. 

Little  remains  to  the  chronicler  to  record  of  this  flourish- 
ing epoch.  So  confident  of  the  future  were  the  Managers 
that  they  ventured  to  raise  the  jirice  of  board  ami  tuition, 
in  1S37,  to  Ji^'-iJO  per  annum,  from  J?20();  and  actually  jip- 
|>ointed  a  committee  to  propose  a  plan  for  an  "  additional 


128  HISTORY    OK    HAVKRFOKD    COLLEGE. 

edifice  "  and  an  estimate  of  its  cost.  Alas  I  for  tlie  vanity 
of  human  expectations.  Soon  after  came  the  deluge;  and 
Barclay  Hall  was  not  erected  till  forty  years  later!  The 
Association  authorized  the  Board  to  proceed  as  soon  as 
they  could  without  resorting  to  borrowed  money ;  and,  as 
the  number  of  students  declined  from  that  time,  the  i)ro- 
ject  died  a  natural  death. 

On  0th  month  27,  1837,  the  Committee  on  Finance  and 
Economy  were  requested  to  inquire  "  Whether  advantage 
would  result  from  the  introduction  of  coal  for  cookins:," 
from  which  it  appears  that  wood  had  still  been  used  as  fuel 
at  that  date,  ami,  most  likely,  was  yet  in  general  use. 

Another  proposition,  of  a  very  different  character,  was 
under  consideration  about  the  same  time.  This  was,  "  The 
propriety  of  adopting  a  uniform  dress  to  be  worn  by  the 
students.  After  consideration  at  two  meetings,  it  was  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Instruction"  to  inquire  into 
the  experience  of  other  institutions  in  this  respect;  and,  if 
they  deem  it  expedient,  to  report  the  form  and  materials  of 
such  dress,  together  with  the  probable  cost.  It  must  have 
been  deemed  inexpedient,  for  the  proposal  was  "pigeon- 
holed in  committee,"  and  does  not  again  appear. 

An  interesting  fact  in  1838  was  the  passage  of  an  act  by 
the  Legislature,  releasing  the  "schoolhouse  and  grounds 
thereto  annexed  "  of  Haverford  School  from  taxation.  On 
the  7th  of  <')th  month,  a  tract  of  land  containing  11  acres, 
77  perches,  adjoining  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  farm, 
and  extending  to  the  Lancaster  Turnpike — the  voluntary 
gift  of  a  number  of  Friends — was  conveyed  to  the  Associa- 
tion in  fee. 

The  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Jos.  John 
Gurney  to  Amelia  Opie,  after  his   return  to  England  in 


KAKl.Y    I'AYS.  129 

1841.  will  l>o  interesting;  in   connection    with   this  jMiiotl. 
The  visit  to  Haverford  was  made  about  hS38. 

"A  drive  of  fifteen  miles  from  Westtown,  across  a  '  roll- 
ing' country  of  much  |>icture.sque  beauty,  brought  us  to 
Haverford,  where  tliere  lias  l)een  lately  established  an 
academy,  or  rather  college,  for  the  cdiR-ation  of  an  oMtr  and 
more  opulent  class  of  lads.  Repeatedly,  and  always  with 
great  pleasure,  did  I  visit  this  institution.  At  this  time 
there  were  seventy  boys  and  young  men  accommodated  in 
the  house,  which  was  built  for  the  purpose,  pursuing  a 
couree  of  classical  and  scientilic  .study  under  well-<|ualified 
teachers.  Each  of  them  is  provided  with  a  neat  little  chamber 
to  liim.self,  in  which  nniy  be  found  his  Bible,  a  few  other 
books  of  his  own  .selection,  and  the  retjuisite  articles  of 
furniture.  This  separate  lodging  I  hohl  to  be  a  most  im- 
{•ortant  provision  for  the  moral  and  religious  welfare  of  the 
young  people,  as  well  as  for  their  comfort.  There  was  an 
appearance  of  order  antl  sobriety  to  be  observed  in  these 
young  j>ersons,  accompanied  by  an  obvious  infusion  of 
American  independence,  which  pleased  me  greatly.  A 
highly  talented  Friend  on  the  spot,  t<>  whom  they  are 
greatly  attached,  devotes  his  time  and  mind  to  their  moral 
and  religious  culture.  In  many  of  the  young  people  whom 
1  .saw  in  <liff\'rent  parts  of  the  Union,  after  they  had  left 
this  school,  I  was  able  clearly  to  trace  the  effects  of  that 
Christian  care  under  which  they  had  been  place<l  at  Haver- 
ford. The  beauties  of  nature  are  not  neglected  here.  The 
housi",  which  stands  on  an  eminence,  is  in  the  midst  of  a 
pleasure-ground,  pleasantly  lai<l  out  after  the  English  fash- 
ion. The  Ijoys  had  just  been  raising  among  themselves  and 
tlieir  friends,  a  purse  of  #*J,(MM),  which  has  since  been  ex- 
pended on  an  excellent  conservatory.  I  l<ii>k  l»aek  on  my 
9 


13U  HISTORY    OF    HAVEltFOKD    COLLEGE. 

visits  to  both  of  these  seminaries  with  peculiar  gratification. 
Long  may  they  flourisli  for  the  intellectual  and  s])iritual 
benefit  of  our  young  people.'" 

At  the  first  meeting  in  1839,  it  was  concluded  to  erect  "  a 
small  frame  building,  fitted  up  to  answer  tlic  purpose  of  an 
Astronomical  Observatory/'  provided  the  whole  expense 
could  be  defrayed  out  of  the  sum  received  from  the  State, 
under  a  law  granting  annuities  to  colleges  and  academies. 
At  the  same  meeting,  the  Committee  on  Property,  in  re- 
porting the  completion  of  the  new  greenhouse  and  work- 
shop, reported  that  "  they  were  greatly  aided  by  the  experi- 
ence, skill  and  industry  of  William  Carvill,  the  gardener." 

The  decade  closes  with  an  apparent  loss  of  interest  on 
the  part  of  Managers,  and  under  the  shadow  of  impending 
debt.  At  five  of  the  Board  meetings,  in  1830,  there  was 
no  quorum.  The  policy  of  liberal  table  sup])lies  and  low 
charges,  wliich  raised  the  number  of  students  to  seventy- 
nine  in  1837,  was  abandoned.  A  long  retrenchment  report 
recommended  rigid  economy  and  reduced  diet.  In  the 
spring  of  1840,  however,  the  i»rice  of  board  and  tuition  was 
again  reduced  to  $200,  without  avail  in  averting  disaster, 
as  we  shall  see  in  the  next  chapter. 


<ii.\rii:i;  \ 


A  SToKM    \l'I'K()\(:ill>— iS;^;-4o. 

Sfe  Frrftloiu't*  Idilwiiiks  in  iliy  snis  :lri^t•. 

Ami  lIuiiiiMleil,  Kilbholl,  Syilii.v,  in  iluir  i'v«  »  — 1   i.i  v  i  /kii  KlLIOTT. 


«L1'1>I   lAll  l;  Mil. I    I.N   ii..v.n^vi.v.v.si.\(,m:.\k  ll.\Vi;i:|n|tl> 


TiiK  nutiinin  session  of  ISIO  opened  witli  forty-sevt'n 
stu<lents.  Ill  accordance  with  the  |>lan  of  orpiniz4ition 
recently  adopted,  Jolin  <Junimere  again  acted  as  Superin- 
ten<lent  and  Teacher  of  Mathematics;  Daniel  H.  Sniitli, 
Teacher   of    Moral    Philojiophy.    Knglish     Literature,    etc. 

(131 


132  HISTORY    (»1'    IIAVKHI'IU!!)    ((•LLKGE. 

Samuel  J.  ( iumnicrc,  Teacher  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  Lan- 
guages, Ancient  Literature,  Mathematics  and  Natural  Phi- 
losophy; Benjamin  V.  Marsh,  Assistant  Superintendent. 

It  was  a  time  of  great  excitement  in  the  political  world. 
Rarely,  indeed,  had  party  feeling  been  so  strong  as  it  was 
in  the  canvass  of  this  year.  Even  at  this  early  period 
might  be  noticed  some  faint  smouldering  of  that  fire  which, 
twenty  years  later,  burst  into  full  blaze,  and,  in  our  civil 
war,  swept  over  the  country.  In  it,  too,  was  noticeable  the 
beginning  of  that  power  in  our  national  affairs  which  then, 
having  little  more  than  infantile  strength,  has  of  later  years 
assumed  an  almost  gigantic  force,  and  made  the  great  West 
largely  the  arbiter  of  the  destinies  of  the  nation. 

For,  until  this  time,  the  controlling  power  was  found,  not 
in  the  East  or  in  the  "West,  but  in  the  representatives  from 
the  Southern  States  of  the  Union.  These  men,  courtly  in 
their  manner,  genial  in  their  disposition,  and  yet,  reared  as 
they  had  been  in  the  atmosphere  of  slavery,  born  to  com- 
mand, had,  in  one  way  or  another,  gained  such  influ- 
ence in  the  House  of  Representatives,  the  Senate,  the  Cabi- 
net, even  in  the  Executive  Mansion  itself,  that  their  will 
had  become  practically  the  law  of  the  land. 

As  a  result  of  this,  efforts  were  made  to  prevent  in  the 
Free  States  discussion  of  anti-slavery  principles,  and  so  po- 
tent was  the  Southern  influence  that,  even  in  the  cities  of 
Philadelphia  and  New  York,  men  and  women  quietly  meet- 
ing peacefully  to  discuss  the  subject  of  slavery  were  ruth- 
lessly mobbed.  In  1838  Pennsylvania  Hall,  a  large  build- 
ing devoted  to  freedom,  was  burned  to  the  ground  l)y  a 
mob  whom  the  authorities  were  powerless  or  indifferent  to 
restrain.  Even  assassination  was  resorted  to,  and  Elijah  P. 
Lovejoy,  a  clergyman,  the  editor  of  an  anti-slavery  paper. 


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A    STf'KM    AlMKoACIIKS.  133 

was  inunlcred  at  Alton.  111.  (1837),  by  a  nioh  who  twice 
before  Imd  (K'struytMl  liis  printing-press.  All  these  occur- 
rences were  (iiiietly  hut  surely  telling  on  the  lieart  of  the 
free  North,  luul  althougli  they  were  not  recognized  as  such 
until  h^ng  alter,  there  can  he  no  douht  that  they  had  nmch 
to  do  in  devek>j)ing  tlu'  enthusiasm  with  whirh  the  nomi- 
nation for  the  Presidency  of  William  Henry  Harrison,  a 
nmn  born  in  Virginia,  hut  ideiitijiid  with  the  free  State  of 
Ohio,  was  reci'ived. 

Processions  and  jtarades,  which  are  now  so  familiar  to  us, 
were  then  hut  little  known  as  a  feature  in  the  political  cam- 
paign, hut  in  this  they  took  a  most  effective  part  It  hav- 
ing been  sneeringly  said  that  General  Harrison  was  until 
for  tlie  high  oflice  of  President  because  he  had  lived  in  a  log 
cabin  and  drunk  hard  cider,  this  became  an  electioneering 
cry,  and  log  cabins,  ''  with  the  latcli-string  out,'' and  barrels 
of  Inird  cidtr  appeared  at  almost  every  nu  itiiig  held  in  his 
favor.  This  excitement  reached  even  the  academic  groves 
of  Haverford,  and  in  the  earliest  number  of  The  Odlajinu, 
issued  at  this  time,  is  quite  a  long  es«ay  on  ''The  Present 
Political  Situation." 

The  Collegian,  which  deserves  more  than  a  passing  no- 
tice, was  a  manuscript  journal  startetl  in  \s:\i]  hy  the 
Loganian  Society.  Blank  sheets  of  a  uniform  size  were 
furnished  to  the  members,  and  they  were  expected  to  write 
tlieir  contributions  on  these  slips,  which  were  stitched  to- 
gether and  the  number  for  the  month  issued.  After  each 
essay  came  a  criticism,  generally  a  favorable,  always  su|>- 
pose<l  to  be  a  kin«lly,  one.  Head  now.  in  later  years,  these 
criticisms,  some  of  them,  at  least,  seem  more  worthy  of  criti- 
cism than  the  essays  themselves — certainly  they  do  not  a«ld 
much    to    the    dignity    of    Tht    inUegiau.     Altliougii    tiicse 


134  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFoRI)    COLLKOE. 

p.apers  were  generally  written  by  the  students,  yet  every 
member  of  the  Loganian  Society  was  expected  to  do  his 
part,  and  many  of  the  best  essays  came,  as  miglit  be  ex- 
pected, from  members  of  the  Faculty,  who  were  also  mem- 
bers of  this  Society.  Among  the  most  frequent  with  these 
contributions  was  Daniel  B.  Smith,  President  of  the  Logan- 
ian Society.  A  paper  of  his  on  "  The  Lenape  Indians  "  may 
still  be  read  with  interest.  Several  very  pretty  })oems  came 
from  the  same  pen.  Among  the  students,  Richard  H.  Law- 
rence, of  New  York,  was,  by  general  consent,  acknowledged 
as  the  first  poet,  though  there  were  others  whose  verses  did 
them  much  credit.  A  poem  by  Lawrence,  which  was  espe- 
cially admired,  was  entitled  "The  Consumptive."  By  a  sad 
coincidence  the  author,  a  few  years  later,  died  of  the  disease 
he  had  so  graphically  portrayed. 

The  poet  Cow})er,in  his  famous  "Task,'  uses  these  words: 

"  Posterity  will  ask 
If  e'er  posterity  see  verse  of  mine, 
What  was  a  monitor  in  George's  day  ?" 

And  so  posterity  may  ask — and  "  posterity  "  here  may 
mean  the  generation  of  this  day — wliat  was  a  Haverford  boy 
in  the  early  days?  And  hence,  perhaps  at  the  risk  of  seem- 
ing flippant  or  trifling,  we  shall  attempt  to  sketch  him.  The 
average  Haverford  scholar  of  1840-42  was  much  younger 
than  the  Haverford  student  of  1880-90.  In  the  graduation 
class  of  1842,  the  largest  class  in  numbers  in  the  first  twenty- 
four  years,  there  was  perhaj)S,  with  a  single  exception,  not 
one  more  than  seventeen  years  old.  Young  as  they  were, 
the  Seniors  of  1840-41  assumed  to  themselves  the  airs  of 
older  "men,"  and,  as  to  wear  the  Oxford  gown  would  at 
that  time  have  been  heresy,  they  disported  themselves  in- 
doors and  outdoors  in  what  was  known  as  "tJie  ioga,'^  a  gar- 


A    STOUM     AFI'K<'A«  IlKS.  135 

ment  to  which  it  bore  no  losiinhhincv  wliatever,  Wing  u 
simple  striped  or  otherwise  fijijured  dn-ssin^'-gown,  siuh  as 
is  now  often  worn  in  the  siek-chanilu'r  or  the  study.  The 
fancied  resembhince  to  the  ancient  Konnin  '^toga  tirilis" 
pivi-  it  its  chief  ihanii.  Its  absurdity  liapj>ily  soon  k'd  to 
Its  disuse,  and  it  lUed  out  with  tin-  session  of  1811.  In 
athletics,  the  llaverford  buys  of  iS-ll- I'J  had  a  less  extended 
held  of  action  than  now,  but  what  was  done  in  this  direc- 
tion was  well  done,  ami  would  do  nt>  discredit  to  1890. 
Cricket  was  practically  unknown  ;  the  ball-alley,  for  hand- 
l)all,  which  was  at  tirst  near  the  main  i»uilding,  and  was 
blown  down,  and  replaeed  by  a  larger  one  in  the  woods,  was 
a  favorite  resort,  and  showed  most  skilful  balling.  "Town- 
I'ail"  was  a  favorite,  while  football,  played,  as  its  name 
would  es.sentially  seem  to  indicate  it  shouhl  be,  witli  the 
foot  and  the  l>all,  was  immensely  j)opular.  The  football- 
ground  was  originally  in  the  rear  of  the  school  building, 
but  the  laundresses  having  complained  that  the  linen  hung 
out  to  dry  invariably  came  back  to  them  with  the  marks  of 
the  football  on  it.  a  large  plot  of  ground  near  tiie  entrance 
to  "the  lane"  was  selected,  and  provtd  very  .satisfactory. 
There  were  no  games  with  outsiders,  l)ut  matches  were 
made  up  promiscuously  from  among  the  students — each 
lea<Ier  selecting  his  own  supporters  by  alternate  choice,  the 
first  choice  being  tiie  result  of  a  "  tos.s-up  " — and  hugely 
enjoye<I. 

In  the  winter  of  1841-2  a  matcii  between  the  Junior  and 
Senior  cla.»<ses  was  hotly  contested.  The  captain  of  the 
Juniors  was,  perha|>s,  the  best  athlete  in  the  school,  and 
had  drilled  his  men  well.  Victory  .seenuMl  likely,  liowever, 
to  be  with  the  Seniors,  when  an  unlucky  kick  by  one  of 
their  own  number  gave  their  opponents  an  advantage  which 


130  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

they  were  quick  to  take  hold  of,  and  the  victor}'^  was  with 
the  Juniors.  As,  by  a  rule  of  the  school,  "caps"  were  not 
to  be  worn,  and  as  there  is  a  practical  incompatibility 
between  "top  hats"  and  playing  foot])all,  the  boys  of 
1841-42  wore  on  their  heads  woollen  "  comforters,"  as  they 
were  called.  As  these  were  twisted  into  various  shapes,  and 
were  of  various  colors,  the  effect  was  rather  striking,  if  not 
picturesque.  With  that  strange  inconsistency  which,  while 
nobly  grasping  great  things  for  the  school  failed  signally  in 
very  little  ones,  this  i)arti-color  effect  caused  uneasiness  in 
the  minds  of  some  of  the  older  Friends,  and  an  edict  went 
forth  that  for  the  future  these  comforters  should  be  of  a 
uniform  white  !  During  these  years  there  prevailed  among 
the  students  a  craze  for  collecting  moths,  butterflies,  beetles 
and  the  like.  A  good-sized  "  Luna  "  was  considered  a  prize 
of  the  first  magnitude,  and  just  as  twilight  fell  these  young 
entomologists  were  seen  dotted  over  the  lawn,  skirting  the 
outlying  edges  of  the  woods  and  other  places,  armed  with 
gauze  nets  attached  to  long  poles,  eager  to  catch  the  un- 
wary moth  as  he  left  the  shelter  he  had  sought  during  the 
heat  of  the  morning.  On  the  afternoon  of  Seventh  Day, 
armed  with  hatchet,  bottle  of  alcohol  and  boxes,  they  ex- 
plored the  neighboring  woods  and  fields  in  search  of  cur- 
culios  and  the  like.  Viewed  from  an  anti-vivisection  stand- 
point, the  number  of  unfortunate  creatures  thus  impaled  in 
the  interest  of  science  was  appalling,  while,  as  has  lately 
been  suggested  by  one  of  these  boys,  "  Haverford  con- 
ferred a  real  benefit  on  the  farmers  of  the  neighborhood 
by  the  great  slaughter  of  the  curculios  and  other  destructive 
insects." 

These  and  other  sports  on  the  lawn  and  its  vicinity  were 
one  day  suddenly  interrupted.     A  messenger  from  Athens 


IBLfci^.r.^-?'-^^ 


A  stui;m  AriKo.vcuKs,  137 

(later  Athen.svillo,  now  Ardinoro)  was  seen  riding  in  great 
haste  with  the  alarming  intelligence  that  a  wad  dug  had 
passetl  through  their  village,  and  was  coming  din-ctly 
toward  the  school-grounds.  The  excitenunt  pnnluciil  hv 
this  intelligence  was  intense.  Scouts  were  sent  abroail  to 
note  the  approach  and  act  as  guards  against  the  enemy. 
The  smaller  hoys — the  light  infantry,  as  they  were  irrever- 
ently talletl — were  summoned  to  (|uarters,  and  every  means 
taken  for  defence.  In  a  little  time  a  tall  mongrel  yellow 
and  white  dog  was  seen  making  a  direct  line  for  the  wo(m1s 
in  the  rear  of  the  school.  He  trotted  slowly  along,  with 
his  head  and  tail  down,  looking  neither  to  the  right  nor 
the  left,  and,  showing  no  disposition  for  an  attack,  took 
refuge  in  a  quarry,  where  he  was  killed  by  a  young  Irish- 
man in  the  employ  of  the  school  named  Thomas  Weldon. 
The  llaverford  boy  loved  a  joke,  and  it  was,  therefore,  with 
intense  satisfaction  that  he  read,  two  days  later,  in  the 
Nortli  American,  the  only  daily  paper  taken  at  the  school, 
the  following  paragraph  : 

"  \Vi:i,i.-i>oNi:. — The  <|uiet  grounds  of  Haverford  School 
were  yesterday  the  scene  of  an  unusual  excitement  by  the 
appearance  in  their  midst  of  a  dog  apparently  in  the  a<l- 
vanced  stage  of  imidness.  He  was  pursued,  overtaken  and 
killed  by  a  young  man  named  W'rl-doti.  The  courage  and 
intrepidity  displayed  on  this  occasion  are  worthy  of  the 
highest  commendation." 

The  Ink  uoir  of  tlie  Faculty  in  "KM-i  was  "  White  Hall," 
letter  known  as  *'  Castner's,"  an  old-fashioned  inn  on  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  less  than  a  mile  from  the  .school. 
There  was  a  bar  here,  witli  its  display  of  drinks;  but,  ex- 
cept perhaps  an  occasional  in<lulgence  in  cider,  the  boys 
did  not  drink,  or  as  one  of  them  on  his  wav  from  "  Cast- 


138  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGK. 

ner's,"  suddenly  confronted  by  the  Superintendent  witli 
the  question,  "Did  thou  drink  anything  there?''  nervously 
replied,  "  Nothing  but  water,  and  very  little  of  that !  "  But 
the  tempting  display  of  mince-pies  was  less  easily  resisted, 
and  formed  the  chief  inducement  for  these  surreptitious 
visits.  The  boys  of  1840-42  believe  that  the  die  in  which 
these  pies  were  cast  was  broken  soon  after  this  date,  for 
from  that  day  to  this  they  have  eaten  none  like  them. 

The  only  other  place  near  by,  and  yet  out  of  bounds,  was 
"  Purdy's,"  a  little  white  farmhouse  by  the  turnpike.  The 
wildest  dissipation  ever  known  here  was  the  rather  ex- 
travagant indulgence  in  oysters  on  the  half-shell.  The 
truth  is,  the  restraints  of  the  bounds  and  of  visiting  were 
carried  to  a  very  absurd  extent.  One  of  these  laws  was 
that,  except  in  case  of  sickness,  no  student  should  visit 
Philadelphia  during  the  college  term.  It  is  true  that  such 
a  visit  was  a  much  more  serious  matter  than  it  now  is. 
There  were  but  few  local  trains,  and  the  absence  from  col- 
lege involved  a  greater  interruption  to  study  than  it  now 
does.  The  rule  was,  as  has  been  said,  strictly  enforced,  and 
it  was  rare  for  any  of  the  students,  after  he  had  left  his 
home  in  the  autumn,  to  see  it  again  before  the  spring-time. 
A  marked  exception  to  this  was  made  in  favor  of  those 
students  whose  teeth  needed  the  dentist's  care.  A  local 
doctor  liaving,  unfortunately,  pulled  the  wrong  tooth,  a 
sound  one,  the  outcry  was  so  great  that  it  was  determined, 
for  the  future,  to  send  those  needing  such  treatment  to  the 
city.  It  was  hardly  to  be  supposed  that  the  charms  of  the 
dental  chair  would  be  sufhcient  to  lead  many  to  town  on 
this  pretext;  but  as  truthful  historians  we  are  compelled  to 
state  that  an  epidemic  of  diseased  teeth  soon  after  prevailed 
to  such  an  extent  as  to  render  it  necessarv  to  chancre  the 


A    STORM    APPROACHKS.  13!» 

coui'se  of  treatment.  Parents  were  ii«»\v  enjoined  to  see  to  it 
that  their  sons'  teeth  were  attended  to  during;  tin-  viu-ation, 
and  nniny  imaginary  sullerers  were  obliged  to  remain  at 
the  sehool  until  the  close  of  the  term,  in  spite  of  their  teeth, 

IJut,  it  will  be  said,  wliat  of  the  studies  of  these  Seniors 
of  sixteen  and  seventeen,  in  the  years  1840-42?  The  classes 
were  then  graded  as  Thiitl  .luiiior,  Scci.iul  Juiiitn-,  Jun- 
ior and  Senior.  The  Seniors  occupied  a  room  adjoining 
the  large  collecting-room,  and,  excepting  during  the  recita- 
tion hour,  were  without  the  j)resence  of  a  teacher.  Such 
sunsets  as  the  western  windows  of  this  room  allonled  have 
never  been  seen  elsewhere;  so,  at  least,  it  seemed  to  them. 

To  the  Senior  Class  the  Professor  of  English  Literature 
gave  a  large  share  of  his  time  and  care.  Dugald  Stewart's 
Philosophy  was  carefully  read  aloud  to  them  by  him,  and 
in  such  an  intelligent  manner  that  it  could  not  fail  to  in- 
terest ;  while  Ills  extraordinary  et)urse  of  ithiial  lectures 
left  on  their  minds  impressions  of  truth  which  can  never 
be  eflaced.  To  them,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  more  than 
one  of  his  i>u|h1s  owed  their  clearest  percei)tions  of  the 
great  doctrine  of  Christ  as  a  Deliverer  and  Saviour. 

It  would  be  impo.ssilde  in  this  sketch  to  attempt  even  a 
brief  synopsis  of  these  lectures;  this  must  be  left  to  others  I 
but  it  would  be  a  serious  loss  were  they,  with  the  death  of 
their  author,  to  pass  out  of  notice.  Each  lecture  in  full 
was  rea<l  to  the  members  of  the  class,  an<l  then  the  iieads  of 
of  it  were  furnished  to  them,  which  they  were  to  copy  and 
commit  to  memory.  How  well  these  lessons  were  learned, 
and  how  deep  the  impression  made  by  them,  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that,  although  so  many  years  have  elapsed  since 
they  were  learn«'d,  there  is  .scarcely  one  of  the  boys  of  that 
day  who  cannot,  even  now,  repeat  large  portions  of  theni. 


140  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Upliam's  Mental,  and  Vethake's  Political,  Philosophy, 
and  Storj  on  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  entered 
into  the  studies  of  the  Senior  year.  In  mathematics,  Gum- 
mere's  Astronomy,  tlie  Differential  and  Inte<2;ral  Calculus, 
and  Olmsted's  Optics  were  studied  by  the  Seniors.  Allusion 
has  been  made  in  another  chapter  to  John  Gummere,  who 
occupied  this  chair.  He  then  held  high  rank,  if  not  the 
highest  rank,  as  a  mathematician  in  the  United  States, 
Wonderfully  learned  in  these  subjects,  he  was  as  innocent 
and  as  free  from  suspicion  as  a  child.  This  was  shown, 
among  other  instances,  in  the  manner  in  which  the  exam- 
inations on  optics  were  given  by  him,  and  which  will  never 
be  forgotten  by  the  boys  of  that  era.  Preceding  each 
didactic  paragraph  was  the  enunciation  of  tlie  jiroposition 
to  be  discussed.  John  (Jummere's  practice  was  to  give,  say, 
one-half  of  this  announcement  interrogatively,  then  to  name 
the  pupil,  who  was  expected  to  reply,  and  to  continue  the 
proposition.  This  led  to  results  greatly  enjoyed  b}'  his 
pupils,  being  sometimes  very  droll,  but  which  never  seemed 
to  appear  so  to  him.  Boys  are  good  judges  of  character; 
and  though  the  eccentricities  of  genius  often  amused  them, 
they  had  a  profound  admiration  for  the  talents,  and  a  sin- 
cere respect  for  the  genuine  worth,  of  John  Gummere. 
Among  the  Haverford  boys  of  his  time  he  was  always 
familiarly  known  as  "  Agathos"  (the  good). 

In  ancient  languages,  were  read  during  the  Senior  year 
"  Longinus  de  Sublimitatc,'^  the  Medea  of  Euripides  and 
Tacitus.  The  teacher  of  these  studies  was  Samuel  J.  Gum- 
mere, one  of  those  rare  men  who  are  equally  at  home  with 
mathematics  and  the  languages.  He  was  a  good,  gentle 
man,  who,  having  but  a  little  time  before  met  with  a  great 
domestic  sorrow,  had  a  sad,  kindly  face  which  won  at  once 


I 


A    SloKM     Al-I-K" A'   II  KS.  141 

tlu'  lovt'  aiul  obt'ilieiicf  of  lii.s  pupils.  Xiver  liarsli,  lie 
rarely  smiled,  but  even  he  could  not  but  laugh  outri^dit 
with  his  class  when  one  of  their  number,  rapidly  reading 
from  Tacitus,  translated  "  restrvalum  majoribnit  "  "  preserved 
fur  his  ancestors  I" 

The  park,  which  is  now  so  beautiful  in  the  luxuriant 
growth  of  its  old  trees,  was  then  rich  in  their  vigorous 
youthful  growth.  Selected  and  planted  with  great  care, 
there  were  then  many  rare  trees,  some  of  which  have  since 
disappeared,  'riiree  avenues  ran  parallel  with  each  <»tht  r 
in  front  of  the  main  Iniilding,  in  which  handsome  shrub- 
bery and  choice  plants  grew  luxuriantly ;  and  the  entire 
path  from  the  college  to  the  farmhouse  was  carefully  culti- 
vated on  either  side. 

The  large  arbor,  to  which  allusion  has  already  been  made, 
in  summer  covered  with  grape  vines,  led  to  tlie  greenhouse. 
This  greenhouse,  in  winter-time,  was  filled  with  choice 
plants.  A  magnificent  Hanksia  rose,  reaching  to  the  roof, 
with  hundreds  of  clusters  of  its  delicate  straw-colored  blos- 
soms, first  met  the  eye  ;  while  the  Triumph  of  Luxembourg 
and  other  rare  roses  were  scattered  among  white  and  red 
ja{>onicas  ancl  smaller  tlowers. 

All  tlie  trees  and  shrubbery  were  under  the  immediate 
care  of  the  gardener,  an  Englishman  by  birth,  a  nursery- 
man by  education,  who,  whatever  were  his  peculiarities  of 
dis|>osition,  was  certainly  an  expert  in  his  jtrofession.  To 
Isuac  Collins,  among  the  early  Managei*s,  and  to  William 
Carvill,  the  gardener,  the  Haverford  of  the  jirescnt  day 
owes  much  of  its  beauty  and  attractiveness. 

So  far  as  the  moral  and  intellectual  .*<uccess  of  the  school 
was  concerned,  it  had  quite  come  up  to  tiie  expectations  of 
its  foundei-s.     As  is  said  in  one  of  their  reports,  "The  disci- 


142  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

pline  of  the  school  is  peculiarly  satisfactory.  A  firm,  miLl, 
conciliatory  demeanor  on  the  part  of  the  teachers  has  been 
almost  uniformly  met  by  a  prompt  compliance  with  the 
regulations."  But  to  men  like  the  Managers,  who  from 
their  childhood  had  been  taught  that  to  ''live  within  the 
bounds  of  their  circumstances ''  was  a  religious  duty,  the 
steady  increase  of  expenses  beyond  the  receipts  became  a 
matter  of  the  gravest  solicitude.  It  is  touching  to  read  in 
the  minutes  of  the  Board  what  earnest,  unwearied  efforts 
were  put  forth  by  the  Managers  to  remedy  this  condition  of 
affairs,  and  to  avert  what,  if  not  arrested,  must  bring  dis- 
aster, if  not  ruin,  on  what  might  almost  be  called  their 
life-work.  In  common  with  the  greater  number  of  the 
stockholders,  they  had  already,  by  written  agreement,  re- 
linquished to  the  Association  all  dividends  arising  out  of 
the  profits  of  the  institution  (5  rao.  0,  1841).  Contributions 
came  from  their  own  purses,  from  their  friends,  and,  as 
might  almost  be  said  "of  their  penury."'  from  the  teachers 
themselves — for,  viewed  from  our  present  standpoint,  the 
salaries  of  these  teachers  seem  very  meagre.  And  yet,  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  held  10th  month  2Sth, 
ISIO,  it  is  stated  that  there  had  been  offered  to  the  Associa- 
tion donations  from  the  teachers  toward  the  expenses  of  the 
school — .S300  from  one,  S200  from  another,  and  ^100  from 
a  third — the  teacher  oflFering  this  last  consenting  to  give  up 
his  own  house  and  remove  with  his  little  children  to  the 
school  building,  at  the  same  time  relinquishing  annually 
from  his  salary  the  sum  of  $3001  But  at  last  contributions 
became  less  and  less  frequent.  For  this  was  a  time  of  unusual 
depression  in  the  business  world :  it  is  on  record  that  within 
two  years  after  the  4th  of  March,  1837,  the  mercantile  fail- 
ures in  the  city  of  New  York  alone  amounted  to  SIOO.OOO,- 
00<» — an  aggregate,  for  that  day,  simply  immense. 


A    STUK.M     AI'I'KnAi  IIKS.  143 

Whatever  remote  possibilities  of  "  dividends  "  to  tliestoi  k- 
liolders  of  the  Association  nii<i;lit  have  early  been  indulged 
in.  it  had  never  been  really  contt-niplati'd  from  the  start 
that  ilavtrford  should  bi' a  iiioney-makin;;  school — that  it 
should  be  supplitd  with  clitap  material,  whether  this  ap- 
plied to  its  course  of  instruction,  to  its  internal  management 
or  to  the  character  of  its  teachers.  As  lias  already  been 
shown,  the  original  estimate  of  the  recpiisite  outlay  fell  short 
of  that  actually  re<iuired  :  the  farm  buildings,  water-works, 
cistern  and  various  other  necessary  expenses  increased 
the  deticit,  so  that  the  early  years  of  the  Association  were 
encumbered  with  loans,  the  interest  on  which,  annually 
paid,  increased  the  yearly  expenses  of  the  institution  beyond 
list  receipts,  and  at  the  termination  of  the  year  1838,  the 
debt  of  the  Association  was  817,100.  In  e(tnset|Uence  of 
some  necessary  additions,  this  deljt  was  increase«]  (luring 
the  following  year  to  .Sll>,r)(l().  Interest  was  accruing  on 
this,  and  on  a  further  sum  of  .S'J,!)!)!),  during  the  joint  lives 
of  a  Friend  and  his  wife.  Hence  it  was  a  pleasing  surprise 
when,  at  a  special  meeting,  lieM  Uth  month  24th,  1840, 
Thomas  V.  Cope  read  to  the  Board  the  following  letter  from 
Nathan  Dunn,  a  citizen  of  Philadelphia,  wiio  had  been  for 
many  years  successfully  engaged  in  business  in  China  and 
the  lOast : 

Jo  the  Mnnagtrs  of  Haver Jord  iiclioof : 

Dear  Fkii:ni»s:  I  have  at  all  times  felt  a  deej»  interest 
in  the  success  of  your  institution,  jtarticularly  as  it  is  the 
only  one  in  the  United  .States  in  which  the  youthful  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Fric-nds  can  receive  a  lil)eral  educa- 
tion under  tin-  instruttinii  of  professors,  members  of  thai 
religious  bo«iy 

The  success  of  such  an  institution  cannot  but  be  a  matter 


144  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

of  paramount  interest  to  parents  and  meml^ers,  who  believe 
the  improvement  of  the  mind  by  a  liberal  education  to  be 
an  auxiliary  to  its  religious  duties. 

Such,  then,  being  the  nature  of  your  institution,  I  cannot 
but  hope  it  may  prove  eminently  successful;  and  this  sen- 
timent I  wish  to  confirm  by  a  donation  to  assist  to  remove 
one  of  the  obstacles  to  so  desirable  an  end,  to  wit,  its  pecu- 
niary embarrassments,  by  handing  to  Thomas  P.  Cope  and 
Isaac  Collins,  Esquires,  a  draft  drawn  by  Joseph  Archer 
on  Charles  Taylor,  dated  12th  month  5th,  1840,  payable  at 
four  months,  for  twenty  thousand  five  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  dollars  ($20,575),  subject  to  a  condition  guaranteed  by 
your  Thomas  P.  Cope  and  Isaac  Collins  for  the  return  to 
me  of  ten  thousand  dollars  (§10,000)  on  a  certain  contin- 
gency. Believe  me,  very  sincerely, 

[Signed]  Nathan  Duxx. 

December  24,  1S40. 

The  following  minute  was  thereupon  adopted  by  the 
Managers :  "The  munificent  donation  of  our  friend,  Nathan 
Dunn,  of  the  sum  qf  §20,575  (twenty  thousand  five  hundred 
and  seventy-five  dollars)  having  impressed  the  Board  with 
a  deep  sense  of  his  liberality  and  a  feeling  of  its  obligation 
so  to  manage  the  trust  committed  to  it  as  to  promote  the  en- 
lightened views  of  the  generous  donor,  Thomas  P.  Cope  and 
Isaac  Collins,  in  conjunction  with  the  Secretary,  are  directed 
to  conve}'  to  him  the  grateful  acknowledgments  of  the 
Managers,  and,  at  the  same  time,  their  hearty  concurrence 
in  his  communication  addressed  to  the  Board,  which  has 
been  directed  to  be  entered  at  large  upon  its  minutes." 

But  the  Managers  were  not  so  elated  by  this  happy 
change  in  their  condition  as  to  hold  out  any  delusive  hopes 
for  the  future.  On  the  contrary,  the}'  distinctly  stated  in 
their  report  the  importance  of  an  adequate  patronage  to 
meet  the  expenses  unavoidably  incurred   in  carrying  on 


A    ST0I:M    AI'I'ltnACHHS.  1  «•» 

such  a  (•((lurni,  aiitl  that  without  tliis  it  must  inevitably 
again  he  involved  in  <k'l>t  ami  perjilexitirs  siniilur  to  those 
now  so  iiappily  surniountetl.  They  urged  the  iinpoitance 
of  an  endowment  sutliriently  ample  to  secure  the  delVay- 
ment  of  its  expenditures  even  when  the  number  of  its 
pupils  might  be  reduced  to  its  probable  minimum. 

Had  this  design  of  the  Managers  been  then  aeeom- 
plished,  the  subse«|Uent  difliculties  of  the  school  niight 
have  been  averted.  The  sanie  pecuniary  troubles,  which 
rendered  it  hard  to  obtain  additional  subscriptions,  dimin- 
isiied  the  number  of  its  pupils,  which  was  now  reduced  to 
forty-six. 

In  the  gloom  which  .seemed  to  be  slowly  but  steadily 
gathering  there  came  a  little  further  light  with  tjje  follow- 
ing letter  from  the  venerable  Thonuis  l\  Cope,  which  was 
read  at  a  special  meeting  of  the  Managers,  held  tUh  month 
21Hij,  1.S42: 

To  tff   }f">"n/frs  of  JLucrJ'onl  Sriiitol  : 

PiiiLADA.,  Otii  month  •J2d,  184-2. 
I>KAH  Frikxds:  Vou  will  receive  herewith  a  certificate 
for  (50  shares  of  stock  in  the  Lehigh  C<»al  and  Navigation 
('on)pany,  issuetl  in  the  nanuof  Henj.  II.  Warder, 'i'reasurer, 
the  dividends  or  income  whereof  are  to  be  aj>propriated  to 
theedtication  of  young  men  at  IIav»rford  School,  to  (jualifv 
them  to  l)ecome  teachei-s,  but  who  arc  not  of  ability  to  pay 
for  their  own  schooling.  The.se  <»tJ  shares  cost  uu\  3(>th  of 
11th  month,  KS.'iT,  ??'>,' M>''»|'o»-  'l'l>«^'  stock  is  now  greatly  de- 
pressed, but  I  trust  it  will  eventually  become  ellectual  in 
accomplishing  my  o))ject  in  this  domition.  If  Ilaverford 
School  Association  should  cense  to  exist,  an  event  which  I 
am  unwilling  to  think  can  happen,  my  desire  is  that  the 
fund  slujuld  i)e  a)>]died  to  the  education  of  young  men,  of 
the  description  j>ointed  out  by  the  «lonor,  at  any  other 
10 


146  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKliFOJa)    COLLEGE. 

school    under   the   direction  of   Friends.     The   mode  and 
manner  of  effecting  this  end  I  leave  to  the  Association. 

Your  friend, 

Thomas  P.  Cope. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting,  held  7th  month  1st,  1842, 
present  nine  Managers,  it  was  agreed  to  accept  the  liberal 
donation  of  sixty  shares  of  stock  in  the  Lehigh  Coal  and 
Navigation  Company,  made  to  tlie  Association  by  Thomas 
P.  Cope,  on  the  terms  and  for  the  uses  mentioned  in  his 
letter  to  the  Managers,  dated  22d  ultimo,  and  copied  at 
large  upon  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting,  but  upon  which 
no  further  action  was  then  taken  for  want  of  a  quorum  to 
transact  business  ;  and  the  Secretary  was  directed  to  record 
an  expression  of  gratification  on  the  part  of  the  Managers 
with  the  evidence  thus  furnished  of  the  warm  interest  felt 
by  the  donor  in  the  welfare  of  the  institution,  and  also  that 
a  fund  has  thus  been  commenced  for  the  very  useful  pur- 
pose to  which  the  income  of  this  donation  is  to  be  applied. 

This  generous  gift  continues  in  active  use.  How  many 
have  been  helped  by  the  fund  thus  started,  how  great  have 
been  the  benefits  conferred  by  it,  how  wide-reaching  their 
effects,  can  onl}'  be  fully  known  to  the  Searcher  of  hearts. 
To  Thomas  P.  Cope  the  Haverford  of  the  early  day  as  of  the 
later  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  which  must  never  be  for- 
gotten, though  it  can  never  be  fully  repaid.  A  successful 
merchant  who  made  the  name  of  Philadelphia  known  and 
honored  in  foreign  ports,  a  public-spirited  citizen,  a  valued 
Friend,  he  was  from  the  very  beginning  one  of  the  most  in- 
terested in  the  founding  of  Haverford,  and,  as  has  already 
been  shown  in  another  chapter,  one  of  the  most  energetic  in 
choosing  the  site  of  the  school  and  in  obtaining  its  charter, 
and  so  long   as  his   strength   permitted   he  continued  its 


A    STnUM    AI'PROACHES.  147 

active  I'riiinl  ami  a  jui'inpt  ami  jj^eiierous  contrilnitoi*  in 
time  of  need. 

A  legacy  of -S")!)! )  from  Ahniluiin  llillyard,  an  early  mem- 
ber of  the  Association,  and  .^•J.OOO  received  from  the  sale  of 
a  lot  on  'rhirieeiith  Street  t<»  the  association  known  a>  the 
"Shelter  for  Coloml  <  )r|>hans,"  canif  in  usefully  to  the 
general  hunl.  A  special  gift  from  (Juorge  Howland,  of 
New  Be«lford,  for  haths  with  hot  and  cold  water,  added 
greatly  to  the  comfort  of  the  students;  on  the  other  hand, 
with  u  view  to  economi/,e,  the  Treasurer  was  requested  to 
discontinuf  thf  Lomlnn  i^nnrterhj,  K<liiihur</lt,  Tin-  Foreign 
(Quarterly  and  the  New  York  reviiws,  which  had  been  taken 
for  the  Faculty  and  the  students. 

The  years  from  l.S-i2  to  181«)  were  uneventful  years,  save 
that  the  coils  of  debt  were  slowly  but  surely  tightening  on 
tlie  school.  The  Managers  were  busied  with  measures  of 
economy,  iierhaps  wise,  but  at  least  unavoidable.  A  Com- 
mittee on  lietrenchment  was  under  appointment,  who 
"  instituted  an  inquiry  into  the  various  items  of  the  cur- 
rent exjtenses  of  the  school,  with  a  view  of  a.scertaining 
how  far  they  would  admit  of  being  reduced  without  in- 
jury to  the  institution,  and  having  convinced  themselves 
tliat  greater  economy  might  be  advantageously  practised  in 
several  particulai-s,  they  calleil  the  attention  of  the  Super- 
intendent to  the  subject,  and  suggested  to  him  some  meas- 
ures which  seemed  to  them  calculated  to  aid  in  promoting 
the  object  in  view."  Another  committi'e  (on  warming  the 
house)  believed  that,  "  With  ordinary  attaition  on  the  part  of 
the  Superinlnuient,  the  consumption  of  fuel  will  be  greatly 
lessened,  and  the  econoujy  of  the  house  otherwise  promoted 
by  lessening  the  amount  of  hired  help.''  Toward  the  close 
of  1843  "a  communication  from  the  Council  was  rea<l,  in 


148  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKKl'OKD    (OLLEGK. 

Avliicli  it  was  suggested  that  as  so  many  of  the  students  are 
too  young  and  too  unequally  and  imperfectly  prepared  for 
admission  into  the  regular  classes,  the  Second  and  Third 
Junior  Classes  be  abolished,  and  that  the  students  compos- 
ing them  be  instructed  on  the  plan  pursued  in  ordinary 
schools.''  It  was  proposed  at  the  same  time  that  the  studies 
of  the  whole  school  should  be  under  tiie  supervision  of  a 
single  head,  to  be  assisted  by  two  teachers,  one  of  mathe- 
matics and  the  other  of  ancient  languages,"  and  that  a  stew- 
ard should  be  aj)i)ointed  to  manage  the  domestic  affairs. 
These  propositions  were  a[)proved  by  the  Board,  and,  so  far 
as  appears,  were  carried  into  effect.  Among  other  affairs, 
the  management  of  the  farm  claimed  a  good  deal  of  atten- 
tion, and  it  may  l)e  entertaining  to  our  readers  to  peruse 
the  subjoined  extract  from  the  report  of  the  Property  Com- 
mittee for  this  year.  They  report  that  the  proceeds  of  the 
farm  are  as  follows  (we  give  them  in  })art  only): 

],-lM\  gallons  new  milk,  at  12^,  and  15  cents  per  gallon .SU)5  93 

1,4(JS'|        "        skimmed  milk,  at  10  and  12  cents  per  gallon...  160  01 

152    qnarts  cream,  at  20  cents  per  (jiiart 30  40 

2,413    pounds  butter,  at  18  cents  per  pound 434  34 

1,412         "        veal,  at  6  "  "  84  72 

1,642         "        beef.ato  "  "  82  10 

900    bushels  potatoes,  at  30  cents  per  busliel 270  00 

100         "         corn,  at        45     "  "  45  00 

420        "        wlie^it,  at     SO     "  "  336  00 

After  giving  the  receipts  and  expenditures  in  detail,  the 
committee  add  that  "they  have  endeavored  to  avoid  all 
unnecessary  expenditures  of  money,  and  have  confined 
themselves  to  those  re})airs  which  were  absolutely  required 
to  preserve  the  {)roperty  of  the  Association;  the  farmer  has 
for  some  time  back  been  desirous  of  having  an  ice-house 
constructed,  but  in  the  present  state  of  our  funds  the  com- 
mittee do  not  deem  it  desirable  to  incur  tlie  expense."     The 


A  STouM   .\rri:<»A"  !ii:.s.  14M 

only  reference  to  the  important  resignations  of  Jdlm  (ium- 
mere  and  his  family  is  found  on  the  record  of  the  sanu*  day, 
as  follows:  "The  steward  is  tlirt'cted  to  receive  from  the 
late  Superintendent  the  sum  of  $1,000  dejiosited  in  his 
hands,  etc."  It  may  l>c  infincd  that  the  resignation  fol- 
lowed the  pr<»j»ost'd  changes. 

John  (Jummere  and  his  wife  hatl  long  and  faithfully  de- 
voted themselves  to  the  interests  of  Havcrford.  Kli/alM-th 
<iummero  was  not  only  a  helpmeet  to  her  husband,  but 
watchetl  with  tciuK  r,  motherly  care  over  the  younger  lads 
and  those  that  wt-re  ill,  so  muc-li  so,  indrrd,  that  tlnTi'  was 
often  the  temj)tation  to  prolong  the  illnt'ss,  to  continue  under 
her  kind  care.  Bt'iijamin  V.  Marsh  also  resigned  the  assist- 
ant supcrintendency,  and  Samuel  .1.  (Jummere  his  chair; 
and  Henry  I).  Gregory,  who  was  afterward  teacher  of  a 
successful  private  school  in  Philadelphia,  and  is  now  \"\vv- 
President  of  Girard  College,  succeeded  the  latter  as  Teacher 
of  the  Latin  and  (Jreek  Languages  and  Ancient  Literature. 
This  appointment  was  made  in  the  0th  month.  1813,  and  in 
the  .<anu'  month  Joseph  W.  Aldrieh  was  appointed  Teacher 
of  Mathematics  and  Natural  IMiilosophy,  and  Ihuiiel  B. 
Smith  was  made  Principal,  the  "single  head  "  juovidetl  in 
the  plan. 

In  the  Uth  month  following,  it  was  decided  to  notify 
Jonathan  Barton,  the  farmer,  to  give  the  ^hlnagers  posses- 
sion of  the  farm  at  the  expiration  of  his  lease, and  "the  com- 
mittee was  authorized  to  make  an  arrangement  with  the 
steward  to  take  charge  of  the  farm  in  ad<lition  to  his  present 
duties."  The  .salary  of  tin*  steward  and  his  wife  was,  in 
consequence,  "  raised  to  $.')00  per  annum."  This,  surely, 
was  the  day  of  small  things  ;  but,  then.  Jonathan  Richards 
could  buy  milk  at  3  cents  a  (piart,  beef  ai  •"•  cents  a  pound 


150  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFORD    COLLEGE. 

and  potatoes  at  30  cents  a  bushel.  The  committee  ventured 
to  spend  .SI 50  for  a  new  spring-house  contiguous  to  the 
water-wheel,  enabling  the  dairyman  to  churn  butter  with- 
out a  liorse.  One  year  later,  the  efficient  services  of  Will- 
iam Carvill,  the  gardener,  were  dispensed  with. 

In  the  6th  month,  1845,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
consider  the  financial  condition  of  the  school,  and  in  the 
8tli  month  the  following  communication  was  received  from 
Daniel  B.  Smith  : 

To  the  Managers  of  Haverford  School: 

Respected  Friend.'^  :  I  feel  that  the  situation  of  my 
family  and  the  duties  I  owe  it  require  me  to  relinquish  my 
present  engagement  at  Haverford.  Not  wishing  to  embar- 
rass the  Managers  either  by  abruptly  leaving  the  school  or 
by  being  in  the  way  of  other  arrangements,  I  can  only  add 
that  the  earliest  period  at  whicli  I  can  be  released  will  be 
most  acceptable.  I  cannot  close  this  communication  with- 
out returning  my  hearty  thanks  to  the  Managers  for  the 
uniform  kindness  and  indulgence  with  which  the}^  have 
treated  me,  and  expressing  the  hope  that  the  institution 
over  wliich  I  have  presided  may,  under  happier  auspices 
and  in  abler  hands,  realize  the  expectations  of  its  founders. 

[Signed],  Daxikl  P).  Smith. 

It  was  at  an  adjournment  of  the  same  meeting  at  which 
this  resignation  was  read  that  a  committee  reported  that  "  it 
was  their  united  judgment  that  it  would  not  be  consistent 
with  tlie  duty  which  the  Board  owes  to  the  Association  to 
continue  the  school  after  the  close  of  the  present  term,  with 
the  certain  prospect  of  a  large  accumulation  of  debt."  The 
teachers  were  immediately  notified  that  their  services  were 
no  longer  needed,  and  the  school  was  suspended. 

At  the  stated  meeting  of  the  Board,  which  was  held  on 
the  2Sth  of  11th   month,  the  record  throws  valuable  liirlit 


A  ST()I;m    aiii;«>a<  mi  s.  151 

on  two  somewhat  controverttHl  points.  Tliis  nconl  states 
tluit  "the  Secretary  was  tlireiteil  to  ooinnmnii-atf  to  onr 
tViuntl,  Daniel  15.  Smith,  the  sense  which  this  Board  enter- 
tains of  the  great  valne  of  his  services,  and  their  regret  that 
any  eireumstiinces  shonM  have  rendered  tli«*m  no  longer 
availahle  for  the  henetit  of  the  institution.  The  Committee 
on  Instruction  were  authorized  to  dispense  with  their  stated 
meetings  during  the  ituspoisimi  of  the  school.  The  Committee 
on  Library  and  Apparatus  were  directed  to  discontinue  such 
periodicals  as  they  may  deem  umietcssary  nhilr  the  school 
remains  suspended."  An  address  was  prepared  and  sent 
"to  the  frien<ls  of  the  institution,  in  relation  to  its  susj)en- 
sion,  and  the  means  by  which  it  may  be  permanently  sup- 
ported." These  records  show  conclusively  that  only  a  short 
temporary  suspension  was  contemplated,  and  if  further 
evidence  were  needed  it  is  found  in  the  fact  that  before  the 
end  of  1.S4')  a  movtinent  was  on  foot  to  seek  from  the 
liCgislature  authority  to  admit  into  the  institution  "the 
children  of  professors  with  Friends  who  may  desire  them 
to  be  educated  in  conformity  with  our  religious  principles 
and  testimonies."  .\nd  this  would  seem  to  be  a  fitting 
time  to  insert  memorials  of  the  two  notable  men  who  had 
so  much  to  do  with  launching  this  ship  and  safely  guiding 
lier  into  the  <leeper  waters;  for  both  of  them  left  a  per- 
manent impress  ui»on  the  whole  subse<|uent  course  of  school 
and  college.  They  were  both  Friends  of  the  old-fashione<i 
type;  both  wore  the  ancient,  Friendly  garb,  and  clung 
lovingly  to  the  testimonies,  riuy  would  both  have  wishe<l 
it  to  l>e  only  a  Frientls'  School  ;  and  however  nnich  it  nuiy 
have  changed  from  its  original  character  in  these  later 
days,  nuich  yet  remains  to  characterize  it  as  a  (Quaker  in- 
stitution, and  distinguish   it  from  other  colleges,  which  we 


152  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKIOKI)    COLLEOK. 

owe  in  great  part  to  the  uncompromising  faithfulness  to 
their  convictions  of  these  friends  of  our  early  days. 
-  The  following  sketch  of  John  Gummere's  life  is  adapted 
from  a  memorial  of  him  by  the  late  William  J.  Allinson,  writ- 
ten soon  after  his  death  in  1845.  Of  this  memorial,  S.  Austin 
Allibone  says,  in  his  "Dictionary  of  Authors:"  "It  is  a 
well-merited  tribute  to  the  learning  and  virtues  of  a  ripe 
scholar  and  an  excellent  man.  ...  It  may  be  truly 
said — we  speak  from  our  own  ex})erience — that  the  former 
disciples  of  John  Gummere  never  approached  their  old 
master  without  sentiments  of  affection  and  esteem." 

His  family  came  from  Flanders,  Johann  Goemere,  the 
ancestor  who  emigrated  to  America  having  died  in  German- 
town,  Pa.,  in  1788.  John  Gummere  was  born  near  Willow 
Grove,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  year  1784,  with  none  of  those 
external  advantages  which  give  a  pledge  of  distinction.  His 
parents  were  pious,  industrious,  but  poor.  He  had  no  other 
opportunities  of  education  than  those  afforded  bv  the 
most  common  country  schools,  at  a  time  when  those  schools 
were  far  below  their  present  standard — a  standard  which,  we 
may  safely  say,  he  has  materially  aided  in  elevating.  Rarely 
was  anything  more  attempted  in  them  than  the  acquire- 
ment of  reading,  w^riting  and  arithmetic,  and  in  these 
branches  only  he  received  instruction  till  the  age  of  nineteen. 
Yet  at  quite  an  early  age  he  had  fully  mastered  arithmetic  ; 
and  it  should  be  here  noted  that  his  father,  who  was  at  one 
time  postmaster  of  Stroudsburgh,  Pa.,  and  was  a  recorded 
minister  of  Friends,  was  a  very  remarkable  arithmetician, 
and  could  solve  any  problem  wdiicli  could  be  solved  by 
mere  arithmetic,  beyond  which  he  had  never  gone.  At  an 
early  age  (perhaps  13  years)  John  commenced,  by  himself, 
the   study   of    matliematics,   and,  without   any   other   aid 


A    STollM     Al  ri:<»A(  IIKS.  1 '»:) 

than  that  of  l)ui)k-«,  inadt-  himself  master  of  alj^i'l)ra,  men- 
suration, g€»oinetry,  trigonometry,  surveying  and  pnutieal 
astronomy.  It  is  said  of  him  tliat  he  studied,  hook  in  iiand, 
while  guitling  the  j)lough.  W'lun  \\)  years  ohl  he  com- 
menced his  lifetime  career  in  the  importiint  vocation  of  a 
teacher,  l)y  accepting  the  care  of  a  country  school  at 
Horsham,  I'a.  After  teacliing  six  or  nine  months  he  wint 
as  pupil  to  tilt  Friends'  l'>oar<ling-Sciiot»l  at  Westtown, 
and  was  six  months  under  the  tuition  of  Knoch  Lewis,  for 
wiiom  lie  always  cherished  sentiments  of  respect  and  af- 
fection. He  then  went  to  Kancocas.  in  Burlington  County, 
N.  .1..  and  taught  a  sciiool  aixtut  six  years,  during  which 
time  lie  married.  In  the  year  isll  he  went  to  West- 
town  as  a  teacher,  where  the  many  excellent  traits  of  his 
clmracter  were  usefully  developed,  and  where,  during  his 
tarriance  of  tliree  years,  his  services  were  highly  appreci- 
ated. In  the  spring  of  1814  he  opened  his  Hoarding-Sciiool 
in  Burlington.  A  teacher,  of  the  right  stamp,  ranks  high 
as  a  philanthropist,  and  pursues  his  important  calling  from 
other  than  mercenary  motives.  In  the  carrying  on  of  this 
establishment  he  was  utterly  regardless  of  pains  or  expense, 
when  the  benefit  of  those  placed  under  his  care  was  to  be 
promoted  ;  and  the  writer  has  known  of  instances  t)f  pupils 
whom  he  has  sciiooletl,  lodged  and  clothed  for  years  after 
he  had  found  that  there  was  no  prospect  of  remuneration. 
...  No  better  institution  was  to  be  found  in  the  country, 
and  it  was  patronized  l)y  parents  in  most  of  the  United 
Stiites  and  in  a  num)>er  of  the  West  India  islands.  .  . 
His  school  was  remarkably  well  drillccl,  and  kept  in  order 
without  any  severity.  His  |»ower  over  his  pupils  was  ab- 
solute, becau.se  he  ruled  alike  tlie  judgment  and  the  affec- 
tions.    So  strong  was  the  sentiment  of  affection  (which  we 


154  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

have  already  described  as  amounting  almost  to  a  passion) 
tliat  he  was  repeatedly  known  to  quell  disaffection  by  the 
moral  power  of  a  grieved  look. 

Before  he  reached  the  age  of  25  years  his  reputation  as  a 
scholar  was  well  established,  and  he  enjoyed  the  correspond- 
ence of  Robert  Adrain,  Nathaniel  Bowditch,  and  others  of 
the  most  prominent  mathematicians  of  the  day.  He  con- 
tinued rapidly  increasing  his  stock  of  mathematical  knowl- 
edge up  to  the  age  of  40  or  45  years,  by  which  time  he  confess- 
edly ranked  among  the  most  prominent  mathematicians  of 
America.  .  .  .  He  also  became  well  versed  in  natural 
philosophy  and  pliysical  science  generally,  and  his  attain- 
ments in  general  literature  were  respectable.  He  was  for 
thirty-one  years  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society,  and  some  valuable  papers  on  astronomical  subjects, 
contributed  by  him,  are  preserved  in  its  "  Transactions." 
He  was  at  one  time  solicited  to  accept  the  chair  of  mathe- 
matics in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania;  but  this  honor, 
though  accompanied  by  the  offer  of  a  liberal  compensation, 
he  decided,  after  mature  deliberation,  to  decline.  In  the 
year  1825  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  was  conferred  upon  him 
by  the  College  of  New  Jersey  at  Princeton.  His  well-known 
treatise  on  Surveying  was  first  published  in  1S14,  and  has 
run  through  twenty-two  editions.  His  treatise  on  Theoreti- 
cal and  Practical  Astronomy  is  also  a  work  of  high  merit. 
It  has  passed  through  three  editions,  and  is  employed  as 
the  text-book  of  the  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  and 
others  of  the  best  scientific  institutions  in  this  country. 

He  was  a  man  of  sound,  discriminating  judgment,  of 
peculiar  sensibility,  and  amiable  to  an  unusual  degree,  com- 
bining a  rational  economy  with  great  liberality  of  feeling 
and    action.       Those    traits    were    beautifullv    though    un- 


A    STOKM    ArriCOACllKS.  155 

obtrusively  manifested  in  hi^  tl«>iuestic  and  social  inter- 
course. He  was  u  good  and  useful  eiti/.en,  never  o|)posing 
l)rivate  interest  against  public-  benefit.  .  .  .  It  is  testi- 
fied of  him,  by  those  who  knew  him  most  intimately  through 
life,  that  they  never  heard  him,  throughout  his  manhood, 
speak  evil  or  slightingly  of  any  one.  .Vnd  such  was  his 
tenderness  of  the  reputation  of  others,  that  lit-  rartly  heard 
an  indiviilual  spoken  harsjdy  of  without  putting  in  some 
caveat,  mentioning  some  good  trait,  if  the  person  alluded 
to  was  known  to  him.  .  .  .  Ills  life  was  spent  in  the 
observance  of  daily  devotion,  and  a  daily  settlenient  of 
his  soul's  accounts  with  "  the  (Jod  of  the  spirits  of  all 
flesh."  lie  died  on  the  ."Jlst  of  the  fith  month,  1845,  in  the 
sixty-first  year  of  his  age.  His  family  have  contributed  a 
remarkable  number  of  preceptors  to  Ilaverford;  his  two 
.sons,  William  and  Samuel  J.;  the  latter.  President  of  the 
college;  his  two  sons-in-law,  Williain  Oennisand  Benjamin 
\'.  Marsh,  and  ins  grandson.  Pr.  Francis  Barton  (iummere, 
have  all  added,  several  of  them  conspicuously,  to  the  stiind- 
ing  of  the  institution;  but  none  of  them  have  shown  a 
more  illustrious  combination  of  intellectual  and  spiritual 
qualities  than  this  admirable  ancestor,  who  was  one  of  the 
intramural  founders. 

Daniel  B.  Smith  was  born  7t]i  month  1  Ith,  171>'2,  and  must, 
therefore,  have  been  al>out  eight  years  younger  than  his 
principal  colleague.  He  received  his  literary  education  in 
the  school  of  John  Griscom,  at  Burlington,  N.  J.,  at  that 
day  a  .somewhat  famous  seminary.  After  leaving  scliool, 
he  studied  pharmacy  with  -lohn  Biddle,  in  Philadelphia. 
I'pon  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  chemistry  and  practical 
pharmacy,  he  was  for  a  while  the  partner  of  his  precej)tor,  an<l 
after  his  decea.se,  which  o<'curred  soon  after  Daniel  B.  Smith 
became    of    age,  entered    into   partnershi])   with    William 


156  HISTdKV    OF    IIAVKRFUKD    COLLEGK. 

Hodgson,  a  man  of  considerable  erudition,  afterward  an 
author  of  some  repute,  and,  like  himself  and  his  late  part- 
ner, much  interested  in  education.  Smith  c\:  Hodgson 
conducted  a  large  and  successful  wholesale  drug-house  in 
Philadelphia  for  many  3'ears. 

Our  friend,  Daniel  B.  Smith,  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  for  twenty-five  years  its  Presi- 
dent. Tliis  college  has  taken  a  leading  position  in  the 
scientific  instruction  in  j)harmacy,  students  coming  to  it 
from  ever}'  part  of  the  Tnited  States,  and  from  Canada, 
Cuba,  and  European  countries.  The  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
and  the  famous  "  U.  S.  Dispensatory  "  of  Drs.  Wood  and 
Baclie,  both  emanated  from  this  school.  Our  friend  was  one 
of  three  citizens  who  originated  the  Apprentices'  Library 
of  Philadelphia,  in  1820,  a  most  beneficent  institution  for 
the  free  distribution  of  books  by  loan  to  the  apprentice  class. 
The  apprentice  system  is  now  long  out  of  date,  but  the 
library  still  flourishes  and  does  good  to  thousands  of  youth 
in  limited  circumstances.  Among  the  corporators  of  the 
"  Old  Philadelphia  Saving  Fund,"  now  a  great  institution, 
with  about  32  millions  of  dollars  on  deposit,  was  the 
name  of  Daniel  B.  Smith.  He  was  present  at  the  first  meet- 
ing, presided  over  by  Chief  Justice  Tilghman,  at  which  the 
initial  steps  were  taken  to  found  the  House  of  Refuge  for 
Juvenile  Delinquents,  Philadelphia's  great  Peform  School, 
and  was  one  of  its  incorporators.  He  was  a  sincere  and 
devoted  lover  of  science,  and  a  member  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences,  the  American  Philosophical  Society  and 
the  Franklin  Institute.  He  was  one  of  the  ver}'-  earliest 
members  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  and,  as 
we  have  seen,  prominent  among  the  founders  of  Haverfbrd 
College.  Here,  as  instructor  and  guide  to  the  growing 
minds  of  youth,  he  distinguished  himself  greatly,  "primus 


A    STOKM    AI'PKOACHKS.  157 

inter pareit,"  espec'uiWy  by  his  ethical  Ititiiirs  and  athliosses, 
one  of  which,  his  "Opinions  Respecting  a  Moral  Sense," 
survives  in  })rint  to  hear  witness  to  his  literary  ability. 
After  leaving  the  college  he  withdrew  to  private  life,  and 
delighted  in  his  favorite  studies  of  botany  and  conchology, 
and  in  his  well-st(iri'<l  lilnary  in  Cottage  Kmu  ,  <  icnnantfw  n, 
passed  many  congenial  days  among  books,  at  one  time  un- 
dertaking, and  writing  as  far  as  the  end  of  the  Colonial 
Period,  a  "  llistDry  of  the  United  States,"  for  the  Text-book 
Association,  of  which  he  was  an  active  mendjer.  Old  age 
overtook  him  in  the  midst  of  this  work,  and  it  never  saw 
the  ligiJt.  He  <lietl,  :id  month  •J'.'tii.  1SS.'>,  at  the  ripe  age 
of  nearly  01  years,  revered  by  his  cotemporaries,  but  especi- 
ally by  those  who  had  once  been  liis  .scholars.  Seldom  do 
men  of  such  marked  personality  esca|>e  opposition,  and 
Daniel  H.  Smith  was  no  exception,  and  y»i  liw  head-masters 
have  inspired  their  pupils  with  a  greater  reverence  for  their 
memory, or  stamped  a  deeper  impress  on  the  i)upils'character. 

It  is  not  for  us  to  criticise  the  action  of  the  Managers  in 
closing  the  school.  At  the  distance  of  forty-live  veal's  from 
the  scene,  it  looks  precipitate  and  too  heroic  a  remedy  for 
the  disea.se.  I'»ut  it  is  not  easy,  so  long  afterward,  to  .see  all 
the  cau.'<es  that  conspired  to  bring  them  to  thi<  desperate 
conclusion,  and  we  must  rest  in  their  known  good  juilgment. 

In  a  pamphlet  issued  at  the  time.  tl..  !<  iv,,ns  ....  <,.(  forth 
mainly  in  the  following  )>aragraph  : 

"At  tlie  close  of  the  last  term  a  debt  had  bren  incurre<l 
of  about  ^4,000,  and  the  continuance  of  the  school  wouhl, 
in  all  probability,  have  greatly  increased  the  amount.  Al- 
though the  valuable  real  estate  of  the  A.«!sociation  is  free 
from  incumbrance,  to  have  continued  the  school  unclertlK>se 
circumstances  must  sooner  or  later  iiave  involved  it  in  great 
embarrassment.     Painful  as  was  the  alternative,  the  Mana- 


158  HISTORY   OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

gers  believed  it  was  their  duty  to  prevent  the  waste  of  the 
property  intrusted  to  them,  by  closing  for  a  time  the  doors 
of  the  institution,  and  to  make  another  appeal  to  its  friends 
for  such  aid  as  would  effectually  prevent  the  recurrence  of 
so  mortifying  a  event." 

They  again  state  that  they  believe  an  endowment  of 
^50,000  requisite  for  the  prosperous  maintenance  of  the 
school.  They  adduce  the  example  of  the  boarding-school 
at  Westtoun,  the  schools  of  England  and  elsewhere,  as  pro- 
tected by  endowment,  or  powerfully  supported  against  the 
contingencies  to  which  such  institutions  are  liable. 

It  would  thus  appear  that  the  suspension  of  the  school 
was  expected  to  be  a  temporary,  not  a  permanent  one,  and 
in  tlie  wisdom  of  the  step,  painful  as  it  was,  every  friend  of 
Haverford  acquiesced. 

And  yet,  with  what  intensity  of  disappointment  and  sor- 
row this  announcement  was  made  we  may  faintly  imagine, 
though  we  can  never  fully  measure  it.  In  the  Board  of 
1845  were  men  who  had  been  there  since  the  first  concep- 
tion of  "The  Friends'  Central  School."  They  gave  to  it 
the  vigor  of  their  early  manhood  and  the  mature  wisdom 
of  their  riper  years.  The  sacrifice  of  their  time,  the  sacri- 
fice of  their  money,  ihej  counted  as  l)ut  dust  in  the  balance 
when  weighed  against  the  good  they  hoped  to  accomplish 
for  the  young  men  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

They  had  entered  on  their  solemn  engagement,  not  un- 
advisedly or  lightly,  but  soberly,  discreetly,  and,  it  may  be 
reverently  added,  in  the  fear  of  God.  They  were  too  wise 
not  to  know  that  uncertainties  might  attend  them,  reverses 
come  to  them,  perhaps  even  disaster  overwhelm  them  ;  but, 
as  if  she  had  been  a  bride,  they  pledged  themselves  to 
Haverford — for  better,  for  worse ;  for  richer  for  poorer  ;  in 


A    STOKM     AIM'KOACIIKS. 


150 


sickness  aiul  in  htaltli,  till  tU-atli  shoiiKl  ovrrtukf  tlniii — 
aiul  tlioy  kept  llio  troth  tlify  had  thus  |)lij,'httMl. 

Deatli  caim-  to  sonu"  of  tlu'iu,  ami  thi'ir  phucs  knew  tluiu 
no  UKtie.  lleif  and  there  the  many  worries  alienated  others: 
hut  in  the  Board  of  .\hina«;ers  of  184')  were  mm  who,  during 
all  the  ciiaiices  and  <  hanj;es  of  yeai^s,  never  lost  their  love, 
weakened  in  tluir  dev<ttion  or  failt<l  in  their  duty  to  llavrr- 
ford.  Ever  to  he  «;ratefully  rememhered  hy  the  friends  of 
llaverfonl  are  the  names  of  Thomas  1*.  Cope,  Charles  Yar- 
nall,  Isaae  Collins,  Thomas  Kimher,  Henry  Cope,  K<lward 
Yarnall  and  (ieorge  Stewardson,  of  Philadelphia;  Joseph 
King,  Jr.,  of  Baltimore;  Sanuul  I'arsons  and  William  V. 
Mott,  of  New  York;  and  (ieor^e  llowland,  of  New  iiedford. 

This  was,  indeed,  the  darkest,  saddest  day  in  the  history 
of  Haverford.  How  out  of  that  darkness  came  light,  and 
out  of  that  sorrow  came  joy,  will  In-  told  in  another  i-liapter. 


O^- 


RKVOI.UTIONARY  I'OWPKIt   MM.I-.  NKAH   WVNNKWOOH. 


CHAPTER  VI. 
OVERWHELMED  BY  DISASTER— 184(.-48. 

Who's  now  on  top,  ere  long  may  feel 

The  circling  motion  of  the  wlieel. — Thomas  ]",hLwooD. 


ONE  OK  Tin:  SIIAIiV   IIALNTS  OF  THE  STUDENTS. 

The  Managers,  as  has  been  said,  closed  the  school  at  the 
end  of  the  summer  term  of  1845.  No  note  of  an  intention 
to  do  so  appeared  in  their  re})ort  to  the  Association  in  the 
spring  of  that  year.  They  had  then  dwelt  with  emphasis 
upon  the  good  organization  of  the  school  and  the  progress 
of  the  students.     Of  these  they  had   reported   the  average 

(n;o) 


»)VKl;\Vlli;i.MKI)    liY    DISASTKK.  H'l 

mimV)er  during  the  year  to  have  been  about  thirty-nine. 
During  the  previous  year  it  had  been  thirty-six.  As  far 
back  as  18.'t7  the  average  had  l)een  about  .seventy-four,  the 
iiuinl)i'r  at  our  tiiiir  reaching  seventy-niiu',  and  serious 
thoughts  had  been  entertained  of  enhirging  tlie  seliool 
buihlings  to  atiomniodate  10().  N'arious  causes,  with  wliich 
the  \viik'Sj)read  financial  troubles  of  the  country  had  proba- 
bly something  to  do,  had  reduced  the  average  thus  greatly. 
Till'  slight  increase  from  thirty-six  to  thirty-niiu'  had  giv«n 
the  .\lanager.s  liope,  and  nnide  them  hesitate  to  break  up 
the  school  and  disband  the  excellent  corps  of  officers. 
Hut,  toward  the  close  of  the  term,  they  discovered  that 
only  twenty-five  students  wished  to  enter  for  the  coming 
year.  A  school  of  tiii<  si/e  would  add  several  thousand 
dollars  per  aniiuiii  to  the  debt  ;  but  notwithstanding  this 
tlrain,  the  school  might  have  been  continued  for  several 
years  by  mortgaging  its  real  estate,  which  had  cost  >^S",<'"", 
and  was  unencumbered. 

lUit  the  Managers  had,  perhaps,  rightly  judged  that  this 
fund  had  not  been  committed  to  their  care  to  be  frittered 
away  in  the  education  of  so  few,  and  as  good  trustees  they 
iiad  closetl  the  school  and  determined  to  ri-port  the  facts  t(» 
the  Association.  This  they  did  on  lUh  month  2"Jd,  184'),  to 
a  special  nieeting.  This  meeting  appointed  u  committee  to 
consider  what  was  best  to  be  done,  and  authorized  it  to  con- 
sult counsel. 

This  meeting  adopted  ;il>o  the  following  minute,  reiterat- 
ing the  .-sentiment  of  the  Managers: 

"()ur  friend,  Daniel  H.  Smith,  having  resigned  his  situa- 
tion  as    I'rincipal  of  the  .school,  the   .\ssociation  deems  it 
proper  to  record  upon  il.s  minutes  liie  .sense  which  it  enter- 
tains of  his  devotion  to  the  interest.«<  of  the  institution,  the 
11 


1G2  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEIU'ORD    COLLEGK. 

great  value  of  his  services,  and  the  deep  regret  that  any 
circumstances  shuuhl  deprive  it  of  the  advantage  of  his 
talents,  experience  and  literary  attainments." 

The  committee'  called  a  few  friends  together  for  consulta- 
tion, and  early  in  the  following  month  unanimously  reported 
at  an  adjourned  meeting  that  it  was  necessary  to  secure  not 
less  than  $50,000  for  a  permanent  fund,  the  income  of  which 
should  be  devoted  to  the  general  purposes  of  the  school, 
and  aid  in  educating  young  men  for  teachers. 

They  were  able  to  say  the  subscription  to  the  fund  had 
been  liberally  begun,  and  that  several  friends  had  made 
verbal  promises  of  further  aid.  The  progress  of  the  sub- 
scription had  been  arrested,  however,  by  a  matter  upon 
which  the  judgment  of  the  Association  was  required.  The 
Articles  of  Association,  which  had  been  adopted  at  the 
meeting  in  1833,  provided  that  no  pupil  should  be  ad- 
mitted who  was  not  a  member,  or  the  son  of  a  member,  of  the 
Society  of  Friends.  They  seemed  to  be  fundamental  and 
unalterable. 

In  the  belief  of  the  committee  this  restriction  had  been 
one  cause  of  failure;  and  the  school  would  not  have  been 
forced  to  sus})end,  could  it  have  received  the  children  of 
professors  or  of  descendants  of  Friends  desirous  of  being 
educated  as  Friends;  nor  could  it,  even  if  supplied  with 
$50,000  additional  capital,  be  properly  supported  under  the 
existing  restriction,  and  this  restriction,  although  funda- 
mental, was  not  unalterable. 

The  discipline  of  the  Society  of  Friends  recognizes  that 
trusts,  when  they  cannot  be  administered  in  precise  accord- 

^  The  committee  was  Daniel  B.  Sinitli,  Charles  Yaniall,  Georjie  Ilowhind, 
Josiali  Tatiim,  George  Stewardson,  Ahrain  L.  I'eniiock,  Tlidmas  Kiiiiher, 
Isaiali  Hacker  and  Towiisend  Sliarpless. 


iivi:i;\viii:i,Mi:i)  i?y   uisastkk.  1()3 

aiice  with  tin.-  terms  oi  lla-ir  crualioii,  may  br  admiiiislori'tl 
as  nearly  to  tliose  tt'rins  as  possible.  This  is  the  legal  doc- 
trine of  »i  prea. 

W'r  have  faithfully  adhered  to  our  trust.  We  have  ad- 
mitted none  but  Frientls,  and  the  sehool  has  j;one  down. 
is  it  not  wiser,  is  it  not  our  duty,  to  ailmit  those  who,  if  not 
Friends,  wish  to  be  like  Friends,  rather  than  to  disajtpoint 
all  the  e.xpectations  of  tho.se  who  foundtd  1  lavtrford  ' 

So  reasoned  the  conuiiitttr,  an<l  thtv  proj)osed  tliat  the 
subject  be  submitted  tt)  a  special  meeting  of  the  Association 
for  decision.  The  meeting  hesitated  to  adopt  this  j)roposi- 
tion,  and  instructed  the  committee  to  report  the  opinion  of 
counsel  to  another  adjournment  of  the  meeting  a  week  later. 
To  this  adjournment  the  committee  reported  that  they  had 
made  a  statement  of  the  case  to  counsel,  and  received  an 
opinion.     It  is  as  follows  : 

(  h'lMoN. 

"  I  have  considered  this  case,  and  am  of  oj)inion  that  the 
fundamental  rubs  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Ilaverford 
School  Ass«>ciation  cannot  be  altered  in  the  numner  jtro- 
posed  without  the  con.sent  of  all  the  contributors  and  an 
alteration  of  the  charter  by  the  Legislature.  The  Constitu- 
tion of  the  A.ssociation  as  it  existed  at  the  time  of  the  incor- 
|K>ration  is  referred  to  and  embraced  in  the  Act,  tus  the  basis 
of  the  application  of  the  rents,  i.ssues  and  profits,  income 
and  interest  of  the  corporate  estate,  and  whatever  was  fun- 
damental and  unalterable  by  that  Constitution,  is  so  under 
the  charter  of  incorporation. 

'*  Ib'KAf  K   r.ISNKY. 

*•  rhUadelphia,  October  8,  1845." 

This  distinguished  jiersonage,  in  his  day  the  foremost 
lawyer  in  the  Commonwealth.  j»erhaj)s  in  the  country,  tlius 


164  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOHD    CoLLKCE. 

showed  that  by  the  payment  of  money  under  an  agreement 
as  to  tlie  application  of  its  income,  the  Constitution  of  tlie 
Association  of  Haverford  School  had  been  so  interwoven 
into  tlie  law  of  the  State  that  nothing  save  the  touch  of  that 
sovereign  law,  and  the  assent  of  those  who  had  bound  them- 
selves together,  could  dissolve  the  cum})act. 

Acting  in  accordance  with  this  opinion,  the  meeting  in- 
structed the  Managers  to  seek  legislation  permitting  the 
proposed  change  in  tlie  rules  of  the  Association,  and  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  secure  the  written  consent  of  the 
stockhohlers.  It  also  instructed  the  Managers  to  issue  an 
address  to  Friends  upon  the  condition  of  the  school.  To 
memorialize  the  Legislature,  Thomas  P.  Cope  and  Charles 
Yarnall  were  appointed,  and  to  prepare  the  address  to 
Friends  a  committee  of  nineteen,  of  which  Thomas  P.  Cope 
was  chairman. 

A  memorial  was  presented  to  the  Legislature,  stating  that 
restricting  students  to  the  Society  of  Friends  had  been 
found  to  be  "  inconvenient  and  injurious.'  The  committee 
also  presented  tlie  draft  of  a  bill  to  enable  the  members  of 
the  Association,  or  a  majority  of  them,  to  amend  the  act 
which  incorporated  it,  on  condition  that  no  regulation  be 
made  contrary  to  the  act  itself,  or  to  the  laws  and  Constitu- 
tion of  the  Commonwealth. 

The  memorial  and  bill  were  drawn  by  the  same  distin- 
guished lawyer  who  had  given  the  opinion.  For  all  these 
services,  to  his  honor  be  it  said,  he  charged  a  fee  of  only  $20. 

The  bill  passed  the  Legislature,  was  approved  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, and  became  a  law,  1st  month  22d,  1847. 

The  supplement  to  the  charter  was  unanimously  accepted 
by  a  special  meeting  of  the  Association,  the  written  con- 
sent of  nearly  every  member  was  obtained  to  the  })roposed 


OVKKNS  IIKI.Mi;i>    I;Y    I)I>.\STKIC.  1''»"> 

changes  regulating  atlniission  of  students,  and  upon  'Id 
month  "JTth,  is  17,  tli<-  Managers  uiuminiously  rasolveil 
upon  a  cautious  widening  of  liuk*  III,  so  as  to  admit  the 
children  of  professoi-s  with  Friends  to  an  education  "in  con- 
formity with  the  principles  and  testimonies  ..f  i>\\v  r'ligious 
Society." 

Thus  circumspectly  «lid  {\ii><v  who  «i«n(trned  themselves 
with  the  welfare  of  Ilavt  rford  avoid  whati'Vtr  might  disturh 
the  foundations  on  which  the  institution  rested,  or  under- 
mine the  education  it  seeks  to  give  in  accordance  with  the 
princij)les  of  the  religious  Society  of  Friends. 

In  their  report  to  the  Association,  made  "'th  nxtnth  1  1th, 
1.S49,  after  the  revival  of  the  si-hool,  the  Managers  express 
the  hope  that  the  coming  summer  term  will  open  with  as 
many  as  forty-seven  students,  which  numher,  they  state,  is 
so  nearly  sutlicient  for  the  support  of  the  .school  as  to  create 
an  assurance  that  admissions  may  soon  again  he  restricted 
to  raembers  of  our  religious  Society,  and  to  those  who  shall 
have  been  carefully  educated  in  our  religious  profession. 

Does  not  this  sentiment  give  rise  to  reflection?  NN  hy 
should  Ilaverford  exist?  (_)nly  for  the  few  who,  being  in 
membership  with  Friends,  are  teclinically  Quakers,  and  for 
the  few  who  have  been  reareil  by  (^uakei-s.  or  for  the  many 
who  are  in  sympathy  with  them".'  Is  tin-  former  motive  too 
mirrow,  and  the  latter  too  broad?  Is  not  this  the  correct 
rule  of  action — that  liaverford  shall  teach  Christianity  as 
believe«l  and  practi.xed  by  Friends,  and  that  all  who  will 
nniy  listen?  Who  can  tell  how  large  this  audience  nuiy 
become  ? 

The  historian  Hancrofl,  writing  of  (ieorge  Fox,  says: 
"On  his  «leath-bed,  the  venerable  apostle  of  c«|uality  was 
lifted  above  tiie  fear  of  dying,  and,  esteeming  tiie  ciiange 


166  HISTORY    OF    HAVKfUViRI)    COLLEGE. 

hardly  deserving  of  mention,  his  tlioughts  turned  to  the 
New  World.  Pennsylvania  and  Delaware  and  West  New 
Jersey  and  now  Rhode  Island  and,  in  some  measure,  North 
Carolina  were  Quaker  States;  as  his  spirit,  awakening  from 
its  converse  with  shadows,  escaped  from  the  exile  of  fallen 
humanity,  nearly  his  last  words  were,  'Mind  poor  Friends 
in  America.'  His  works  praise  him.  Neither  time  nor 
place  can  dissolve  fellowship  with  his  spirit."  The  dying 
hero  had  taught  truths  contained  in  the  religion  neither  of 
the  Cavalier  nor  of  the  Puritan,  deeper  than  the  creeds  of 
either  P)ishop  or  Preshyter. 

When  we  reflect  how  many  were  his  disciples,  and,  look- 
ing around  us  to-day,  see  how  many  not  memhers  of  the 
Society  he  founded  yet  hear  the  impress  of  his  teachings, 
may  we  not  believe  it  is  "  fellowship  with  his  spirit  "  that  is 
opening  wider  the  doors  of  Haverford  ? 

Report  was  made  to  the  Board  of  Managers  on  1st  month 
30th,  1846,  that  the  law  permitting  the  amendment  to  the 
charter  had  been  passed,  and  also  that  "The  Address  to 
Friends  "  had  been  issued. 

This  address  recounted  the  usefulness  and  the  needs  of 
Haverford,  dwelt  u})on  the  benefits  of  the  proposed  endow- 
ment, indicated  that  the  income  Avould  defray  the  expenses 
of  fifteen  students,  and  thus  open  the  way  for  educating 
teachers  and  promoting  the  cause  of  sound  learning,  and 
clo.sed  with  some  noble  paragraphs: 

"There  are  few  modes,  we  are  persuaded,  in  which  the 
abundance  which  has  rewarded  the  labor  of  many  of  our 
Friends,  and  has  descended  to  others  from  their  ancestors, 
can  ])e  made  more  widely  and  permanently  useful  than  in 
contril)uting  to  endow  a  seminary  such  as  has  been  founded 
at  Haverford.     The  wealtli  which  is  thus  made  to  contribute 


OVERWHKI.MKD    I5Y     IHSASTKU.  1«)7 

to  tiiat  '  i^ood  instruction  '  whiili.  in  tin-  language  of  William 
I'enn,  *  is  better  tluui  riches,'  is  truly  ennobled  by  the  appli- 
cation ;  and  it  is  more  likely  to  return  to  the  family  of  the 
donor,  through  its  iK-netits  to  his  remote  descendants,  than 
when  expended  in  any  other  charity,  or  than  u  hm  left  to 
Ids  natural  luirs  themselves. 

"In  no  country  in  the  world,  perhaps,  are  riches  more 
fugitive  than  in  ours;  anil  lu-ncc  the  greater  necessity  of  a 
provident  wisdom  in  endowing  and  rendering  permanent 
institutions  of  learning,  to  instruct,  to  adorn,  ami  to  bless 
future  generations,  and  thus  to  i>hu-f  the  nit-ans  of  good  in- 
struction and  rtligious  education  beyond  the  reach,  so  far 
as  we  may,  of  the  changes  of  the  world. 

"  When  we  reflect  upon  the  earnestness  wilii  which 
William  IVnn  and  his  associates  undertook  the  founding 
of  a  publii'  school,  upon  a  very  broad  basis,  for  instruction 
'  in  tlu-  languages,  arts  and  sciences,'  wiiih-  they  were  yet 
but  a  feeble  band  of  eniigrants,  hardly  seated  in  their  new 
homes,  and  upon  the  contributions  which  were  made  under 
such  ciroimstances  to  promote  u  liberal  coui^se  of  instruc- 
tion, we  cannot  persuade  ourselves  that  an  institution 
founded  with  the  .same  object,  seeking  to  perpetuate  an 
attachment  to  tiie  same  religious  princij)les,  and  in  the 
midst  of  a  community  surrounded  by  the  accumulated  re- 
sources of  nniny  generations,  will  be  sutlVred  to  fall  for 
want  of  an  adequate  endowment.' 

"Twelftii  month,  1S45." 

These  measures  prepared  the  way  for  the  work  of  the 
Committee  on  Subscriptions  to  the  Kund. 

'The  .Vililrev*  w.t.H  Hi;;n«'i|  liy  the  fi>lli>winj»  KrieiKl*:  Th«w.  I*.  C"<>|>c,  .lohn 
Fnrniini,  \V.  K.  Mm-ker,  t>lwnnJ  Yanmll,  Ji>hn  Klliolt,  (harlra  Yiirnall, 
Jiwi.ih  Taiiim.  Tliomaii  KiiiilK>r,  .Mfrinl  {'*>\h\  (harlf'.  Kllift,  Kliliii  Pickering, 
Henry  (op*.,  Isaiah  Hacker.  iMvid  Scull,  Paul  \V.  Newhnll  s.,i,i,..|  HIII.h. 
Jodoph  Kinfc,  Jr..  TnwnM>nil  .SharpU-M  nmi  .^amnel  Khoaii- 


168  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

This  committee  was  able  to  report  on  oth  month  llth, 
184G,  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  that  it  had 
secured  :^25,000,  conditional  upon  the  complete  sum  of 
$50,000  being  subscribed  by  the  next  annual  meeting. 

The  sixty  shares  of  Lehigh  Navigation  Company  stock, 
which  had  been  given  by  Thomas  P.  Cope;  the  gift  by 
Joseph  Ely  of  a  reversionary  interest  in  a  house  near 
Eighth  and  Arch  Streets,  Philadelpiiia,  and  certain  other 
sums,  seemed  to  the  committee  to  be  applicable  to  the 
endowment.'  They  thought  §17,000  more  to  Ije  needed; 
and  though  impressed  with  the  injury  being  done  to  the 
Society  of  Friends  by  the  suspension  of  the  school,  and 
hopeful  of  some  future  reopening  of  it,  the}'  did  not  ex- 
pect an  early  success,  and  appear  to  have  been  discouraged. 

The  committee,  which  consisted  of  fourteen,  was  dis- 
charged. To  continue  the  labor  a  new  committee  was 
chosen,  six  of  whom  had  been  on  the  former  committee. 

Meanwhile,  the  debt  of  S4,000  had  increased  to  S5,000; 
and  the  income  of  the  farm,  whicli  had  been  leased  to 
Jonathan  Richards  for  a  net  yearly  rental  of  about  S500, 
was  being  absorbed  in  the  maintenance  of  the  general 
property.  The  Association  requested  the  Managers  to  en- 
deavor to  pay  the  debt  by  voluntary  subscriptions,  and,  if 
this  could  not  be  done,  authorized  them  to  mortgage  the 
farm  for  $0,000.  The  Managers  did  their  best.  But  the 
summer  and  Fall  passed  away,  and  the  debt  remained 
unpaid. 

Late  in  the  llth  montii,  despairing  of  further  subscrip- 
tions, either  toward    the   debt  or  Endowment  Fund,  they 

^  Besides  stock,  scholarslii|is  of  $4,000  each  were  oflereil.  Tliese  entitled 
holders  to  forever  maintain  one  student  at  Ilavorford  for  eacli  certificate. 
One  certilicate  is  known  to  have  done  dnty  in  educating  six  active  men  of 
one  family,  and  to  liave  then  been  released  from  such  liability. 


OVKUWHKLMKI)    IIY    hlSASTKR.  169 

authorizeil  the  Committee  on  Property  to  sell  ili*-  farm-stock 
and  utensils,  j^reenhouse,  plants,  huusehoM  and  school 
furniture  and  philosophical  instruments,  ami  to  leuije  the 
farm  and  the  school  buildings,  either  separately  or  together, 
for  one  year  or  a  term  of  years,  and  to  place  the  libraries 
and  minerals  in  safe  keeping.  Acting  on  this  authority  the 
committee  sold  enough  farming  stock  and  utensils  to  re- 
duce the  debt  to  §3,0()0.  and  ..n  r_>th  nioiilb  r.ttli.  1840,  the 
school  buihlings,  lawn  ami  farm  were  ollered  for  lease  for 
a  term  of  years  by  public  advertisement  in  Tlie  Frirnd.  It 
did  not  break  the  force  of  this  sad  announcement  that 
liberal  terms  were  proposed  t<»  any  I'rieiid  who  would,  at 
his  personal  risk,  undertake  the  task  in  wliieli  the  Mana- 
gers had  failed,  nor  that  they  |)rotrered  their  j)ersonal  assist- 
ance to  such  an  one.  Hut  these  melancholy  proceedings 
and  this  sa<l  result  had  not  been  unwatched.  Upon  the 
Very  day  «»f  the  advertisement  a  call  was  i.ssued  for  a  general 
meeting  of  thr  Ilavirfonl  students  at  the  school,  'riie  cjill 
was  made  by  a  self-constituted  ct)mmittee — Charles  L. 
Hharpless,  Francis  R.  Cope,  Charles  Foster,  Joseph  Howell, 
Jr.,  Henry  C.  Sharpless.  K.  Linilley  Murray.  Thonnis  Kim- 
ber,  Jr.,  and  l)r.  lleiny  Ilartshorne.  A  «lay's  sport  in  old 
scenes  was  the  alleged  motive  of  the  call.  A  meeting  of  the 
Loganian  Society,  an  old-fashioned  game  o(  foot  hall  and  a 
meal  in  the  old  dining-room  were  pro|tosed. 

Hut  there  was  something  more  than  this.  'The  students 
of  Haverford  had  not  been  indillerent  to  the  noble  efforts 
of  its  older  friends,''  and  behind  the  call  to  a  day  of  sport 
there  lurked  the  hoym  that  something  might  be  done  to  aid 
them  to  avert  di.saster  from  the  school. 

"  The  scheme,"  to  quote  the  wonis  of  an  historiail  account 
of  it  pre|>ared  some  years  lati'r  for  the  Alumni  Society — 


170  irrsTORY  of  haverfokd  college. 

"  tlie  scheme  was  a  bold  and  novel  one,  and  no  marvel  that 
our  worthy  elder  Friends  doubted  at  first  the  propriety  of 
such  a  promiscuous  gathering  as  was  likely  to  take  place. 
No  wonder  that  none  of  the  Managers  and  but  one  of  the 
older  preceptors  of  the  institution  sanctioned  the  occasion 
by  their  presence." 

But  the  wife  of  a  former  Superintendent,  the  "kind  and 
courageous  Mary  W.  Davis,  personally  superintended  the 
entertainment,  which  was  plenteous  and  well  ordered,  and 
by  her  co-operation  and  presence  "eminently  contributed 
to  the  dignity  and  interest  of  that  festal  day." 

It  was,  indeed,  a  gala  day  of  the  ex-students. 

"  A  rare  scene  awaited  those  who  came  late.  The  lawn, 
which  had  been  bare  and  silent  for  a  year  or  two,  or  ten- 
anted only  by  cornstalks  and  cattle,  was  now  alive  with  the 
spirit  of  boyish  sport,  animating  the  bodies  of  those  mostly 
grown  up  to  sober  manhood. 

"  The  football  flew  vigorously,  as  of  yore ;  married  and 
unmarried,  farmers  and  men  of  merchandise,  busy  men 
and  idlers,  all  showing  that  what  the  cares  of  life  had  taken 
from  their  youth,  was  revived  in  breathing  the  air  of  their 
old  haunts. 

"  Many  weary  limbs,  and  some  bruised  ones,  were  among 
those  which,  after  this  and  a  game  of  corner-ball,  bore  those 
gathered  to  partake  of  their  welcome  dinner.  The  tables 
were  arranged  as  nearly  as  possible  in  the  order  of  years 
ago,  and  gave,  besides  a  good  repast,  a  most  natural  and 
delightful  fund  of  recollections." 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Loganian  Society,  Samuel  J.  Gum- 
mere  was  made  chairman,  and  Henry  Hartshorne  secre- 
tary. About  ninety  members  answered  the  roll-call,  several 
of  whom  came  in  honor  of  the  occasion  from  Baltimore  and 
New  York. 


OVEKWIIKIMKK    ItY    DISASTKJt.  171 

Resolutions  wiic  adoptttl  liy  the  iij«'«-tiM«;  creutinj;  the 
Maiiagei"s  of  tlio  Ilavi'ifonl  School  Association  trustees  of 
the  Loganian  Society;  thanking  tiie  late  trustees;  declar- 
ing with  what  lively  interest  its  nienihcrs  revert  to  the 
pleasures  and  advamtagcs  the  Society  has  allbrded  them; 
announcing  aflectionate  renn  iMl)rance  of  former  teachers, 
and,  with  increasing  experience,  more  full  appreciation  of 
their  value;  and  also  the  sincere  grief  of  the  membere  at 
the  loss  whicii  they  have  sustained  hy  the  death  of  their 
worthy  and  esteemed  friend,  .John  (iummere. 

Upon  the  motion  of  Lindley  Fisher,  one  of  the  mctst  inllu- 
ential  of  the  old  students,  it  was 

"  Eesolved,  That  this  meeting  views  with  sincere  regret  ilie 
continucil  suspension  of  Ilaverford  School  :  that  its  mem- 
bers {)ledge  themselves  individually  to  use  their  best  ellorts 
for  the  a«lvancement  of  the  interests  of  the  institution;  and 
that,  in  order  to  promote  tliesr.  tluy  will  endeavor  to  raise 
the  sum  of  at  least  fifty  dollars  each  by  subscription.'' 

"  Daniel  H.  Smith,  Lindley  Fisher,  Robert  B.  Parsons, 
Thomas  Kimber,  Jr.,  and  James  J.  Levick  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  carry  this  motion  into  effect,  and  were 
authorized  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  Society  at  such  time  as 
they  may  tiiink  proper." 

The  enthusiasm  which  had  taken  such  a  practical  form 
was  heightened  by  an  address,  entitle«l  "  II.wkrford  Rk- 
visiTKD,"  by  Isaac  S.  Serrill,  a  graduate  of  the  school.  It  is 
not  easy  to  condense  the  delicate  witchery  of  tliis  beauti- 
ful speech.  Delivered  to  strong,  active  and  outreaching 
men,  drawn  from  the  hauuLs  of  their  business  to  tl)os€ 
of  their  boyhood,  thronging  halls  and  groun<ls  er.'stwhile 
vacant,  now  resounding  with  the  gla<l  greetings  of  unfor- 
gotten  school -fellows,  or  echoing  from  old  familiar  places 
their  footsteps  and  their  sliouts,  it  spoke  not  only  of  the 


172  HISTORY   OF    HAVEKFOIU)   COLLEGE. 

scenes  and  doings  of  the  schoul-boy  time,  tlie  class-room,  the 
library  or  the  town-ball  ground  ;  not  only  of  3-outh's  fancies 
or  aspirations — those  intimations  of  immortality,  the  dreams 
that  come  with  birth  and  light  our  childhood — but,  with 
the  true  instinct  begotten  by  an  experience  of  later  life, 
the  speaker  told  his  fellows  of  how  "other  influences  have 
been  bus}^  with  us  and  have  moulded  us  anew,  though, 
like  the  sleeper  in  the  Arabian  tale,  who  lay  down  in  the 
bloom  of  beauty  and  youth  in  the  fairy  garden  and  awoke 
in  age  and  decrepitude,  we  have  been  unconscious  of  the 
change. 

"The  excitements  ever  arising  in  the  manly  struggles  into 
which  life's  duties  lead  us  have  driven  to  their  hiding- 
places  in  the  heart  all  the  crowd  of  boyhood's  early-treas- 
ured thoughts  and  impressions,  and  we  had  almost  forgotten 
they  ever  existed.  But  the  wand  of  the  mighty  enchanter, 
Association,  has  this  day  touched  them,  and  they  start 
again  into  light  and  life,  and  are  as  sensible  to  feeling  as 
yon  spreading  lawn  and  distant  wood  and  radiant  sky  are 
to  our  sight;  and  there  is  magic  in  the  web  they  weave,  for 
we  are  carried  away  captive  without  any  wish  or  power  to 
break  the  spell. 

"The  spirit  of  this  day's  sport  seems  a  portion  of  the 
very  fun  that  chased  the  ball  ten  years  ago.  The  sight  of 
the  rural  seat  or  favorite  walk,  where  the  heart  beat  quick 
then,  over  the  dream  of  poetry  or  eloquence,  again  renews 
the  feeling;  and  we  watch  yon  sky  grow  dim  and  gray  in 
the  twilight  now,  with  the  same  gleams  of  earnest  thought, 
with  which  we  have  many  a  time  marked  its  radiance  fade 
away.  We  resume,  for  a  moment,  with  indescribable  pleas- 
ure, the  departed  state  of  our  minds,  and  look  with  vivid 
interest  on  those  former  feelings,  when  we  remember  that 


oVIKW  IIKI.MKh    llY     I•1^A>T1  i:.  173 

'  in  tlit'in  Wf  l>L'^aii  to  Ik-  that  i-niisi-iuus  i-xislfiitr  wc  art-  to 
bi'  tlirougliout  infinite  (luralinn.' 

"  \\  r  curiously  ask,  what  lias  Ih'i-oum-  of  this  peculiar 
taste,  or  that  mental  trait,  whose  gorni  here  first  hudded  and 
bloomed?  and  we  go  back  to  mark  with  stranj^e  interest 
the  very  spot  in  our  course  where  they  lie,  like  wayside 
flowers,  withered  and  deaci.  Yet  the  very  feelinj^  of  that 
hour,  in  its  orii^inal  freshness  and  force,  will  not  entirely 
return;  though  ever  near  us,  it  still  eludes  our  grasj>.  As 
we  go  from  room  to  room,  and  yield  to  the  illusion,  an  airy 
spectre,  the  shade  of  our  former  self,  seems  at  our  side.  It 
leads  us  to  the  ohl  library,  and  reads  again  with  us  the  very 
volumes  whose  |)ages  taught  us  that  tin  Trur  is  the  only 
Beautiful,  long  ago.  it  beckons  us  to  the  door  of  oui-  old 
rooms  and  bids  us  listen,  and  we  hear  the  long-drawn 
breathing  of  our  own  light  slumbers  of  old.  It  steals  to 
our  siile  in  the  silent  wood,  and  we  gaze  together  on  the 
same  sunset  clouds  that  made  earth  lovely  then,  and  as 
its  airy  sigh  echoes  our  own  we  turn  to  clasp  it — an«l  are 
alone  with   the   old   trees. 

'There's  no  surli  tiling — 
'Tis  the  very  t-oiiia^e  of  the  l»r«in — 
A  b<Mlitc»  creation.' 

"Hut  it  comes  to  bid  us  atjieu  when  wc  depart,  but 
leaves  not  the  ancient  bounds.  Let  us  hear  thy  airy  call, 
thou  Wandering  Voice,  as  often  as  we  return  '.  With  thy 
mute  sign  and  silent  footfall  lead  us  to  the  old  library,  and 
breathe  into  our  dull  ear  the  lofty  moral  the  world  ma<le 
us  forget.  Hi«l  us  look  at  twilight  on  the  rosy  west — that 
the  love  of  the  beautiful  die  not  within  us,  and  the  spirit  of 
earth's  loveliness  be  to  us  a  real  presence.  an<l  not  a  phantom 
a.s  thou  art. 


174  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLKGE. 

"  Tlie  heart,  which  never  ought  to  grow  old,  never  can, 
amid  such  associations  and  inlUiences  as  we,  this  day,  seek 
to  revive  and  cherisli.  Its  sensil)ility  is  tlie  growth  of  a 
healthy  and  vigorous  soil. 

"  It  looks  well  that  the  invitations  for  this  day  have  met 
with  such  a  hearty  response.  I  think  better  of  the  man 
who  kicked  tluit  football  fifty  feet  in  the  air  to-day,  though 
lie  lim{)  on 'Change  to-morrow ;  lam  sure  the  old  leaven 
has  worked  powerfully.  The  subjection  to  the  old  feeling 
and  the  old  spirit  has  been  complete.  Could  a  stranger 
have  entered  that  library  this  afternoon  and  noted  the  as- 
tonishment of  the  spiders,  whose  webs,  irreverently  woven 
around  the  old  volumes,  were  rudel}'  torn  away,  and  the 
well-remembered  authors  greeted  as  old  friends  by  the  eager 
group,  or  shared  the  delectable  game  of  *  town-ball,'  so- 
called,  because  the  unfortunates  therein  are  treated  with  a 
gentleness  and  civility  truly  metropolitan  !  Could  he  have 
entered  the  lawn,  and  mingled  with  the  crowil,  after  that 
football,  he  surely  would  have  said,'  I  am  at  that  beneficent 
institution,  erected  b}'^  Friends,  at  Frankford.  These  are 
the  young  Friends  who  have  lost  their  wits  !  This  is  a  part 
of  tiiat  admirable  discipline  by  which  insanity  is  ameli- 
orated by  cheerful  exercise  I  What  a  good-humored  set  of 
lunatics !  Mild  and  harmless  and  ileet  of  foot,  as  if  they 
ran  with 

Dian's  step, 
As  she  witli  eandals,  newly  laced,  would  rise, 
To  chase  the  fawn  o'er  fields  of  Thessaly.' 

"  Be  it  so  !  Give  me  this  insanity  until  the  sun  goes  down 
to-day,  and  I  am  content  to  be  thenceforth  as  utterly  and 
respectably  sane  as  the  times  will  admit  of,  and  happy,  if 
my  words  have  half  the  virtue  of  the  flower  gifts  of  ])oor 
Ophelia,  emblems  of  thought  and   remeinltrance   fitted — a 


nVERWIIILMKD    i:V    hlSASTKIt.  17") 

document    in    iiunliifss — the   rue,  iifrhaps,    U>v   iiu-.  l)Ut   tlic 
rosemary  ami  thu  pansies  for  you. 

••  1  am  content  aiul  very  happy  to  regain,  as  1  tlo  now, 
some  portion  of  the  freslmess  of  tarly  feeling,  tliough  it 
leave  me  again  to-morrow  ;  happier  to  lintl  the  same  feeling 
so  alive  in  the  hearts  of  so  many  aroun<l  me,  to  whom  the 
voice  of  tlu'  i)ast  sounds  like  renK'nihoreil  music,  and  who 
feel  that  if  the  sight  or  thought  of  laniiliar  things  may,  f<»r 
an  instant, 

'  Make  some  eves 
Htm  (ivtT  witli  a  glad  Hiirpri-e; ' 

they  are  tears  it  is  not  unmanly  to  shrd  ;  and  happier  still 
in  till'  thought  that  in  coining  time,  wlu'n,  as  wr  indulge 
the  hope,  this  spot  will  be  n(»  longer  a  solitude,  we  nuiy 
here,  with  many  others,  again  and  again,  as  at  an  altar, 
kindle  into  a  flame  the  embers  of  a  love,  which,  under  the 
weight  of  distant  and  urgent  duties,  may  lie  mouldering 
cold  and  low.  And  when  tlu  well-sjuing  of  feeling,  whieh 
in  every  luart  this  day  runs  pure  and  fresh  as  the  very  dew 
of  life's  morning,  shall  no  longer  Mow,  the  heart  itself  may 
then  cease  to  beat,  I  shall  not  mourn  that  the  i>itcher  be 
broken  at  the  fountain,  when  the  fountain  itself  is  no  more, 
nor  care  how  soon  life's  fitful  fever  ends, 

'  When  nothing  ran  hring  Imck  the  hour 
Of  s|ilen(l«>r  in  the  graaB,  of  glory  in  the  Howor.'" 

The  most  emphatic  thanks  of  the  Society  were  |)resente<l 
to  the  orator.  The  address  an<l  the  minutes  of  the  meeting 
were  directed  to  be  printed,  and  a  copy  sent  to  eacli  member. 

This  meeting  and  speech  stimulated  the  reopening  of 
Ilaverford  in  a  <legree  unlcK)kc<l  for.  The  committee  to  raise 
funds  prove<l  diligent.  Of  one  of  them,  Thomas  Kimbcr, 
Jr.,  this  should  be  i»ointedly  recorded. 

To  this  Friend  there  is  due.  bv  those  wiio  love  Ilttverford, 


170  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORI)    COLLEGE. 

more  than  a  passing  tribute,  llis  love  had  more  than  once 
or  twice  been  manifested  by  acts  of  great  generosity,  un- 
prompted by  the  implied  obligation  of  official  position. 

His  activity  in  arousing  Friends  in  Philadelphia  and 
New  England  to  reopen  the  school,  his  labor  and  dona- 
tions toward  establishing  the  observatory,  and  his  own  gift 
of  the  library  building,  proved  his  hearty  affection  and  care 
for  the  home  of  his  college  days. 

When  in  his  later  years,  in  hours  softened  by  religious 
thought,  he  looked  back  over  a  somewhat  checkered  life,  his 
must  have  been  the  pleasing  knowledge  that  kind  and  noble 
deeds  had  marked  his  course. 

The  first  act  of  the  Committee  on  Endowment  was  to  call 
the  Loganians  together  in  Philadelphia  at  an  early  day. 
They  enlarged  the  committee,^  and  instructed  it  to  raise 
$10,000,  upon  condition  that  S50,000  be  secured. 


^  The  comraitlee,  as  enlarged,  consisted  as  follows: 

Lindley  Fislier,  101  South  Front  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Robert  B.  Parsons,  Flushing,  Long  Island. 

Lindley  Murray,  Jr.,  New  York. 

Jonathan  Fell,  M.D.,  Arch  below  Tenth  Street,  Pliiladelphia. 

Isaac  S.  Serrill,  10  Sansom  Street,  Philadelpiiia. 

Francis  R.  Cope,  1  Walnut  Street,  Pliiladelphia. 

Henry  Hartshorne,  M.D.,  Pennsylvania  Hospital. 

Tlios.  P.  Cope,  Jr.,  1  Walnut  Street,  Pliiladelphia. 

John  S.  Haines,  Germantown. 

Chas.  L.  Sharpies-^,  Philadelphia. 

George  Randolph,  191  Arch  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Anthony  M.  Kimber,  3'J  Market  Street,  Philadel})hia. 

Henry  H.  G.  Sharpless,  32  South  Second  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Robert  L.  Murray,  Hussey  &  Murray,  New  York. 

Benj.  R.  Smith,  Smith  &  Hodgson,  Philadelphia. 

Thomas  Kimber,  Jr.,  32  Chestnut  Street,  Pliiladelphia. 

James  J.  Levick,  K.  I^vick  &  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

Robert  P.  Smith,  Philadelphia. 

Wm.  D.  Stroud,  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

Samuel  Morris,  Pliiladelphia. 

Morris  Hacker,  Philadelpiiia. 

Ambrose  Hunt,  W.  H.  Brown  &  Co,  Philadelpiiia. 


OVKKWIIKI.MEI)    l!V     I»I>ASTKI; 


177 


Danit'l  B.  Smiih,  cliairimin  o\'  tin-  tiMiiiiiiitcf  and  I'rrsi- 
(lent  of  the  Lo»;anian  Society.  j>r(|»ari'<l  a  cliar  aiul  iii<»viii^f 
address  '■  To  the  Students  of  Ilaveiloitl  ScIjooI,"  whtt  nuiii- 
bered  about  250,  ur*;inji;  them  all  to  join  in  rescuing  the 
school.  Active  solicitation  of  funds  heeaint'  the  order  of  the 
dav,  and  a  <nli-toniiniltee,  with  Thomas  Kimljer,  Jr.,  at  the 


•  .KOIIOK   llr»\VL.\M> 

head,  was  despatched  to  awaken  the  interest  of  New  Knj;- 
land  Friends,  amonj;  whom  stood  pre-eminently,  as  the 
friend  of  Ilaverford,  (Jeorjje  Howland,  of  New  Bedford.'  To 
him  the  committee  promptly  repaired. 

'For  the  imrtniit  of  Ue«>rRc  ilowlami,  we  nrv  imlebled  lo  his  kiwninn 
Frankirn  Howland,  the  mithor  nf  n  hUinry  i>r  the  IlnwIniHl  fnmily. 
12 


178  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOHD    COLLEGE. 

"He  licard  their  story,  and,  without  expressing  much 
beyond  a  cordial  welcome,  invited  them  to  a  large  family 
gathering,  held  that  very  day  in  honor  of  an  aged  relative. 
After  the  hospitalities  of  the  occasion  were  over,  he  intro- 
duced to  the  company  the  object  of  the  visit  of  these 
Haverford  students,  and  requested  them  to  read  the  narra- 
tive of  the  meeting  at  tlie  school,  and  the  address  of  Isaac 
Serrill  delivered  at  the  school.  It  was  read  witli  all  the 
emphasis  tlie  committee  could  impart ;  and  its  fervor  and 
freshness  captivated  old  and  young." 

AVhen  the  reading  was  over,  George  Howland  put  a  vote 
to  the  company  whether  this  effort  of  the  students  should 
be  allowed  to  fail;  whereupon  S3,000  were  at  once  pledged 
for  its  benefit,  and  the  committee  felt  sure  of  ultimate  suc- 
cess. Before  they  left  New  Bedford  this  generous  man 
volunteered  his  assurance  that  if  the  old  scholars  achieved 
their  $10,000  he  would  guarantee  whatever  was  needful  to 
complete  the  Endowment  Fund.  Thus  made  confident, 
the  committee  returned,  and  in  a  second  circular,  dated  3d 
month  10th,  1847,  made  their  success  known,  and  urged 
redoubled  efforts.  Within  three  months  from  the  time  of 
the  appointment,  b}^  unremitting  exertions  in  Philadelphia, 
Baltimore,  New  England  and  New  York,  the  students' com- 
mittee had  gathered  over  $12,000.  This  left  S10,000  still 
needed.  Encouraged  by  the  success,  and  animated  by  the 
enthusiasm  of  the  students,  certain  Friends,  who  had  al- 
ready contributed  to  the  Endowment  Fund,  seem  to  have 
increased  their  several  subscriptions.  A  few  new  subscrip- 
tions brought  the  completed  fund  to  a  little  over  $50,000. 

And  thus  "Haverford  was  at  once  placed  on  a  durable 
and  flourishing  foundation — esto  jjcrpetua." 

The  subscription,  as  nearly  as  is  now  known,  appears  to 


nVKKWHKI.MKI) 

HY    1» 

ISASTKK. 

170 

l)efii  as  follows  (liy  a  nn'inoran«luin  ina«l 

i'  at  the  time. 

in  existence): 

(It'or^^e  Ilowland, 

^10,(I(MI 

.losiah  White,    .         ■ 

-l.duo 

Richanl  D.  Wood.     . 

4,0(i<t 

Thomas  1*.  Cope, 

2,000 

.lohn  Fanuun,  . 

2,000 

A.  Haines, 

1,000 

(Jeor^e  Williamson, 
.Jeremiah  llaeker,     . 

1,000 

1,000 

haviil  S.  r.r..\vn. 

1,000 

Isaiah  Hacker, 

.")( K 1 

Townsend  Sliari)less, 

.')00 

Paul  W.  Newhall,     . 

r)00 

W.  H.  Bacon.    . 

500 

Alfred  Cope,      . 

500 

Moses  Brown,   . 

•joo 

Stiulents'  Committee. 

l'2,:].s.=i 

New  York  Friends,  . 

1,500 

Tliomas  Kimlter, 

550 

David  Scull, 

.1. «;., 

500 
500 

S.  Adams, 

300 

.\i>i>n  i"NM  • 
George  Ilowland. 
David  S.  Brown. 
Paul  W.  Newhall, 
Townsend  .Sharples>, 
Kdward  Yarnall. 
Moses  Brown,    .         • 


j?.'.o.:i:)5 


180  HISTORY  OF  iiavp:kford  college. 

A  letter  from  Dr.  Kicliard  II.  Thomas  to  Thomas  Kim- 
ber,  Jr.,  dated  oth  month  Ttli,  1847,  reports  Baltimore  as 
follows:  Miles  White,  S500 ;  Jos.  Kino;^  Jr.,  F.  T.  King, 
Isaac  Tyson  Jr.'s  Sons  and  Richard  H.  Thomas,  slOO  each  ; 
Thomas  R.  Matthews  and  Jas.  Carey,  ^50  each. 

The  amount  of  the  iMidowment  Fund  was  .secured. 
There  was,  however,  a  debt  (now  risen  to  $4,000)  to  be  paid, 
if  the  school  were  to  start  with  clean  hands.  A  letter  from 
George  Howland  to  Thomas  Kimber,  Jr.,  is  extant,  calling 
attention  to  this,  and  offering  to  subscribe  $500  toward 
paying  the  debt.  The  letter  concludes  with  these  words: 
"  Continue  to  labor  faithfully  ;  it  is  tlie  best  of  causes." 

Thou  true  and  noble  man,  may  these  words  of  thine  be, 
to  all  who  work  for  Haverford,  the  incentive  and  the  motto  ! 
No  finer  deed  was  ever  done  than  that  of  thine,  thou 
princely  owner  of  whale-ships,  when,  in  rescue  of  Haver- 
ford, thou  leddest  the  old  men  to  the  fore,  then  turned  to 
beckon  on  the  boys !  Among  the  suljscribers  to  the  en- 
dowment were  men  of  note,  leaders  of  thought  and  action, 
who  strongly  influenced  the  communities  around  them,  and 
whose  names  are  written  in  their  annals.  But  none  among 
them  so  aided  Haverford  in  this  crisis  of  her  history  as 
did  George  Howland,  and  none  so  much  as  he  merits  from 
the  annalist  of  the  crisis  a  lasting  memorial.  To  him,  there- 
fore, must  be  given  more  than  a  passing  notice. 

Howland  was  the  surname  of  an  English  family,  numer- 
ous at  Newport  and  Wicken,  in  l']ssex,  but  not  elsewhere  to 
be  found.  It  gave  a  bishop  to  the  See  of  Peterborough, 
and  a  wife  to  the  second  Duke  of  Bedford,  who  obtained  the 
title  of  Baron  Howland  becau.se  of  the  vast  estates  acquired 
by  this  marriage — a  title  the  family  still  holds. 

Note. — The  dotails  of  the  students'  suhsL'riptious  are  not  now  known. 


<»VKK\\  IIKI  MID    IIV     I»ISASTKI{.  ISI 

Throe  iiieinlM'rs  of  tlie  I'lyinoutli  toloiiy.  Artliur,  Joliii 
ami  1I«  iirv,  wire  tlu*  ancestors  of  the  American  Howhinds. 
It  is  upon  «joo<l  reason  l)elieveil  tliut  all  three  were  bn»tiitrs. 
Arthur  and  lit  iirv  are  known  to  have  been.  John  was  one 
of  the  lO'J  who  came  in  the  first  voyage  of  the  "  Mayflower  " 
in  IG'JO.  The  others  followed  him.  For  three  years  the 
colonists,  like  the  early  Christians,  held  all  things  in  com- 
mon. Tlit-y  <j;nidually  rdapsi-d  I'lom  this  coii<litinn  of 
society,  which  nothing  less  than  (hip  rtligioiis  feeling  and 
the  self-denying  virtues  begotten  by  it  can  long  sustain. 

In  a  division  of  land,  four  acres  on  what  is  now  Watson's 
Hill  were  allotte<l  to  .lohn  Ilowland.  He  always  remained 
in  the  sturdy  faith  of  the  l'uri(aii.  His  brothei-s  embraced 
the  gentler  yet  more  sturdy  faith  of  the  (Quakers,  and,  in  a 
firm  resolve  to  pay  neither  tax  for  the  .-soldier  nor  tithe  for 
the  priest,  abandoned  the  Plymouth  colony,  and  uniti^d 
themselves  with  those  who  sought  liberty  of  conscience  in 
old  Dartmouth,  in  which  is  now  comprised  the  city  of  Ntw 
Bedford  and  a<ljacent  towns.  Here  the  family  has  exhil)ite<l 
the  same  gregarious  <|ualities  which  seem  to  have  marked 
it  in  the  ancient  .seat  in  Essex,  and  has  .so  niultij)licd  as  to 
have  become  a  notable  j)erceniage  of  the  population  of  the 
locality,  which  for  this  reason  has  been  named  "  the  Mecca 
of  the  Ilowlands.''  Here  CJeorge  Howland,  of  the  seventh 
generation  from  Henry  tlie  colonist,  was  born  in  1781. 
Brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
entered  the  oflico  of  William  Uotch,  .Ir.,  a  large  shi|)ping- 
agent  of  New  Bedford,  of  whom  he  afterward  l)ecame  the 
prosperous  rival.  He  grew  to  be  a  great  shipowner,  and 
his  name  was  known  in  «very  whaling  port  in  the  world. 
At  thirty-five  he  was  chosen  Tresident  of  the  Bedford  Com- 
mercial Bank,  and  .so  continued  during  his  life. 


182  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

With  an  iiisiiiht  that  discerned  the  coming  commercial 
empire  of  the  West,  he  made  large  investments  in  land  on 
Cayuga  Lake,  N.  Y.  By  tliis  step  he  hardly  readied  the 
portals  of  the  Western  temple  of  fortune  ;  but,  after  a  liberal 
life,  he  left  a  fortune  of  .§!, 000,000. 

He  was  twice  married.  His  second  wife  was  an  earnest 
minister  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  who  preached  the  Gospel 
in  many  lands,  and  in  such  service  travelled  several  years 
in  Europe.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Society,  and  his  house 
gave  hospitable  entertainment  to  many  who  travelled  in 
the  ministr}'. 

George  Howland  died  in  1852 ;  by  a  large  legacy  he 
founded  a  seminary  for  girls  at  Union  Springs,  N.  Y.  Our 
history  has  just  recounted  one  of  his  gifts  to  Ilaverford. 

Let  no  one,  in  these  days  of  large  subscriptions  and  great 
foundations,  wonder  that  so  great  and  so  long  an  efibrt  was 
needed  to  gather  §50,000  among  a  society  which  is  reputed 
to  be  rich.  The  epithet  rich,  commonly  applied  to  a  (Qua- 
ker, is  often  misleading.  Industrious  and  frugal  he  is,  and 
generally  beyond  want,  but  his  inclinations  are  adverse  to 
ambitious  speculative  ventures,  and  liis  religious  discipline 
enjoins  him  to  preserve  "  modei-ation  in  his  trade  or  busi- 
ness," and,  in  this  particular.  Friends  have  a  kindly  care 
over  one  another.  The  date  of  this  effort,  too,  found  the 
country  slowly  recovering  from  the  series  of  financial  crises 
which  wrecked  the  United  States  Bank.  Happily,  the  war 
of  the  rebellion  had  not  yet  occurred  ;  and  one  good  result, 
an  education  to  great  benevolence  through  sympathy  with 
great  suffering,  had  not  then  come  about. 

The  aggregate  wealth  of  the  country  then  and  now  makes 
a  striking  contrast.  Then  it  was  §7,000,000,000,  now  it  is 
over  $60,000,000,000;  then  $350  per  capita  in  a  population 


OVKK\Vlli;i.Mi:i)    l;Y    hlsASTKK.  183 

of  20,0«)0,00(l/  now  .<1,0U0  per  ciipiU  in  (J'i.oOO.UOO.  In  tlu- 
first  third  of  this  centyry  tlie  givat  estate  of  PhihicKlphia 
was  that  of  Stephen  ( Jiranl.  Its  inventory  of  personal  prop- 
erty, filed  with  the  Ke«,Mster  of  Wills,  was  .^2,lS7,866..sr). 
There  were  so  tiled  in  lSSi>  two  estates,  one  over  three  times, 
an«l  one  nearly  live  timrs,  as  iarj^r ;  and,  in  is.sl,  one  nearly 
seven  times  as  large.  There  were  so  filed  in  1882,  IH80  and 
1884,  three  hundred  and  sixty  estates,  each  having;  a  per- 
sonal property  of  .^40,000  or  over,  hut  in  184.'J,  1844  and 
181")  only  forty-five  such.  Of  the  former,  twenty-one  be- 
longed to  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends;  of  the  latter, 
five. 

These  considerations  and  figures  show  why  it  was  so 
much  harder  to  collect  a  lar^^e  sum  hy  subscrij^lion  forty 
years  ago  than  now. 

But  these  figures  also  seem  to  show  that  two  per  eent.  of 
the  people  of  Philadelphia  who,  to  use  an  onlinary  expres- 
sion, are  comfortably  oil,  are  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.  The  average  personalty  of  such  of  their  estates  as 
were  registered  in  the  two  periods  referred  to  was  .<13(>,000. 
•At  no  time  within  these  jteriods  should  it  have  been  diffi- 
cult for  the  Society  to  have  maiiitaiiird  mar  I'hilad('lj)hia 
a  college  of  the  modest  pretensions  (»f  Ilaverford.  Tlu'  en- 
tluisiasnj  of  her  students,  led  by  the  generosity  of  (Jeorge 
I  lowland,  and  nothing  more,  should  have  sufficed  to  rescue 
her  from  troulde  an<l  re-estal>lish  her  linanees.  Xeverthe- 
les.M,  her  snmll  debt  of  $4.0(M)  was  not  entirely  paid  o(V  by 

'  Till- lenHiWi.f  ls40wa.H  17,069,483;  of  IS.')0,  i3.lyl.87r. ;  niul  tlic  popiil.-i 
lion,  thereforp,  in  184'i  mar  lie  fairly  eatimatrd  at  t2iM)0<i,OU<). 

Therensiifl  of  KtO  <-(im|iiiti>ti  the  wealdi  of  xUv  rnilc*!  Sialw  nt  $7.i:V),7sO,- 
■J25,  orf.MN)  |»fr  ia|>ita,  ami  of  IViuiMlvania  nt  f7"_'2,4>ri,l  •_'<>,  or  $.'{13  |>t<r  nipila. 
Tlic  a'>iM>8.'<e«l  Taliiation  of  tliin  Stat*',  rc|M<rtjiI  by  tin*  Secretary  of  Intcni.il 
.VHUint  in  IS*^,  was  $2,')70,UM»,r.SO,  probably  *J'>  |«r  cent,  loo  low. 


184 


HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 


subscription,  and  it  remained  for  tlie  fund  of  S50,000  to  be 
burdened  by  a  slight  interest  charge. 

The  generosity  and  entliusiasni,  however,  were  appropri- 
ately acknowledged  by  resolutions  of  the  Association  and 
Board  of  Managers,  the  action  of  the  students  being  noted 
as  the  most  gratifying  evidence  possible  of  the  value  of  the 
school. 


HUIXKD  ARCH  OV  THK  (ILU  GUEENHOUSE. 


ciiAi'Ti:!;  \ii. 
Till    ll.oon  SUBSII)l-.S— MA\  1  Kl  <  )RI)  KI.- 

()Pi:ni:i).  iS4s-=>2. 

Yet  think  iii>t  tli:it  tin-  vcimI  is  licacl 

Whifli  ill  ilie  loiii'ly  placf  is  >|ir(-!iii ; 

It  live5,  it  lives — the  spriii;?  is  nij,'h. 

And  soon  its  life  slinll  tesiifv.  —  Heknakd  Barton. 

I'roN  Ttli  nioiitli  :')(>tli,  1M7,  tin-  Association  requested 
tlu'  Manajjers  to  look  tor  a  SuprriiiloiKliut.aiul  two  iiioiitlis 
later  tlie  searc-li  for  teachers  ijegaii. 

In  the  loth  month  the  Board  apjiointed  John  Farnuni, 
Charles  Yarnall  and  David  Scull  to  confer  with  the  Lo^ai- 
nian  iSocicty  toucliiiii:;  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  •^n-ren- 
house,  and  authorized  tlu-  lease  of  the  farm  to  Alexander 
Seott,  for  a  term  of  years,  at  $050  a  year. 

The  Committee  on  the  Reorganization  of  the  School 
were  Thomas  Kimher,  I*.  \\  .  Xewhall  and  John  Farnnni. 
This  committee  called  a  special  meeting  of  the  Moartl 
'Id  nioiith  l.'ith,  iSlS,  and  ri'commcnded  Lindley  Murray 
Moore  for  I'rincijtal  and  Teacher  of  Knglish  Literature; 
Hugh  I).  \'ail,  Teacher  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  IMii- 
lo-sophy;  .Jose|)h  \V.  Aldrich,  Teacher  of  Latin  and  (Jreek 
and  Ancient  Literature;  Elizai)eth  !'..  lli>|»kins,  Matron. 
The  recommendation  was  adopted,  and  1  lavt'rf<>r<l  School. 
after  a  suspension  of  two  years  and  eight  months,  was  re- 
opened .')th  month  11th,  1848,  under  the  charge  of  these 
officers.     Lindley  Murray  Moore  was  then  at   the  <lo.se  of 

(IS.-,) 


186  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

his  sixtieth  year.  He  was  a  portly  man  of  cominaiuling 
height  and  mien,  of  benevolent  countenance  and  expressive 
features.  His  birthplace  was  Nova  Scotia,  whither  his 
father,  Thomas  Moore,  at  the  close  of  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  had  emigrated  from  New  .Jersey,  being  one  of 
those  whose  property  had  been  confiscated  by  the  United 
States  Government  because  of  their  loyalty  to  England,  and 
to  whom  England  had,  for  this  reason,  given  homesteads. 
His  surviving  daughter,  Ann  M.  Haines,  says  of  him: 
"  He  was  a  Friend  by  birth  and  conviction,  a  great  lover  of 
the  Bible,  and  very  familiar  with  it.  He  rarely  failed  to 
give  chapter  and  verse  to  any  one  who  asked  where  to  find 
Scripture  passages  ;  he  was,  nevertheless,  untinged  by  sec- 
tarianism, and  always  took  a  strong  interest  in  everything 
that  would  advance  the  cause  of  Christ  in  every  denomina- 
tion." He  had  married  Abigail  L.  Mott  (the  niece  of  Richard 
Mott,  the  well-known  Friend  and  minister),  8th  month  19th, 
1813,  and  after  a  married  life  of  thirty-live  years  had  been 
parted  from  her  by  death  about  eighteen  months  before 
taking  charge  of  Haverford. 

Lindley  Murray  Moore's  experience  as  an  educator  had 
been  wide  and  varied.  At  seventeen  an  accident  confined 
him  for  some  months  to  the  house.  During  this  enforced 
<{uiet  he  developed  a  strong  love  for  study,  and  was  sent  to 
school  at  Sandwich,  Mass.  By  teaching  he  here  helped 
himself  to  pay  for  further  study  for  a  few  years.  He  after- 
ward taught  at  Nine  Partners  Boarding-School,  of  New 
York  Yearly  Meeting.  He  next  kept  his  own  private 
school  in  Railway,  N.  J.,  for  three  years.  From  thence  he 
went  to  New  York  to  take  charge  of  the  Friends'  Monthly 
Meeting  School,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Meeting  House,  in 
Pearl  Street,  below  Oak,  from  1815  to  1821.     His  salary, 


THK    I  I.ool.    SIIISIDKS. —  HAVKKKOKIi    KKOI'KNKD.         1«S7 

which  at  tirst  was  $1,200,  us  tinu*s  grow  haiihr  and  haith-r 
was  intule,  successively,  §1,000  and  §800.  In<hu<(l  to  tiuit 
thi-  city  hy  had  liealth,  and  perchance  hy  failing  income, 
he  upcni'd,  in  the  spring  i»t*  1S21,  a  |)rivate  hoarding-school 
for  ht)ys  at  Flushing.  L  I.,  which  ho  moved  to  the  village 
of  Westchester,  N.  \ .,  in  the  autumn  of  1827,  and  con- 
tinued until  1830.  This  undertaking  having  heen  pros- 
perous, he  ahantloned  teaching,  and  establislud  himself  as 
a  farmer  in  ea.sy  circumstances,  on  a  line  farm  of  170  acres, 
now  in  the  city  of  Rochester.  In  the  Hush  times  of  1830 
he  was  induced  to  sell  his  farm,  and  soon  after  lost  all  his 
property.  Hi'  then  hiiame  a  teacher  in  a  |iublic  school  at 
Rochester.  Death  and  marriage  scattered  his  family,  and 
tlie  death  of  his  wife  in  1840  having  broken  ujt  his  home, 
he  went  to  Providence  to  teach  in  Friemls"  Hoarding- 
School,  and  then  to  Haverford,  as  we  have  seen.  He  after- 
ward made  his  home  in  Rochester  with  his  son.  Dr.  K.  M. 
Moore,  and  died  8th  month  1  1th,  isTl. 

Those  who  have  known  will  lovingly  remember  this 
genial  gentleman.  His  scholars  will  not  soon  forget  his 
kindly  ways,  nor  his  frientlship  for  Horace  iJreeley  and  the 
principles  of  the  Free  Soil  Party,  nor  the  sonorous  tones 
with  which  he  repeated  the  verses  of  Milton  and  other 
English  poets,  although  an  amused  smile  may  sufTuse  their 
faces  when  they  rec(dlect  how  he  discouraged  their  ellorts  at 
smoking  tobacco,  while  hiding  his  own,  or  when  they  revert 
to  some  of  Ids  eccentric  methods,  more  appropriate  to  the 
boarding-school  than  to  the  col  leg* .  Ih  had  a  way  of 
aflixing  to  each  oflence  a  letter  which  designated  it,  as  "  n," 
for  "  negligent,"  etc.,  and  at  the  morning  collection  would 
read  out  the  names  of  offendei's,  each  with  his  appropriate 
letter.     One  morning  he  determine*!  to  make  an  impression 


188  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFORT)    COLLEGE. 

on  a  boy  notorious  for  his  laziness,  and  called  out  "John 

1.,"  wliicli  was  an  unfamiliar  letter  in  this  vocabulary.  All 
eyes  were,  of  course,  turned  upon  John,  wondering  what 
heinous  crime  he  had  been  guilty  of,  when  Friend  Moore 
announced  in  stentorian  tones  that  "  t "  stood  for  "  tardy," 
niakhig  it  the  text  for  a  lecture  to  the  oflender  which  he 
did  not  soon  forget.  The  fact  that  it  was  the  custom  of 
"  Super,"  as  the  boys  irreverently  called  him,  to  wander 
about  the  corridors  of  Founders'  Hall  after  bedtime,  in 
slippered  feet,  did  not  deter  the  students  from  many  a 
roguish  escapade,  visiting  each  other's  rooms,  tying  toes  to 
bedposts,  and  flitting  like  sheeted  ghosts  from  place  to  place 
between  his  round?.  On  one  occasion,  he  had  sentenced  a 
boy  to  incarceration,  during  study  hours,  in  one  of  the 
class-rooms  on  the  first  floor,  from  which  there  was  a  descent 
of,  perhaps,  ten  feet  to  the  area  below.  During  the  morn- 
ing Friend  Moore  was  walking  around  the  house,  and 
caught  his  prisoner  in  the  act  of  climbing  down  and 
attempting  to  escape.  Confronting  the  delinquent,  he  re- 
peated the  lines  from  Virgil — 

"Facilis  descensus  Averno, 
Sed  revocare  gradum,  superasqiie  evadere  ad  aura.s, 
Hoc  opup,  liic  labor  est  " — 

and  required  him  to  perform  the  more  difficult  feat  of 
climbing  back  into  the  window.  But  these  incidents  onl}- 
gave  spice  to  Haverford  life.  And  it  perhaps  was  well  that 
Haverford  reoj)ened  under  the  attractive  inlluence  of  this 
fine  old  man. 

Hugh  D.  Vail  had  just  entered  his  forty-first  year  when 
he  came  to  Haverford.  B}'  birthright  a  Friend,  the  blood 
of  several  generations  of  (Quakers  flowed  in  his  veins.  His 
mother's  ancestors  are  believed  to  have  come  from  Scotland 


THK    ILOOD    SLIJSIDKS. —  H  AVI  HI  < 'l:l>    KlOlKMIi.  189 

with  John  llurchiy  ami  uthi-r  .ScKtti.sh  pruitrii-tors.  She, 
her  father,  her  graihlfather,  and  j»robahly  her  j^reat-grand- 
fatlier,  were  all  born  »in  the  same  .sj>ot  in  I'lainlield,  N.  .1. 
lit-  himself  was  horn  there  on  1th  month  Tith,  l-Sls.  It 
was  then  a  small  village  of  less  than  two  hundred  inhahi- 
tants,  mostly  farmers,  and  in  large  proportion  Friends, 
whose  ancestoi-s  had  settled  in  that  vicinity  soon  after  the 
j)ur(hase  of  East  Jersey  hy  Pinn  ami  his  associates,  and  tlie 
appointment  of  Robert  liarclay  as  Governor. 

Hrought  up  to  the  light  work  of  the  farnj,  before  agricul- 
tural machinery  was  invented,  when  even  the  "cultivator" 
was  unknown  and  corn  had  yet  to  be  hoed,  he  had  been 
sent  to  small  family  schools,  taught  by  the  wife  of  one 
neighbor,  or  the  daughter  of  another,  until  his  liftccnth 
year,  when  he  became  a  pupil  at  Westtown. 

This  was  in  the  primitive  days  of  that  famous  M-minary, 
and  it  may  be  interesting  to  digress,  for  a  moment,  to 
describe  the  state  of  things  as  they  then  were  in  that  (juaint 
institution.  It  was  the  time  when  its  pupils  entered  or  left 
at  all  seasons,  at  the  convenience  of  those  who  sent  them; 
whin  school  years, and  their  <livision, were  there  unknown; 
before  terms  and  sessions  had  been  invented,  and  its  task 
of  teaching  and  learning,  like  an  endless  chain,  went  on 
perpetually;  when  its  domestic  arrangements  ecjualled  in 
simplicity  those  of  the  plainest  country  humi»kins;  when 
its  viands  were  served  from  pewter  or  rusty  tin  plates 
placed  on  unclothe<l  tables;  when  pewter  porringers  served 
for  milk  and  coffee,  and  a  single  mug  did  duty  for  half-a- 
dozen  mouths;  wiien  the  morning  ablutions  were  performed 
in  an  open  shed,  in  basins  resting  on  its  earthen  floor  an<l 
fdled  from  a  log  pump  with  a  heavy  iron  handle,  from 
which    pumj),  one  cold    winter  morning,  an   incipient  en- 


190  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGK. 

gineer  among  the  boys  caused  to  flow  sucli  floods  as  made 
a  skating  rink  of  half  tlie  shed  and  all  the  ball-alley — an 
incipient  engineer  who  has  since  been  president  of  one  of 
America's  greatest  railways.' 

Having  remained  steadily  at  Westtown,  in  the  study  of 
mathematics,  for  almost  two  years  without  vacation,  Hugh 
entered  the  wholesale  dry-goods  store  of  Parsons,  Lawrence 
iSc  Co.,  New  York.  While  busied  about  dry  goods  he  found 
access  to  the  books  and  lectures  of  the  Mercantile  Library, 
and  remembers  discourses  on  Geology — then  a  new  science 
— by  Professor  Silliman,  assisted  by  his  son,  Benjamin,  the 
late  Professor,  at  that  time  a  stout  boy  of  18  or  19  years  of 
age.  The  panic  of  1837  caused  him  to  return  home  to  work 
again  on  his  father's  farm. 

The  teacher  of  mathematics  at  Westtown,  the  well- 
remembered  Enoch  Lewis,"  being  about  to  resign,  H.  D. 
A'ail,  in  the  spring  of  1838,  was  chosen  to  succeed  him,  but 
was  temporarily  appointed  a  reading  teacher  in  order  that, 
through  the  aid  of  Enoch  Lewis,  he  might  refresh  his  mathe- 
matics. His  appointment  was  made  by  Thomas  Kite  and 
Thomas  Kimber,  who,  on  behalf  of  Westtown,  had  especially 
requested  him  to  come  to  Philadeli)liia  for  an  interview.  At 
the  interview  he  wore  the  ordinary  dress  at  that  day — a 
tight-fitting  double-breasted  frock  coat,  with  a  high  rolling 
collar.  Of  this  no  notice  was  taken  until  the  arrangement 
had  been  made,  and  he  was  about  leaving,  when  Thomas 
Kite,  laying  his  hand  on  the  coat,  said  pleasantly,  "  I 
suppose  thou'lt  leave  this  Babylonish  garment  behind?" 
It  were  well   to   note   that   the   bargain  was  made  before 

1  Charles  Smith,  of  the  Philadelpliia  and  Reading  Railroad  Company. 
-  PZnoch   Lewis  was   a  i)r<imincnt   member  of  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting, 
and  anthor  of  Lewis'  Algebra  and  Trigonometry,  etc. 


THK    FLOOD    SUBSIDES. — HAVKKHUU)    ItKOrKNKD.         I'.'l 

the  remark.  The  man  was  chosen.  Xor  wore  hi.s  rlothes 
too  closely  .seanneil,  though  of  a  cut  not  prevalent  at  West- 
tn\sni.  wJHiv  ;::iriiients  oroltl  ami  young  are  in  conventional 
(Quaker  form  ami  color, 

(Quakerism  has  not  become  an  order.  Its  dre.ss,  so  far  as 
it  is  peculiar,  is  not  a  .sacerdotal  costume.  It  is  in  the  form 
common  at  the  time  the  Society  of  Friends  arose,  stripped 
of  superfluous  ornament,  and  gradually  moilified  hy  its 
wearers.  No  longer  does  tlu'  waistcoat  reach  to  the  hips, 
or  the  pantaloons  stop  at  the  knees  ;  and  the  three-cornered 
hat  is  displaced  by  more  convenient  headgear;  but  sim- 
plicity, not  fashion,  has  been  the  keynote  of  the  changes 
which  the  good  sense  of  this  quiet  but  forceful'  Society  has 
permitted  to  be  made  at  the  suggestions  of  convenience  and 
comfort;  and  the  dress  has  become  distinctive.  Nothing 
in  this  is  unnatural  or  out  of  conformity  with  the  general 
tenor  of  life.  Expression  comes  naturally  when  it  comes 
from  within.  When  not  thus  j>rompted,  to  a.<sume  it  as  an 
outward  thing  is  to  do  violence  to  nature.  To  impo.'Je  an 
outward  expression  of  Quakerism  upon  the  youni;  mind. 
which  has  not  absorbed  its  spirit,  is  to  do  that  mind  a 
wrong.  Yet  the  authority  of  a  parent  or  .'Jchool  may  be 
used  to  train  the  religious  thought  of  a  youth ;  how,  and  how 
far,  each   parent  and  .school   must  decide.     Hut  as  to  the 

'To  the  r;«nlin.il  <l<Mirinft«  luhl  liv  evnn^'t>lic:il  CliristiiitM  tlie  (/iiakvre  liav 
itiK  aiKleti  n  l>«lief  (and  i>n  this  U'lief  has'in;;  Mui^'lit  to  hnnc  tlicir  wontliip  nnd 
relii;i'>ii8  |K)litv)  in  (iiMl'ii  tiinit  niid  imnuHiintc  revelation  of  III.h  will  to  crerv 
man  di-airotm  to  nhey  it,  have  ihcrehy  Ixh?h  Ut\  to  re<'o^iii/e  more  prompllv 
thnn  other  relii;ioii>t  Uxiie*  the  ri^'htfiihuitH  of  religioiiH  toleration,  the  ci|nalilr 
of  men,  the  wrnnKfiilnes.<«  of  slavery  nnd  war.  In  a  recent  convvniniion  regard- 
infc  the  prmiiecta  of  rfTrcting  amnnK  .\merii-an  nalioiLi  an  arrenKemcnt  pre- 
ventive of  international  want,  .Sn-retarv  of  Stale  Jamcn  («.  Itlaino  renmrkttl  to 
the  writer  that  *'  there  in  no  doubt  the  (Quakers  have  been  our  exvinplnn«  in  all 
things  eivil  and  religiou.*." 


102  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

l>rinei})k's  wliicli  underlie  such  action,  the  Quaker  Schools, 
AVesttown  and  Haverford,  agree.  Probably  without  many 
reflections,  and  simply  because  it  was  the  custom  of  West- 
town  so  to  do,  young  Vail  put  off  the  "Babylonish  garment" 
and  donned  the  (Quaker  coat. 

After  a  few  weeks  spent  in  taking  lessons  in  elocution  of 
a  celebrated  professor  (probably  Dr.  Anthony  Comstock, 
who  taught  near  Arch  and  Fifth  Streets,  Philadelphia),  he 
was  installed  in  his  new  profession  by  Samuel  Hilles,  then 
Superintendent  of  Westtown.  Here  the  business  methods 
and  acumen  acquired  in  New  York  enabled  him  to  perceive 
and  })rovo  that  burning  lluid  in  suspended  lamps  was  more 
luminous  and  cheap  than  home-made  tallow  candles,  which, 
in  old  iron  candlesticks,  were  wont  to  darkly  light  the  even- 
ing schools  and  collections,  and  that  the  old  goose-quill 
should  give  place  to  the  newl3'^-invented  steel  pen. 

Other  changes  were  introduced  b}^  H.  D.  Vail.  Students 
ill  mathematics  were  classified,  demonstrations  on  black- 
boards introduced,  and,  if  rules  in  the  text-books  were  used 
to  solve  problems  in  trigonometry  and  surveying,  they  were 
required  to  be  proved. 

Natural  science  was  a  study  much  loved  b}^  the  teachers 
at  AVesttown.  An  occasion  is  on  record  when  H.  I).  XaW 
and  Davis  Reece  ("Old  Davy,"  the  boys'  governor  at  West- 
town,  upon  whom  many  a  generation  of  youths  looked  with 
an  afiectionate  awe),  travelling  in  upper  New  Jersey  in 
search  of  plants,  minerals  and  birds,  were  met  by  a  gentle- 
man who  told  them  he  liad  botanized  with  Muhlenberg 
when  Darlington  was  a  boy,  and  who,  taking  them  to  his 
house  to  show  his  collections,  pressed  them  to  dine  and  put 
the  modest  Davis  Reece  to  blush  by  drinking  his  health. 
The  gentleman  was  Mahlon  Dickerson,  a  Governor  ot  New 
Jersev,  and  member  of  President  Jackson's  Cabinet. 


THK    I  l.tMtl)    SI  l:sil>i:s. —  HAVIKI  i>i:|.    KKOPKNKD.         193 

Nine  yt-ars  almost  continuously  spent  in  such  services 
furnished  Hugh  with  that  adnnrable  equipnuiit  (»f  knowl- 
edge and  practical  experience  which  he  brought  to  Ilavcr- 
ford  as  a  Teacher  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  History. 

From  John  Cluinniere  to  Isaac  Sharplcss  and  Frank 
Morlcy,  a  long  line  t>f  eminent  instructors  have  gaine<l  a 
reputation  for  Haverford  as  a  school  of  mathematics. 

Ill  this   line   Ilu^di  1  >.  \"ail  liclil   a   mo-t  lionoraMf  plarr. 
He  came  there  in  tin-  priim-  of  his  faculties.    Slender,  active, 
agile,  ipiick  of  observation,  char  of  Judgment,  he  po.sscsscd 
a    remarkable   ability   for    precise  explanation   and    ready 
illustration.     Few  teachers  have  been  better  fitted  to  im- 
part   habits   of   observation    ami    precision.      None    bcttt  r 
than   he  could  make  a  student  clearly  undei-sland  a  dem- 
onstration   in    geometry,  or  grasp  the  stejjs    which  led  to 
a   formula  of  the  calcidus;     and    none  more  delighted   to 
point   out  the  stars  and  constellations,  to  detect  tin-  plu- 
mage and   note  of  binls,  or  to  mark   the  characteristics  of 
the   trees  and   landscape.     In    the  study  or   in  the   recita- 
tion-room, before  the  blackboanl  or  afoot  in  the  field  or  the 
forest,  alert  and  lucid.  Master  Hugh  awakmiMl  the  senses 
and  aroused  the  energies;  and  to  him  will  the  Haverford 
boy  of  his  day  attribute  a  large  share  of  whatever  there  was 
of  the  practical  in  the  education  he  has  received. 

He  was  offered  the  position  of  Principal  of  Haverford 
when  Lindley  Murray  Moore  resigned  in  lsr)(),  an<l  decline<l 
it.  And  in  the  spring  of  iSol  he  resigned  his  own  posi- 
tion, which.  uiM)n  iiis  recommendation,  was  filled  by  Joseph 
<;.  Harlan,  who  had  been  his  pu|til,  assistant  and  .successor 
at  Westtown,  and  thus  ended  his  work  as  a  teacher,  save 
that  after  Joseph  (I.  Harlan's  death  in  IS,')?  lie  taught  the 
Junior  and  Senior  Classes  f"!-!  Ow  ••<<>nths  until  the  va<!iiiiv 

could  be  filled. 
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194  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

The  elements  in  his  character  which  inclined  him  to  busi- 
ness pursuits  finally  prevailed,  and,  no  longer  a  teacher,  he 
became  an  iron  manufacturer  and  a  man  of  affairs. 

And  yet  again  his  scholarly  habits  have  reasserted  them- 
selves, for,  passing  his  declining  years  on  the  coast  of  South- 
ern California,  he  is  one  of  the  most  highly  respected  and 
influential  citizens  of  beautiful  Santa  Barbara,  and,  devot- 
ing his  time  and  his  means  to  intellectual  })ursuits,  he  has 
had  a  leading  part  in  forming  the  Free  Public  Library  and 
Museum  of  Natural  History,  and  in  promoting  the  general 
culture  of  this  place. 

If  circumstances  and  ability,  more  than  inclination,  made 
Hugh  D.  Vail  a  teacher,  such  was  not  the  case  with  Joseph 
W.  Aldrich,  who  was  one  by  nature  and  predisposition.  He 
came  now  to  Haverford  as  classical  teacher.  He  had  been 
there  before  as  a  Teacher  of  Mathematics.  He  was  born,  1st 
month  18th,  1821,  in  Blackstone,  Mass.  His  early  fond- 
ness was  for  Mathematics.  Entering  Friends'  School  at 
Providence  as  a  student  in  1834,  while  Dr.  John  Griscom 
was  at  its  head,  he  remained  there  several  years.  For  two 
or  three  seasons  he  tried  his  newly  fledged  powers  by  teach- 
ing district  schools  in  Massachusetts.  From  the  spring  of 
1841  to  that  of  1843,  he  taught  in  Providence  at  the  Friends' 
School,  and  then  went  to  Haverford  to  perfect  his  Mathe- 
matics under  John  Gummere,  and  seems  to  have  distin- 
guished himself.  John  (iummere  was  then  revising  his 
Astronomy,  and  requested  Joseph  to  aid  him  to  detect  the 
slight  errors  which  might  have  crept  into  it.  These,  with 
much  painstaking,  he  cleared  up  to  the  satisfaction  and 
amusement  of  his  preceptor,  and  when  John  Gummere  re- 
signed, Joseph  was  made  Teacher  of  Mathematics. 

The  Managers'  report  of  5th  month,  1844,  expresses  the 


THK    1  I.oni)    srUSIDKS. —  II A  V  IKI  (tlCH    l{Knl»ENKI».         195 

conviction  that  at  no  time  has  the  instruction  hccii  more 
thorough,  or  the  students  ni<>rr  patiently  or  more  intelli- 
gently guided,  oven  t<>  tla-  nion-  abstruse  investigations  of 
the  higlier  nnithennitics,  than  hy  him. 

Ilaverford  havinj^  closed,  he  tau}j;lit  at  Samuel  Alsop's 
scliool  in  \\'ilniin;^ton,  Del.,  during  the  winter  of  1847—18, 
and.  when  Ilaverford  reopened,  returned  t<»  it,  as  we  have 
seen,  as  a  'I'eacher  of  Classics. 

He  may  have  been  led  to  cliange  the  subject  of  his  atten- 
tion by  such  views  of  the  effect  upon  character  produced 
by  Mathenuitics  and  Classics  as  he  expresse<l  to  a  graduat- 
ing class  some  years  afterward  :  "That  the  study  of  Mathe- 
matics, even  in  their  most  ri^id  tleveltipmcnt.  is  peculiarly 
adapted  to  expand  and  strengthen  the  reasoning  j^wers, 
and  to  induce  habits  of  concentration  of  thought,  will  be 
admitted  by  every  one  who  has  had  experience,  either  in 
studying  or  teaching  them,  and  they  constitute  an  invalu- 
able ]>art  of  a  well-appointed  system  of  education.  lUit 
prosecute  them  exclusively,  and  there  not  infrequently 
results  a  habit  of  dreamy  abstraction,  which  .scarcely 
allows  the  student  to  take  cognizance  of  the  living  world 
around ;  the  ju<lgment  referring  all  things  to  the  exact 
standard  of  calculation  fails  in  its  estimate  of  character 
and  motives,  and  in  all  decisions,  where  relative  and  n»»t 
abstract  ideas  are  involved,  the  whole  intelK'ctual  char- 
acter is  thus  liable  to  become  one-sided  and  dwarfed  in  the 
<iovelopment  of  many  of  its  noblest  faculties."  To  develop 
his  "noblest  faculties"  was  the  aim  of  Joseph's  life. 

In  person  .h)stph  was  snnill  in  stature  and  of  a  square 
figure.  A  pair  of  bright  gray  eyes  shone  through  the  rims 
of  his  heavy  gold  spectacles,  and  his  short  nether  limbs, 
which  were  slightly  ciirvi'd,  giving  ri.se  to  his  nicknan.e  of 


196  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFOHD    COLLKGE. 

"  IJowsie,"  often  did  good  service  at  football,  but  rarely 
carried  him  on  trann)s  tlirougli  the  fields  with  the  boys,  or 
sent  him  with  them  on  ringing  skates  skimming  over 
Morris'  pond  or  Kelly's  mill  dam.  .  He  was  not  an  uncom- 
panionable man — not  at  all.  He  was,  however,  the  in- 
structor rather  than  the  companion  of  the  l>oys. 

In  1853  he  resigned  from  Haverford,  and  soon  after 
received  its  degree  of  A.M.  honoris  causd.  He  shortly  after 
became  Principal  of  Friends'  Select  School,  Philadelphia, 
and  so  continued  for  about  nine  years.  His  subsequent 
existence  was  a  struggle  for  life.  He  made  two  trips  for  his 
health  to  the  Ijracing  climate  of  Lake  Superior — one  of 
them  lasting  ten  months — including  a  winter  which  he  em- 
ployed in  publishing  descriptions  of  the  mineral  resources 
of  that  region,  and  after  a  long  illness,  bravely  borne,  died 
4th  month  12th,  1865,  full  of  the  Christian's  blessed  hope. 

The  matron  selected  was  Elizabeth  B.  Hopkins,  and  a 
true  matron  this  lady  was.  The  whole  liousehold  felt  the 
touch  of  her  inspiring  hand.  The  tidy  kitchen,  the  well- 
supplied  table,  the  clean  bedrooms,  the  well-kept  lawn,  no 
less  than  the  cheerful  })arlor,  bespoke  her  watchful  care. 
Six  years  .saw  her  at  work  at  Haverford,  the  next  two  at 
Friends'  Asylum,  Frankford,  and  the  following  three  at 
Earlham  College.  Thoughts  of  a  quiet  life  passed  in 
private  cares  and  pleasures  were  then  beginning  to  form 
themselves  in  her  mind.  But  from  these  she  was  awakened 
by  a  call  to  "lix  up'"  the  household  at  Haverford.  She 
came,  not  expecting  her  stay  would  be  long,  but  remained 
six  years  a  second  time.  Then  she  settled  in  her  own 
cottage  home  at  Richmond,  Ind.  Now,  in  her  eighty- 
seventh  year,  too  blind  to  read,  she  employs  her  lengthened 
activity   and    tinds  "j)lenty   of  work""    with    the   Home   for 


THK   Fi.«)()i>  sri:sii>i:>. — iia\  i :i:i  oiiD  UEorKNKh.       I'.'T 

Fritiulle^.s  W'uukii,  and  visitin*;  the  uci'dy.  Her  modest 
testimony  of  herself  in  old  n^e  is,  "I  have  tried  to  do  what 
my  hands  fonnd  to  ilo,  and  now  I  am  laid  a-itir,  feeling  I 
have  done  hnt  little. "  Not  so  has  she  printed  herself  in 
the  memory  of  those  she  is  pleased  to  call  her  children  of 
Ilaverford.  They  remember  the  hrij;ht  glance,  the  <jnick 
cheerfnl  look,  the  kindly  smile,  and  the  pleasant  greeting 
to  such  of  thenj  as  chose  to  visit  her  s<|inire  parlor  with  its 
deep  window-sills,  adorned  with  iVrns  and  Idooming  plants, 
its  mantels  and  walls  gay  with  tin-  hues  of  autumn   leaves. 

Such  was  the  ecjuipment  of  ollicers  with  which  Ilaverford 
reopened.  Nothing  beyond  their  «lue  has  been  said  of 
them.  They  were  worthy  successors  of  those  wjio  prisidtd 
over  her  when  first  established,  whose  praise  is  in  every 
mouth  ;  to  either  corps  belong  affection  an«l  honor. 

The  .school  reopened  with  twenty  students,  one  le.'Js  than 
it  had  opened  with  in  1.S33,  but  having  the  support  of  the 
Fund  and  of  a  reawakened  interest.  Its  position  was  unicjue; 
it  was  then  the  only  collegiate  institution  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.  It  stood  for  that  which  the  .Society  stands  for.  It 
was  religious  but  non-theological.  Its  education  was  liberal 
but  guanleil ;  its  moral  teaching  strict  but  charitable.  It 
taught  what  no  other  such  institution  taught,  that  under  all 
circumstances  and  everywhere  a  nnui's  yea  should  be  yea. 
and  his  nay,  nay;  that  the  message  of  "peace  and  good- 
will to  men"  is  real,  an«l  covers  every  c«)ntingency  of  in<li- 
vidual  and  national  life,  and  that  any  one  (male  or  fennile) 
may  be  called  to  be  at  the  same  time  a  laynuni  and  a  min- 
ister of  the  Gospel. 

lA*t  us  take  our  general  bearings  in  this  spring  of  1SI8. 
It  will  ludj*  to  throw  into  relief  the  instruction  of  Ilaverford 
and  the  Ilaverford  litV 


198 


HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORI)    COLLEGE. 


Oil  the  Continent,  three  months  liad  not  passed  since 
Louis  Philippe,  a  Bourbon,  had  fled  from  the  Tuileries ; 
Germany  was  still  divided  into  numerous  jealous  States; 
the  Pope  was  yet  a  temporal  ruler;  the  Austrians  were  in 
Venice,  Bomba  in  Naples.  In  England,  penny  postage,  with 
all  it  meant  for  the  people,  had  been  established  but  nine 
years;   I'mrch  only  five;    the  first  World's  Fair  was  uncon- 


01. 1)  KUIDGE  OVi:it  THK  RAILItOAD. 

ceived;  Macaulay's  History  and  ''In  Memorianr'  un[)ub- 
lished.  At  home,  men  were  alive  who  had  fought  in  tlie 
Revolution,  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  more  was  to  elapse 
before  the  Centennial;  beyond  a  line  less  than  twenty  miles 
south  of  Ilaverford  slave  dealers  were  trafficking  in  souls 
clothed  in  skins  darker  than  their  own;  divines  were  dark- 
ening truth  to  prove  the  traffic  righteous,  and  politicians 
proclaiming  that  tlie  line  should  cross  the  territories. 


Tin;  ii.ooD  sunsiDE-s. — havkrford  ukopkxkd.      1'JO 

Nearer  llaverfonl,  tlu'  iiuliiutl  pluin'  liv  which  thr  oM 
State  Uailroad  surniiuiMtiMl  tlie  8t'huylkill  Hill  at  lUliiiniit 
liad  just  been  abamloiu'd  by  tlu-  engineers  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad;  tlie  cubical  stone  blocks  of  the  old  n>ad 
altcrnatcil  with  wuotlcn  ties  in  the  tracks  that  skirted  the 
Ilaverford  lawn,  and  Uryn  Mawr  was  yet  undreamed  of. 
Its  acres,  risen  from  the  ten  cents  paid  l>y  thtir  Welsh  set- 
tlers to  Penn,  were  held  at  a  ^'ood  round  li;,Min'  for  farming 
land,  but  were  far  below  the  thousands  upon  thousands  of 
dollars  per  acre  which  is  now  their  price.  The  han<lsome 
villas  covering  them  did  not  then  exist  even  as  a  specula- 
tor's shadowy  castles;  ami  these  historical  n-miniscences 
may  be  closed  by  the  recollections  (»f  a  ilaverford  boy  who 
was  warned  by  a  farming  woman  with  a  big  dog,  not  to 
gather  chestnuts  in  a  Held  now  the  grounds  of  one  of  tlie 
stiiteliest  of  these  mansions. 

The  Haverford  lawn  of  forty  acres,  jilantcd  in  IS.'I.I,  had 
each  year  grown  lovelier  and  lovelier.  In  its  northwrst 
corner  were  still  i>reserveil  its  five  or  six  acres  of  original 
forest.  Bounding  these  on  the  south  (in  part)  were  the  cou- 
ple of  acres  or  so  of  a  vegetable  ganlen,  with  long  rows  of 
gooseberries  and  currants,  and  great  beds  of  rhubarb  and 
asparagus.  Again  to  the  south,  skirting  this  garden,  ran  a 
long  gravel  walk,  al»out  sixteen  feet  wide,  overarched  by 
the  lofty  arbor  of  grape  vines,  which  had  been  the  gift,  in 
183»»,  of  three  generous  Friemls  among  the  foumlers,  one  of 
whom,  Thomas  P.  Cope,  was  famous  as  a  distributer  of  mer- 
chandise to  the  interior,  as  owner  of  the  Philadelphia  and 
Liverpool  Packet  Line,  as  an  executor  of  Stephen  CJirard's 
vast  estate,  an<l  as  a  director  of  the  United  States  Bank. 
West  of  tlip  arl»or.  and  terminating  it,  still  st«»od  tin    spa- 


200  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORT)    COLLEGE. 

cious  greenhouse,  erected,  in  1838,  largely  through  the  con- 
tributions of  Nathan  Dunn,  wlio  had  made  a  fortune  in 
China,  and  is  remembered  as  the  owner  of  the  great  Chinese 
Museum  at  Ninth  and  Sansom  Streets,  Philadelphia,  burned 
7th  month  5th,  1854.  At  the  foot  of  a  terrace  on  the  south 
side  of  the  arbor  three  rows  of  rectangular  flower-beds,  each 
bed  lift}'  feet  by  four,  covered  an  acre.  These  were  the 
boys'  gardens.  Below  these,  a  wooden  liouse — a  little  box. 
some  fifteen  feet  square  and  as  many  high,  holding  a  two- 
foot  transit — was  then  the  nucleus  of  the  best  appointed 
observatory  in  Pennsylvania.  Two  noble  terraces  of  grass 
crossed  the  lawn ;  spacious  gravel  roads  permeated  it  in 
every  direction ;  noble  trees,  the  choice  of  American  and 
foreign  forests,  singly,  or  set  in  rows,  or  gathered  into  groups, 
everywhere  shaded  it ;  lilacs,  hawthorns,  magnolias,  many 
species  of  flowering  shrubs,  and  bushes  in  endless  variety 
adorned  it  in  every  part. 

In  the  midst  of  all  this  loveliness  rose  Founders'  Hall, 
called  so  only  since  the  dormitory  in  the  manner  of  the 
Elizabethan  Gothic  has  been  built  and  named  after  Barclay, 
tlie  Apologist,  This  hall  is  a  three-storied,  stuccoed  stone 
structure,  standing  on  a  high  basement  of  gray  mica- 
ceous stones.  From  its  noble  cupola  a  wide  prospect  could 
be  seen.  In  the  foreground,  toward  the  south,  lay  the 
orchard  of  the  college  farm  (the  delight  of  many  a  tres- 
passer), the  old  farmhouse  with  its  great  barn,  and  the  little 
pond  at  the  edge  of  a  wood  where  the  boys  were  accustomed 
to  bathe  at  the  close  of  school  on  summer  afternoons.  Far 
off  on  the  horizon  many  miles  away,  between  the  forests  of 
Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey,  in  certain  states  of  the  atmos- 
phere and  sun,  gleamed  the  waters  of  the  Delaware. 


THi;    FI.()<>I»    SUBSIDKS. —  H AVKKFtUM*    KK<»rKNKI).         JOl 

Siidi  wt'if  llu-  I'f.iiitiful  prt'inises  now  to  be  rcstorecl  to 
tlieir  wonted  usi  ' 

Tlie  hall  could  contain  seventy-live  students  and  the  fam- 
ilies of  their  instructors  and  care-takers. 

The  school  year  was  divided  intt»  two  terms — a  winter  (»l 
six  and  a  summer  of  four  months,  with  four  weeks'  vacation 
each  spring  and  Fall. 

Tuition  and  hoard  were  still  S'iOO  a  year;  the  total  sala- 
ries, now  :?-JJ),00(),  were  then  hut  §2,000  a  year.  As  the 
scliool  «;rew,  these  increased  hy  the  en<;agement  of  a  hook- 
keeper  at  >*300  or  $400,  and  of  advanced  under«j;raduates  to 
give  half  time  to  study  and  half  to  instruction,  receiv- 
ing therefor  hoard  and  tuition,  mid  sloo  or  >?20(>  a  year 
more.  The  careers  of  certain  of  these  show  how  much 
talent  was  thus  secured,  and  how  much  .service  was  ren- 
dered from  devotion  to  duty  rather  than  for  reward.  This 
low  scale  of  receipts  and  expenditures  was  maintained  for 
several  years.  Such  small  annual  deficits  as  resulted  were 
taken  care  of  hy  the  income  of  the  I'und,  hy  which,  aLso, 
education  was  given  to  needy  youn^^  I'riends  preparing 
themselves  for  teachers. 

Appropriations  of  §1,(»0(>  each  for  gratuitous  instruction 
were  made  2d  month  23<1.  1S40,  and  1st  month  2r)tii,  1850, 
and  on  «",th  month  27th,  IS.'l.one  of  :?1,2(K>.  At  the  end 
of  the  sciiool  year  closing  ith  month  8th,  l.SoO,  $00(i  had 
hien  expended  on  sucii  educaticui  and  $1,">00  on  deficit. 

The  Funil,  the  source  of  so  much  goo»l,  was  cherished  as 
the  apple  of  the  eye;  its  accounts  were  kept  separately;  its 
condition  was  reported  eacli  Ith  Jiionth,  and  its  current 
interest  balance  nearly  every  month.  There  was  a  stand- 
ing committee  to  invest  it  (on  which  Paul  W.  N<'whall, 
John  Farnuni  and  Marnniduke  C  Cope  served),  with  oniers 


202  HISTORY   OF   HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

to  buy  real  estate  securities  only,  unless  witli  the  previous 
approbation  of  the  Board.  This  buying  had  been  well 
done,  and  the  value  of  the  securities  was  reported  on  5th 
month  10th,  1850,  to  be  §52,459.07.  Much  of  the  work  of 
Ilaverford  was  carefully  and  lovingly  wrought  out  by  com- 
mittees of  its  Managers.  Such  a  committee  gave  its  pres- 
ence at  the  reopening. 

It  was  a  well-contented  score  of  lads  who  met  on  that 
10th  day  of  5th  month,  1848,  to  assault  the  heights  of 
learning  under  Quaker  colors.  No  other  undergraduate 
class  of  their  like  was  elsewhere  to  be  found.  They  were 
the  advance  guard  of  their  generation.  Tliey  knew  hard 
work  ajid  strict  discipline  were  to  be  theirs,  but  they  had 
not  been  bred  in  self-indulgence;  they  knew  the  white- 
washed fence  that  bounded  the  lawn  would  be  their 
"bounds,"  which,  except  by  leave,  the}'  could  not  cross,  or 
go  into  any  house  beyond  it,  save  on  permission.  They 
knew  no  mone}'  would  be  in  their  pockets  but  the  scant 
sums  furnished  through  the  school  authorities;  they  knew 
these  authorities  would  inspect  their  books  and  withhold  all 
fiction,  would  select  their  newspapers  and  lock  them  up  on 
First  days;  would  require  them  to  rise  early  and  be  at 
breakfast  at  tap  of  bell,  to  avoid  at  all  hours  each  other's 
rooms,  and  each  his  own  in  the  hours  of  forenoon.  They 
knew  their  dress  must  be  simple  and  plain;  that  "plain'' 
meant  likeness  to  forms  worn  by  Friends,  avoidance  of 
which  was  held  as  an  indisposition  to  avow  the  beliefs  of 
the  Society.  They  knew  that  to  jackets  and  coats  one  row 
of  buttons  only  would  be  allowed,  and  tliat  the  collars  of 
their  frock  coats  must  be  straight  like  those  of  Washington. 
Such  frock  coats  the  cadets  of  West  Point  wore  who  are  in 
training  to  be  leaders  of  material  forces;    to  do  the  same — 


THi:    ll.ool)    SIHSIKKS. —  IIAVKRFORD    KK<»I'ENKD.        203 

sliuuld  tl»i:5  be  felt  a  luir(Uhi|>  by  those  in  training;  to  bo 
leadei-s  in  the  nobler  vocation  of  maintaining  onlor  through 
tlie  force  of  persuasion  an<l  peace? 

These  twenty  huls  probably  thought  nothing  about  all 
this,  were  even  unconscious  of  it:  they  cainr  to  Haverfnrd 
to  obey  rules  and  to  work — 

"To  Hcom  deliglitti  aiitl  livu  lalx>riou8  days" — 

and  in  such  scorning  foun<l  tlnir  delight.  N«»t  that  boyish 
nature  was  never  to  l»reak  out,  and  every  rule  be  always 
inviolate;  not  tluit  Mother  Purdy,  the  colored  wonuui  on 
the  Old  Lancaster  Road,  was  never  to  be  called  upon  for  an 
oyster  strw,  or  White  Hall  lor  mince  turnovers  and  eider; 
not  that  the  summer  moon  would  never  shine  at  midnight 
upon  young  forms  which  had  clind)ed  through  chamber 
windows  to  tile  roof  of  the  porch,  nor  the  transom  over  a 
chamber  door  be  never  darkened  after  bedtime,  to  conceal  a 
group  engaged  in  tiie  rapid  displacement  of  rectangular  pieces 
of  pasteboard  bearing  spots  in  shapes  non-geometrical  and 
figures  the  faces  whereof  were  not  portraits  of  the  ancient 
Friends;  nor  that  behind  the  stage  in  the  greenhouse,  the 
boscage  of  japt>nica,  azalea  a ntl  rose-tree  leaf  should  never 
serve  a  like  end  on  a  half  holiday  after  Monthly  Meeting. 

Yet  such  infractions  were  to  be  but  occasional.  Good 
order,  decorum  an«l,  above  all,  good  feeling  were  to  prevail, 
and  no  rule  finds  more  general  or  ea.sy  observance  than 
this:  "Students  will  be  expected  to  be  atlableand  courteous 
in  their  intercourse  witii  each  other  an<l  with  all  those  with 
whom  they  have  connexion."  In  the  remembrance  of  one 
who  passed  nearly  four  years  in  intinuite  intercourse  with 
them,  no  blow  but  one  within  that  time  was  struck  in  anger 
by   a    Ilaverford    student,  and    he,  j>oor    f«  IImw.   had    been 


-04  HISTORY    OF    IIAVK];i"ORD    COLLKGK. 

reared  in  the  surroundings  of  the  charcoal  pig  iron  business, 
and  to  souls  tried  in  that  furnace  of  affliction  nuich  is  to  he 
forgiven. 

The  education  these  young  fellows  were  to  receive  closely 
resembled  the  four  years'  course  of  the  best  colleges.  Its 
mathematics  ended  in  Differential  and  Integral  Calculus, 
Optics  and  Astronomy;  its  Latin  in  Juvenal  and  Tacitus;  its 
Greek  in  Euripides  or  Sophocles  and  Longinus;  its  English 
in  Moral  and  Mental  Philosophy,  Political  Economy,  Story's 
Commentaries,  Arnold's  Lectures  on  Modern  History,  and 
in  Butler's  Analogy.  "Its  aim,"  in  the  words  of  the  Mana- 
gers' report  of  1850,  was  "the  due  cultivation  of  all  the  facul- 
ties, and  its  tendency  to  check  those  excesses  into  which  the 
overstrained  exercise  of  some  of  the  powers  of  the  mind 
often  leads  partially  educated  men.  It  is  an  error  to  object 
to  such  a  course,  that  it  is  not  practical.  It  is  eminently  so 
in  the  highest  sense.  Nor  shall  it  be  forgotten  tliat  that  is 
not  a  course  of  Christian  training,  which  aims  at  the  acqui- 
sition of  property  only,  without  due  regard  to  the  efficient 
discharge  of  the  social  obligations."  For  those  to  whom 
want  of  time  and  means  denies  such  a  course,  Haverford 
now  provides  teaching  in  acquirements  of  instant  pecuniary 
value.     But  to  do  this  is  not  its  tone. 

The  book  which  most  distinguished  its  course  from  others 
was  Dymond's  Moral  Philosophy.  Other  philosophies  have 
not  fully  embraced  the  teaching  of  this  splendid  treatise, 
based  as  it  is  on  close  attachment  to  tlie  doctrines  of  the 
Sermon  on  the  Mount  and  humble  reliance  on  their  Author. 
The  right  rule  of  action  it  teaches  to  be  truth,  which  is 
never  to  be  swerved  from  because  of  apparent  expediency, 
and  it  holds  that  to  be  untrue  which  is  intended  to  deceive. 

The  <lirect   religious  teaching:  of  tlie  school  for  the  most 


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Till-:    FLOOD   SUHSIDKS. — HAVKKFOKD    KKoPKNKD.        205 

part  consisttMl  in  Hihle  ri'iuliuj^s  at  brt-akfast  tal)K'  and  ait 
collection  for  l)i'(l,  in  uttenilancf  <>u  I'irst  ilay  and  Fittli 
day  niornint;  nieotings  for  worsiiip,  and  in  lessons  in  tin- 
(iri't'lv  Testament  on  First  day  afternoons. 

Meetin«;s  for  \voi*sliip  were  often  held  in  silence.  lUit  at 
times  the  voices  of  Thomas  Kvans  and  Samuel  Hettle  an<l 
otluT  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  and  once  that  »>f  lunjamin 
Seehohm,  seemetl  to  throw  (»n  this  worhl  a  li.uht  jjiven  them 
in  a  better.     Then'  was  no  resident  minister  at  that  time. 

Upon  examining;  the  students,  not  more  than  six  proved 
fully  i»reparetl  for  the  Third  Junior  Class,  and  the  rest  were 
remanded  to  studies  in  varyintj  degrees  preliminary. 

Studying  at  Ilaverford,  before  the  building'  of  Barclay 
Hall,  was  not  done  in  chambers,  but  in  the  large  room  west 
of  the  stairway  in  Founders'  Hall,  where  each  student  had 
his  desk,  and  where  at  certain  hours  of  the  day,  and  in 
winter  of  the  evenings,  study  hours  were  kept,  and  an  olVicer 
sat  to  preserve  order  and  help  the  harncr  ovtr  pu/./.lin^ 
points.     Recitations  were  made  in  class-room.s. 

Study  was  |>rosecuted  amid  the  pleasantest  surroundings. 
<  )ftieei-s  and  students  lived  together  as  in  an  agreeable  home. 
Their  mutual  dispositions  and  their  small  numbers  fostered 
this.  All  were  welcome  to  the  nnitron's  parlor,  and  al.so  to 
the  general  sitting-room,  known  as  the  boys'  parlor. 

In  the  former  were  kept  'I'li*  Frlaid,  The  Friends'  Jlcvieo 
and  Friends  Library:  in  the  other  the  daily  papers.  To 
deck  either  parlor  from  greenhouse  or  lawn  or  gardens  was 
a  pleasure;  to  plant  and  tend  tl»e  gardens,  a  delight.  N(»r 
was  it  a  small  satisfaction  to  wander  among  the  gooseberry 
bushes  in  the  vegetiible  garden  an<l  eram  one's  pocket  with 
fruit  to  munch  in  the  study  or  the  class-rooms. 

After  tea,  or  on  Seventh  day  afternoons,  permission  to 


206  HISTORY    OF   HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

ramble  out  of  bounds  was  easily  had,  or  to  visit  Charlie 
Arthur's  ice-cream  saloon.  Sometimes  an  officer  would 
walk  with  the  school  to  see  tlie  fine  view  of  the  Schuylkill 
\'alley  from  Prospect  Hill,  or  take  it  along  Mill  Creek  to 
bathe  in  Flat  Rock  Dam, 

Within  "bounds,"  tlie  universal  game  of  "shinney"  and 
tlie  old-fashioned  sort  of  football  were  the  sources  of  exercise 
— the  football  being  a  blown  bladder  in  a  thick  leather  case. 

Bi-monthly,  a  Committee  of  Managers,  when  inspecting 
the  school,  would  dine  or  sup  at  the  college  table,  and  some- 
times ask  the  matron,  at  its  head,  whether  the  sugar  was 
"  free" — i.e.,  bought  at  George  W.  Taylor's  free  labor  store, 
whose  sugars  and  cottons  were  supposed  never  to  have 
been  contaminated  by  the  touch  of  slavery. 

The  summer  brought  Managers  and  others  from  the  city 
to  board  near  the  school.  Between  their  families  and  the 
students  there  often  arose  courteous  relations,  out  of  which 
sprang  at  least  one  serious  attachment  that  ripened  into 
marriage. 

The  winter  term  of  1848-49  found  thirty-six  students  at 
the  school.  Among  those  who  then  entered  were  the  twin 
brothers,  Alfred  H.  and  Albert  K.  Smiley,  who  in  person 
and  countenance  bore  a  closer  resemblance  than  do  the  let- 
ters of  their  names  ;  indeed,  none  but  their  familiars  could 
tell  them  apart.  They  were  alike,  too,  in  their  dispositions, 
and  have  been  alike  in  their  careers.  It  is  premature  to  at- 
tempt their  biography.  Their  connection  with  Haverford  as 
instructors  was  brief,  but,  like  so  many  others  of  her  teachers, 
they  afterward  lived  careers  of  distinction  and  usefulness. 
Teaching  for  a  while  in  Germantown,  they  spent  some  years 
in  tlie  West,  and  were  then  called  to  assume  the  guidance 
of  Friends'  Boarding-School  at  Providence.     This  they  con- 


THi:    I  I.OOI)    SIBSIDKS.  —  IlAVKKIdKI)    KKorKNKI).         'J' (7 

ducted  uiili  consummate  skill,  jmd  uoii  laurels,  placiuj; 
the  school  on  a  basis  of  assured  fiuuiicial  'Success,  in  the 
reward  of  which  tliey  shared.  Leaving  Providence  in  j»ur- 
suit  of  licalth.  tlicy  huilt  up  the  popular  twin  summer  resorts 
of  Lakes  Mohonk  and  Minncwaska.  Beautiful,  unitjue  and 
most  picturesque  ns  they  are,  tliese  are  still  more  remarkal)le 
for  tlio  singular  atmosphere  of  piety,  purity  and  philan- 
thropy with  which  tluir  proprietors  have  succeeded  in  in- 
vesting them.  The  fame  of  those  sister  conferences  at  ].,ake 
Mohonk  on  Indian  affairs  and  on  hehalf  of  the  negro  has 
gone  abroad,  and  they  have  created  a  widespread  and  power- 
ful influence  on  j)ul)lic  opinion  and  the  course  of  govern 
nient  on  those  vexed  questions.  Albert  K.  Smiley  has  for 
many  years  occupied  with  distinguished  honor  and  ability 
the  position  of  one  of  the  I'resident's  Board  of  Indian  Com- 
missioners, created  by  General  (irant,  and  he  is  also  one  of 
the  trustees  of  Bryn  Mawr  College,  under  the  will  of  the 
founder. 

The  records  of  the  Managers  s!i(»w  that  a  written  report 
for  the  preceding  term  was  made  by  the  Princijtal  and  each 
teacher,  concerning  his  dej)artment,  to  the  Committee  on  In- 
struction. This  custom  was  continued.  It  was  a  part  of 
the  then  prevailing  system  of  management  by  the  direct 
oversight  of  committees  of  the  Board.  This  .system  secured 
the  attention  and  interest  of  Managers,  but  was  sometimes 
carried  a  little  tt)0  far,  as  when,  for  example,  a  Committee 
of  the  Board,  rather  than  the  .•'teward,  was  directed  to  jmr- 
chase  chairs  for  the  .schoolroom.  To  enqdoy  Nasmyth 
steam-hammers  to  crack  shellbarks  is  a  waste  of  force! 

The  sumnier  term  of  l.sr.»  opened  with  forty-five  students, 
a  gain  of  \'2')  per  cent,  in  a  year  I  The  brothers  Smiley 
were  engage<l  to  a.H.»»ist  in  teaching  Knglishand  Mathennitics 
while  studying  to  get  their  own  dijdomas. 


208  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOr.D    Cor.LEGK. 

At  the  end  of  the  term  the  Council  of  Teachers  reported 
to  the  Managers  that  these  candidates  had  passed  the  re- 
quired examinations,  and  were  of  good  moral  character. 
The  diploma  of  Haverford  is  not  given  unless  both  of 
these  conditions  are  fulfilled.  The  two  brothers  were  the 
graduating  class  of  this  year. 

In  the  evenings  of  this  summer  many  students  amused 
themselves  by  gathering  together  in  the  parlor  to  read  aloud 
Macaulay's  History.  Its  first  two  volumes  had  been  pub- 
lished the  winter  before.  Its  author's  graphic  descriptions 
of  society,  his  vivid  delineations  of  character,  his  command- 
ing style,  his  vast  information,  and,  above  all,  his  fervent 
love  of  the  progress  of  English  liberty,  secured  their  admira- 
tion. That  one  of  the  great  apostles  of  English  liberty  was 
by  liim  defamed,  in  the  person  of  William  Penn,  caused  a 
peculiar  regret  to  the  students,  who  revered  that  noble  man 
for  his  goodness.  It  pleased  them,  however,  that  William 
Forster's  son  was  he  who  first  and  quickl}'-  showed  Macaulay 
to  have  overlooked  or  disregarded  papers  and  dates  easily 
at  his  hands,  and  to  have  ventured  upon  a  groundless  attack 
on  a  great  reputation,  won  by  life-long  proofs,  both  of  purity 
and  strength  of  character.  AVilliam  Edward  Forster's  "  Penn 
and  Macaulay  "  was  a  noble  earnest  of  the  coming  states- 
man. When  confronted  by  the  proofs  of  his  mistake, 
Macaulay  refused  to  pay  the  homage  due  to  Truth,  and 
this  is  said  to  have  troubled  the  last  jnoments  of  the  great 
historian. 

The  winter  term  of  1840-50  brought  again  an  increase  of 
students.  They  numbered  fifty-seven.  It  brought  also  a 
picturesque  and  fine  character  in  Joseph  Cartland,  who 
came  as  steward.  A  genial  man  he  was — tall,  wiry,  with 
dark,  bright  eye  and  aquiline  nose.  Next  Fall  he  became 
Superintendent. 


THK    I  I.OOI)    SUBSIDKS. — IlAVKKFoUD    RE(  >1'KNEI».         20l» 

Karly  in  the  cigliteontli  ft'iitury  his  father's  ancestor 
came  from  Scothuul  to  a  part  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  name<I  Lee, 
t'rnm  Lee  on  the  ('art,  a  river  called  hy  Walter  Scott  the 
home  of  the  Cartlands.  Joseph's  mioiIm  r  and  the  mother 
of  John  <l.  Whittier  were  first  cousins.  IL-  was  born  in 
LSIO.  A  Friends'  Meeting  House  stoo«l  on  his  father's 
farm.  Attendance  had  become  snuill,  and  in  winter  the 
meeting  was  held  in  his  fathers  house. 

Joseph  remembers  William  Forster.  Isaac  Stevenson, 
David  Sands,  John  Cinnly,  and  in  Ls:}.')  William  Evans 
being  at  this  house  while  travelling  in  the  ministry.  The 
I'hiladelphia  Fritnd  came  there  weekly  an<l  was  regularly 
read.  One  essay  in  this  came  home  to  him  with  special 
force,  and  is  looked  back  upon  with  gratitude  as  a  warning 
at  a  critical  time.  Such  influences  formed  his  character  and 
established  his  beliefs  as  a  Friend  and  convinced  him  of 
their  truth.  Of  boyish  companionships  with  Friends  he 
had  but  few.  None  were  to  l)e  had  within  three  miles  of 
his  home,  and  Monthly  Meeting  was  many  more  miles 
away. 

Ilis  relationship  with  Whittier  was  an  interesting  factor 
at  Haverford.  Tiie  poet  was  not  then  as  famous  a.s  now. 
He  had  not  written  "  Snow-Bound/'  or  given  to  the  nation 
"The  Centennial  Hymn."  iJut  ins  '  I'alestine"  and 
"  IJarclay  of  Ury  "  had  been  written,  and  "  The  Yankee 
(iirl  "  and  most  of  his  anti-slavery  poenjs  ;  and  in  response 
to  Webster's  si>eech  and  vote  on  the  Fugitive  Slave  Hill  he 
had  just  sent  "  IcIuiImhI  "  rolling  through  tlie  land.  Tin- 
students  were  proud  of  our  (Quaker  [)oet;  often  talked  of  him, 
and  sympathized  in  his  characterization  of  the  fall  of  the 
great  statesman  from  his  moral  height  of  defen<ler  of  the 
Constitution. 

14 


210 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 


.     .     .     from  those  great  eyes 

Tlie  soul  is  fled  ; 
Wlien  faith  is  lost,  when  honor  dies, 

The  man  is  dead  ! 

Then  pay  the  reverence  of  old  days 

To  his  dead  fame  ; 
VValii  backward  with  averted  gaze. 

And  hide  the  shame  I  ">^ 

•Joseph  Cartlaiid  remained  in  charge  of  the  discipline  and 
business  of  Haverford  until  1853.  In  1855  he  married 
Gertrude  E.  Whittier,  Principal  of  the  Female  Department 
of  Friends'  Boarding-School  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  a 
relative  of  his  own  and  of  the  poet.  They  afterward  con- 
ducted that  school  together  on  their  own  account,  and  in- 
troduced a  systematic  course  of  teaching,  suggested  by  that 
of  Haverford,  which  is  still  largely  maintained  there,  and 
has  been  followed  by  other  Friends'  boarding-schools. 

After  five  prosperous  years  they  retired  from  labor,  and 
now  at  Newburyport  in  his  eighty-first  year,  his  eye  un- 
dimmed,  his  hand  steady  as  at  forty,  surrounded  by  friends 
and  relations,  Joseph  Cartland  lives,  a  contented  and  grate- 
ful man.  Would  there  were  more  lives  like  his  to  model 
after,  as  void  of  self-seeking  and  as  pure ! 

The  summer  term  of  1850  opened  with  sixty-two  stu- 
dents— another  increase.  The  total  that  had  now  been 
enrolled  was  eighty,  viz.: 

From  Pennsylvania,       .....       46 


Massachusetts, 
Maryland, 
New  Jersey,  . 
New  York,     . 
Ohio,      . 
Maine,  . 
Indiana, 

New  Hampshire, 
Delaware, 


8 
8 
6 
3 
3 
2 
2 

1 
_1 
80 


THK    lI.O«»I>   sli;sll)is — ll.\VKKKOHl>    KK«>I'KNK1».        Jl  1 

The  ilistiii^^iiisliiii^'  cvrnt  of  this  term  was  the  delivery 
of  a  short  course  of  lectures  on  entomology  In'  Henry 
(loiulby.  lioth  the  subject  and  the  lecturer  fell  in  well  with 
the  humor  of  the  students.  Sixty  <lollars  wen-  |»aid  for  this 
service,  but  that  it  ^ave  a  scientihr  turn  to  insect-catching 
at  Ilaverford  is  not  clear. 

The  winter  term  of  18r)t>-r)l  found  the  students  imnaAcd 
to  sixty-five.  Lindley  Murray  Moore  had  resij^ned  his  posi- 
tion of  Principal,  and  the  duties  (jf  that  oHiir  ha<l  Iumh 
divided  by  makinj;  .loseph  (.'artland  Superintendent  as  to 
discipline,  and  by  appointing  A.  11.  and  \.  K.  Smiley 
teachers  of  English  Literature.  It  al.so  found  Oougan  Clark 
assistant  teacher.  Before  the  close  of  the  session  a  like 
position  wa.s  filled  by  Zaccheus  Test,  and  Georg<'  W.  llohnes 
(to  whom  so  many  a  I'hiladilphia  boy  owes  jiriniaiy  les- 
sons in  the  limner's  art)  iiad  been  engaged  as  teacher  of 
drawing. 

Anotiier  notability,  John  Lord,  author  of  a  nuini)er  of 
historical  works,  and  until  recent  years  Lecturer  on  History, 
rose  on  the  horizon  of  Haverford.  lie  came,  engaged  to 
deliver  six  lectures  for  $<)(>,  or  a  dozen  for  $100;  and  how  he 
Hourishe*!  his  cambric  handkerchief  about  and  re<luced  it 
to  shreds  by  the  end  of  each  lecture,  and  how,  with  nasal 
rmphasi.><,  he  «lid  reiteratingly  declare,  "Ideas  can  never 
die,"  were  highly  amusing  |>erfornninces.  And  yet  he  stim- 
ulated a  taste  for  iiistory,  and  made  us  still  more  eager 
than  we  were  for  an  early  reading  of  each  outcoming  vol- 
ume of  Abbott's  Scries  of  Historical  Sketches,  published  in 
crimson  covers,  and  written  with  views  as  highly  colored 
as  their  bindings. 

The  student  who  lives  in  an  isolated  college,  apart  from 
the  diversions  of  a  great  town  or  city,  easily  forms  a  habit 


212  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

of  reading  after  his  daily  hours  of  study  and  recreation  are 
over.  Excellent  libraries  of  standard  and  current  literature 
fostered  this  habit  at  Haverford,  and  her  graduates  have 
been  said  to  excel  in  general  information.  The  professors 
of  the  two  oldest  universities  of  America  have  remarked 
that.  The  close  of  the  term  brought  the  graduation  of 
Thomas  J.  Levick.  Of  the  twenty  students  with  whom  the 
school  reorganized,  he  was  the  first  to  complete  the  course 
of  study. 

The  summer  term  of  1851  opened  with  sixty-six  students, 
still  an  increase  in  number,  though  slight.  The  most  curi- 
ous affair  about  the  term  was  its  close,  which  was  accident- 
ally and  unintentionally  postponed  for  a  week  by  tlie 
Council  of  Teachers,  and  that,  oh  marvellous  thing,  without 
notice  to  or  remonstrance  by  the  students! 

The  annual  picnic  was  held  in  the  leafy  month  of  June, 
record  does  not  say  where ;  presumably  it  was  as  usual  on 
the  steep  side  of  the  Schuylkill  hill,  at  the  mouth  of  Mill 
Creek.  Once  at  a  picnic  there  a  great  stone  was  carelessly 
rolled  down  the  hill  by  some  students,  and  struck  a  tree 
against  which  was  sitting  the  wife  of  one  of  America's  most 
distinguished  surgeons.'  Luckily  it  glanced  aside,  and 
did  no  damage. 

At  the  commencement,  held  Hth  month  15th,  1851,  the 
diploma  of  the  school  was  given  to 

Joseph  L.  Baily,       .         .         .     Berks  County,  Pa. 


Philip  C.  Garrett,     . 
Franklin  E.  Paige,  . 
Zaccheus  Test, 
James  Carey  Thomas, 
Richard  Wood, 


Dr.  Joseph  Pancoast,  all  of  whose  sons  were  Haverford  .students. 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Weare,  N.  H. 
Richmond,  Ind. 
Baltimore,  Md. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


THK    FLO(>I»    SUIWIDKS. —  M  V\  IKKoKh    i:i:<  >ii:\  Fl). 


21;; 


Little  reiiiaiiis  of  a  gfHt-ral  natun-  lur  us  to  ivconl  as  to 
this  period.  It  is  to  be  regretted  tliat  for  i'f«»noinic  reasons 
it  was  (leteriiiiiied  to  al>an<loii  the  greenhouse,  which  had 
been  tlie  centre  of  many  retining  influences.  On  the  morn- 
ing of  12th  montii  l<'»tli.  iSol,  there  was  ice  on  Kelly's  pond, 
and  a  forenoon  iioliday  was  given  the  school  to  enjoy  the 
skating.  No  incident  occurred  before  the  close  of  the  year 
wliieii  the  historian  of  the  |>rrio(l  tht  n  ending  can  with 
more  pleasure  perpetuate. 

Hut  before  proceeding  with  the  general  narrative,  we  will 
devote  one  chapter  to  illustratinL'  'hr  lii<rary  liff  wiihin 
the  college. 


Tin:  <.i:ni:i:  \i   u  \\m    twins 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

THR  LOGANIAN— FROM  THE  REOPENING 
TO  i8si. 

We  grappled  witli  every  topic, 

So  tlie  great  world  could  come  to  no  harm  ; 
Sometimes  our  discussions  were  tropic, 

They  never  were  other  than  warm. 
While  the  statesmen  were  still  nndecided. 

Were  doubtful,  and  dumb,  and  perplexed, 
You  settled  the  question,  or  I  did, 

And  trckled  tlie  next. — Jos.  Parrish. 


iiAi:i;iT<>N 
(Tlip  Resilience  of  Cli:iil.>>  Tlinmson,  Secretary  ol  the  Continental  Congress). 

(214) 


THK    LOLiANIAN.  215 

Amonc  the  attractions  ofFert'tl  to  visitors  were  the  weekly 
meetings  of  the  Lo«j;anian  Society,  luM  on  Secon<l  tiny 
evenings,  ami  open  to  all  lookers-on. 

The  Society  had  Keen  suspended  at  the  celebrated  meet- 
ing of  r2th  month  lUlh,  IMO,  and  its  property  turned  over 
to  trustees;  less  than  twenty  days  after  the  reopening  of  the 
school  it  was  reorganized,  and  the  property  of  the  old 
society  formally  turned  over  to  the  renew«-d  one. 

Lindley  Murray  Moore  was  elected  I'resitlent;  Kichanl 
Wood,  Vice-President ;  .lames  ('.  Thomas,  Secretary;  Kd- 
ward  K.  Parry,  Treasurer. 

There  were  chosen  a  curator,  lihraiian,  six  numagers 
each,  of  the  garden  an<l  carpenter  shop,  three  of  the  lathe; 
a  committee  of  four  on  fruit,  of  three  on  the  swing,  and  of 
fiV(>  each  on  Botany.  Ornithology  and  Entomology. 

The  memhers  numhered  twenty-thre( — the  twenty  stu- 
dents and  three  male  officers;  the  matron  was  made  an 
lionorary  member  the  next  term.  W  in  thi<  ttrm  the  Society 
was  small,  it  was  also  a  very  active  little  body.  All  its 
memhers  freciucntly,  and  never  less  than  twenty-one.  at- 
tended its  meetings.  Seventeen  were  ollicei*s  or  committee- 
men ;  more  than  one  iield  six  places.  Its  first  <lebate  as  to 
"  Which  is  tiie  more  powerful — Ix>ve  or  Revenge?"  had  been 
gallantly  decided  for  Love.  Its  exerci.ses  were  recitations, 
essays,  addresses,  orations,  etc.  Twt)  addresses  by  I..  M. 
Moore  on  the  Po.stal  System,  and  an  essay  "On  the  Present 
Events  in  France"  by  .Io.s.  W.  Aldrich,  called  forth  the 
thanks  of  the  Society.  Supplying  material  to  the  carpenter 
shop,  and  tools  to  the  garden,  and  labelling  the  jdants  and 
trees  of  the  lawn,  busied  the  appropriate  committees.  The 
Ornitiudogical  Committee,  or  some  other  inlluence,  .set  many 
students  to  collecting  birds'  eggs.      To  protect  the  birds  on 


216  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFOHD    COLLEGE. 

the  lawn  tliis  collecting  was  finally  strictly  i)rohibite(l  by 
the  Managers.  No  such  protection  awaited  the  unhappy 
butterflies  and  beetles.  Upon  these  the  full,  wonted  ento- 
mological rage  of  the  Haverford  collector  was  let  forth  un- 
trammelled. To  secure  from  the  rotten  stumj)  the  largest 
Calosoma,  with  its  lustrous  coat  of  mail  ;  to  net  a  glorious 
moth  poised  over  a  rose  in  the  garden  ;  to  drown  these  in 
alcohol,  to  pin  them  m  masse  in  glass-covered  boxes,  with 
little  regard  to  classification  or  nomenclature — these  were 
the  prizes  and  this  the  pride  that  delighted  the  Haverford 
insect-catcher !  It  was  the  mania  of  the  collector  ratlier 
than  the  love  of  the  scientist.  So  far  did  this  mania  go, 
such  havoc  was  wrought  by  it  all  about,  that  at  last  a  noble 
Coleopteron — the  sole  survivor  of  his  race — by  some  tele- 
phonic process  as  yet  occult,  hummed  into  the  pages  of 
TJie  Collegian  (of  which  journal  more  anon) — 

THE  LAMENT  OF  THE  BEETLE  TO  THE  BUGGER. 

[lie  hears  Jiis  companions.^ 
Hark  !  hark  I  the  buzz  and  hum 

As  of  murtled  drum, 
And  the  s^tirr  and  tlie  wliirr 

As  the  beetles  come. 

\^His  lament.] 
Does  my  horny  coat  so  hrif,dit  appear 

In  your  eager  eyes, 
Tliat  you  seek  me  out  and  pin  me  liere 

As  your  lawful  ))rize  ? 
Why  take  me  from  my  native  air 

(Jr  woody  cell, 
Where  ne'er  was  heard  the  voice  of  care, 

With  you  to  dwell  ? 

Do  you  never  think  of  tlie  j^rief 

That  1  must  feel  ? 
Your  eyes  are  dull,  your  cars  arc  deaf, 

Your  heart  of  steel. 
Wliy  plunge  me  in  your  liorrid  batli 

Of  liquid  fire  ? 
Wiiat  have  1  done  to  court  your  wrath 

Or  raise  vour  ire  ? 


THK    iJMiAMAN.  J  1  7 

Why  ifar  me  froin  my  puniit.s  dear, 

And  tender  wife? 
Why  muse  mv  tints  to  end  in  fear 

My  wrvtelietl  life '.' 
( >h  !  in  tlie  old  stump,  us  it  lit* 

'Neath  yonder  tree, 
My  children  now  with  ea^jer  tye« 

l/M(k  out  for  me. 

Oil  I  pin  me  nut  in  that  dreadful  place. 

Well  painted  re<l. 
Where  thousands  of  my  Kniltlexs  race 

Lie  cold  and  dead. 
Oh  !  let  me  ^o  to  my  own  dear  lionte, 

IWp  in  the  shade, 
Where  the  Iteelles  wiKl  in  freetloiu  roatn 

O'er  nil  tlie  glade. 

Then  pniy,  kind  liu<:i;er,  let  me  go 

To  my  anxious  wife, 
To  my  children  dear  and  (larents,  w-|io 

Once  >;ave  me  life. 
Oh  I  then  thy  name  with  sweetettt  .son;: 

We'll  j;ladly  hinn 
In  Hhade  l>y  day,  an<i  all  night  long 

Where'er  we  come. 

[I ft-  fscafte^.l 
'Tis  over  an«l  done, 

.\nd  on  sounding  wings 

The  lut'tle  springs, 
.\nd  is  gone. — Coi.koitkra. 

That  tlu'  woods  witliin  a  mile  of  Ilaverford  still  henr 
some  scions  of  this  noble  race  may  be  diii'  to  this  fortunate 
escape,  a.s  Noah  luckily  repeopletl  the  earth  by  his  survival 
of  the  flood. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  JSoc-iety  luld  Mh  month  7th,  T'^hS, 
no  one  of  the  active  members  appearing  to  be  perfectly 
fitted  to  fill  the  place  of  orator,  it  was  resolved  to  invite 
l)r.  Hrnry  Ilartxhorne,  an  honorary  member,  to  deliver  at 
the  elose  of  the  term,  in  lieu  of  the  oration,  an  a<ldress  em- 
bracing a  skrtil"  of  iIm-  l!i~t..rv  ..f  the  Soci"**'  •"v-ni  its 
foundation. 


218  HISTORY    OF    HAVHltFORD    COLLEGE. 

The  acceptance  of  this  invitation  was  carried  into  effect  by 
the  delivery  of  the  graceful  historical  and  poetical  address 
that  has  passed  into  literature  as  "  Ilaverford  Revived." 

One  of  its  gems  is  its  tribute  to  Daniel  B.  Smith,  eloquent 
with  the  love  of  his  old  pupils  and  their  honor  for  him  as 
the  first  President  of  the  Societ3^ 

"  Not  in  vain  did  he  hope,  to  use  his  own  humljle 
language,  to  have  here  spent  twelve  years  in  the  service  of 
Truth  and  Virtue.  Denying  himself  many  comforts,  es- 
tranging his  time  from  the  pursuit  of  wealth,  or  the  enjoy- 
ment of  leisure,  every  talent  of  his  able  and  cultivated 
mind  was  exerted  actively,  patiently,  anxiously,  to  advance 
the  cause  of  education  on  this  spot.  We  must  ever  regard 
his  good  influence  as  having  been  the  most  important  ele- 
ment in  the  development  of  our  minds  and  the  formation 
of  our  characters." 

The  address  closed  with  lines  which  touch  a  responsive 
chord  in  a  wide  experience,  and  reflections  which  are  of 
lasting  value : 

"  Ghostlike,  the  beings  and  events  of  other  days  come  up 
before  us;  and  I  cannot  but  speak  to  them.  They  are 
answered  by  the  contrast  of  things  now  present  in  our 
outer  and  inner  world. 

O  prime  of  life  I  thy  fairy  liour  has  fled  I 

Gone  witli  the  dews  that  deck  the  mead  at  inoni  I 

We  gathered  llowers  witli  thee,  but  tliey  are  deatl, 
Tlie  stems  that  bore  them  witliered  lie  forlorn. 

We  wander  in  the  fields,  but  find  no  more — 
We  miss  their  fragrance  in  the  oi>ening  spring; 

We  list  for  music  where  the  winds  once  bore 
Eden-like  strains  :  those  birds  no  longer  sing! 

Yet  myriad  flowers  still  carpet  the  fair  earth, 
And  thousand  songsters  cijarm  the  summer  air. 

Why  o'er  our  hearts  will  fall  such  woful  dearth 
That  blights  all  beauty,  fragrance,  music  there? 


TMK    I.odAMAN.  2I!> 

It  is  the  clouil,  ()  iiiuii !  i>t°  tliiiie  filijMe  ; 

It  18  the  .sliuilow  of  thy  mortal  woe; 
Youth  otVeni  llo|>e'8  Nweet  chiilice  to  our  lips, 

Hut  ere  Youth  llees,  Trutli  l>iiis  thtit  h«>|»e  forego. 

We  knew  not  then,  though  tiiu^ht,  how  Sin  cuuld  reign, 
C'ouhl  blind  the  eye  of  I>»y,  anil  unntar  Ninht ; 

Coultl  {Mtison  plea.xure,  lend  new  darts  lo  |>iiiii, 

And  forestall  l>ealh  ere  I>eulh  had  claimed  liia  right. 

We  know  it  now  ;  luiy  more,  the  spell  hath  wrought 
In  UM,  and  therefore  hath  our  sky  grown  dull  ; 

Anil  therefore  have  our  day-4lreanis  oome  to  naught, 
And  naught,  ils  tmee  it  seenie«l,  i**  lieautiful. 

Yet  fear  me  not ;  no.  Heaven  forliid  lli:it  fear. 

That  life's  young  glory  was  a  dream  alone; 
lie  who  hath  seen  the  sun  shine  strong  :u)d  t  lear, 

Shall  he  despair,  though  storms  now  gird  its  /.one? 

We  have  a  "  more  sure  wonl  of  prophei-y  ;" 

We  mark  the  day-l)eam  through  the  uiK.*ning  heaven  ; 

From  shining  mounlain-(<ips  deep  waters  (ly, 

The  rainlM>w>tands — our  eertain  promise  given  I 

"It  is  as  one  of  tliu  former  .slu<Uiits  of  lluvorford  ami  an 
ex-member  of  the  Logaiiiaii  Society  that  I  am  among  you, 
ami  I  am[thus  thrown  into  nlkrtion  <»n  thiir  history  since 
leaving  the  institution,  ^hlny  of  tluin  are  scattered  far 
and  wide;  some  are  no  more.  r|)on  this  thenu-  I  may  l)e 
allowed  a  few  moments  yet  to  moral i/.e. 

"  We  look  back  upon  our  dwelling  at  Ilaverford  as  ujiun 
a  kind  of  Happy  \'aliey:  more  wisely  planned,  indeed, 
than  that  of  Kasselas,  in  which  all  that  \va-<  pleasantest, 
innocent  and  proHtahle  was  gatheretl  for  our  use,  while 
many  of  the  evils  of  the  world  were  remov«<l  or  hidden  or 
only  known  to  the  glare  of  distant  conllagration,  and  the 
tidings  of  far-of!'  strife. 

"  >'<t  the  sphere  of  our  life  widens  with  our  years;  feel- 
ings, alVections  and  interests  deepen,  the  light  of  enjoyment 
becomes  more  intense  and   vivid,  the  sha«!ow   of  sutl'ering 


220  HISTOMY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

deeper  an<l  more  terrible.  We  can  now  more  easily  con- 
ceive the  immortality  of  our  nature,  from  the  develo{»ment 
of  our  capacities  for  ha})piness  or  despair. 

"  We  have  known  the  trial  around  us,  if  not  within  us,  of 
those  principles  which  we  are  taught  here  earnestly,  as  the 
words  of  immutable  truth  ;  and  we  have  proved  them  by 
another  and  more  painful  rule,  the  experience  of  every 
other  plan  of  life.  Here  is  a  sad,  dark  cha])ter  in  our  recol- 
lections. 

"  Ten  years  have  not  been  idly  spent  with  closed  eyes 
and  ears  and  moveless  feet  in  a  world  like  this,  by  some 
whose  very  nature  is  a  foe  to  sleep.  But  why  need  the  les- 
son be  repeated  which  they  have  learned?  Did  ever  man 
gain  by  the  experience  of  another?  Is  there  anything  new 
under  the  sun  ?     Yet  the  message  must  be  given. 

"  We  have  seen  tried  infidelity,  indifference  and  the  will- 
ing choice  of  evil.  A  fearful  thing  is  the  reckless  unbelief 
of  the  ardent,  even  when  sincere.  Although  assured  that 
the  world's  pageant  is  all  a  mockery,  the}^  yet  long  to  go 
near,  and  for  themselves  strip  the  mask  from  each  angel- 
faced  demon,  the  wand  from  each  Circe,  and  the  instrument 
of  her  music  from  every  Siren  that  lures  them  to  destruc- 
tion. They  \vould  see,  hear,  feel,  all  that  can  be  seen, 
heard,  feit,  by  man.  Did  not  Eve  so,  and  Adam  so,  and 
was  it  not  thus  they  fell  ? 

"  Would  that  the  voice  of  some  of  those  might  be  heard, 
who,  from  the  very  gates  of  ruin,  have  come  back,  singed 
and  scathed  in  spirit,  if  not  in  body,  to  tell  of  the  terrible 
evils,  the  fearful  lies,  which  stroll  like  painted  actors  to  and 
fro  on  the  stage  of  this  world ;  to  cry  aloud  of  the  deep  and 
bitter  falsehood  there  is  in  all  enjoyment  sought  for  its 
own   sake,  in    the    ways    of   evil,  and    that    the    only  life 


THK    LOGAXIAN.  L'Jl 

which  iiiaii  can  tiii<l   to  satisfy  thf  eraviiij;  id"  his  s<uil    is 
that  eternal  litV  which  is  in  tlie  Truth  and  the  love  of  (.iod. 

*'  I  repeat:  these  an-  tin-  jiiiiieiples  which  we  were  taught 
on  this  spot;  wc  have  seen  them  tried  and  |>rnved  l>y 
every  test;  and  the  more  we  learn  of  man,  <»f  nature  and 
of  human  life,  the  deeper  must  he  our  respect  and  grati- 
tude tt»ward  tluise  who  lu*re  gave  us,  as  students  of  Ilav- 
erforil  and  nitnd)ers  of  the  I^ganian  Society,  the  only  tiu< 
philosophy  of  life,  and  death,  and  immortality  I  " 

The  first  term  of  the  reopened  school  closed  with  this 
oration  on  Ilaverford  Revived. 

The  winter  term  of  184W-r)0  saw  the  activity  of  the  Lo- 
ganian  Society  unabated.  In  this  term  a  new  exercise  was 
devised,  viz.,  "  Reading  for  Information  "  on  subjects,  and 
by  members  chosen  by  the  Council.  "Talking  for  Infor- 
mation" and  ''Answering  (Questions,"  under  like  condi- 
tions, were  afterward  developed.  It  was  decided,  too,  that 
some  "critic"  siiould  silently  and  unkmtwn  watch  the 
proceedings  of  each  meeting,  and  anonymously  comment 
on  them  at  the  next.  At  the  end  of  the  term  the  \'ice- 
I'resident's  address  was  delivered  by  Richard  Wood. 

The  winter  term  of  lS41^5n  brought  tlie  revival  of 

Tin:  <  'oi.i  i-.'.i.vN. 

This  was  the  literary  journal  of  Ilaverford,  j»rei»ared  by 
the  Loganian  Society,  antl  read  in  manuscript  once  a  month 
in  a  meeting  of  the  Society. 

It  was  not,  as  college  papers  largely  are,  a  purveyor  of 
college  news,  but  wa.s,  in  truth,  a  literary  pa|)er.  It  was 
written  on  white  sheets,  letter-size,  with  a  narrow  bonler- 
line  an  incli  or  so  from  the  edge  of  the  sheets.  It  was  bound 
up  with  tine  engravings  of  landscapes  (relating,  when  pos- 


222 


HISTORY    OF    HAVEMFORI)    COLLKOE. 


sible,  to  its  papers)  in  liandsome  volumes  of  dark-green 
morocco.  Its  excellence  fluctuated  from  time  to  time  with 
the  ability  of  those  who  wrote  for  it. 

It  was  now  to  enter  one  of  its  most  interesting  periods. 
In  two  years  its  articles  numbered  222,  and  its  pages  1,159. 
These  mav  be  classified  as  follows: 


Articles. 

Pages 

Editorial,  .... 

.     20 

54h 

Didactic,   . 

.     01 

308 

Humorous, 

.     37 

219 

Travels,     . 

.     14 

136J 

Miscellaneous, 

.     23 

1241 

Biography, 

.     18 

122f 

Poetical,    . 

.     30 

891 

Historical, 

.       8 

62i 

Linguistic, 

.       2 

I3i 

Loganian  Society  Affairs, 

.      4 

12 

Natural  History, 

.      3 

10 

Political,  .... 

1 

5 

Mathematical  (. 

\  Puzzle), 

.      1 

1 

222        1,1581 

Ninety  articles  were  produced  b}'  nine  regular  writers; 
the  rest  were  the  work  of  occasional  contributors,  among 
them,  perchance,  the  wife  of  a  professor,  or  a  neighbor  of  the 
School,  or  a  Manager.  Charles  Yarnall,  perhaps  the  most 
scholarly  man  who  ever  sat  on  the  Haverford  Board,  con- 
tributed "  An  Essay  on  Dr.  Thomas  Arnold,"  and  a  noble 
article  on  "  England's  Greatest  Statesman,"  Sir  Robert  Peel. 

Even  the  brute  creation  made  its  voice  heard.  Honest 
farmer  Scott's  "  Gander"  cackled  a  criticism  on  the  ancient 
poems  of  Mother  Goose  ;  and  the  great  "  Toad  under  the 


THK    I.n<;.\MAN.  223 

Terrace  Steps "  lamentiMl  the  (Itstnution  of  ;iai<lfii  llowrrs 
by  rose-lic't",  and  iiukK'  known  Imw  tlir  lVo;;s,  his  cousins, 
tohl  him  iiur  hoys  uiiinrrcit'ully  lUicked  earh  other  as  tht-y 
batiu'd  in  the  pond. 

An  artich'  in  its  first  nunil»er,  l)y  one  Dr.  Lan;;don,  ^ave 
directions  for  inakinj;  a  paper.  Into  thi'  rrtort  of  ambition, 
the  doctor  advises  there  he  cast  sound  judgment,  good  tuste, 
a  vein  of  humor,  scintilhitions  of  wit.  and  a  f»w  poeticid  mus- 
ings. Tliese  being  in  proprr  proportions,  and  thoroughly 
mixed  with  comnion  sense,  and  occasionally  treated  with  a 
little  pei-sc  vera  nee  and  energy,  will,  under  the  constant 
application  of  the  tire  of  enthusiasm,  volatili/e  into  those 
various  ideas  of  which  a  good  paper  consists. 

*'  \"ery  good  I'  says  Tyro  Lingct  in  an  article  in  the  next 
number,  "  I  serve  notii-e  on  the  public  that  1  will  try  the 
experiment.'' 

In  performance  of  this,  Tyro  relates  that  he  had  fash- 
ioned a  retort,  thrown  in  as  many  of  the  ijigredients  as  lie 
couhl,  had  applied  the  fire  and  awaited  distillation.  In  the 
fumes  there  seemed  to  be  pictured  an  author  at  work  in  his 
stu<ly.  At  first  the  outline  was  clear,  the  words  of  delinea- 
tion short  and  distinct.  These  became  hazier  and  longer 
as  vaporization  continued,  till,  looming  through  the  mist, 
the  author  aj)peared  as  one  wIjo  strove  *'  verbcsely  to  in- 
comprehensiticate  an  already  insignificantly  incommuni- 
cative and  inconceivably  non-t>nderstandable  communica- 
tion. 

"  At  the  moment,  when  deep  amazement  at  the  increasing 
length  of  tiie  words  was  suggesting"  to  the  experimenter 
**  the  propriety  of  procuring  a  telescope  to  find  the  end  of 
tiiem."  an  explosion  was  heanl,  the  retort  burst,  and  wildly 
scattered  all  around  its  nunldv  nnitler. 


224  HISTORY   OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Tyro  Lingo  aghast,  but  retlcctive,  remembered  that,  like 
many  another  aspirant  for  popular  attention,  lie  had  used 
too  little  good  judgment  and  common  sense.  He  deter- 
mined, therefore,  to  abandon  the  retort  of  ambition  and  its 
productions,  and  to  apply  the  few  grains  of  perseverance 
left  him  to  the  mechanical  forces  of  the  screw  and  lever, 
and  grind  out  machine  poetry. 

The  next  number  finds  Tyro 

"  Eager  to  hope  but  not  less  firm  to  bear ; 
Acquainted  witli  all  feelings  save  despair.'' 

"  At  Philosopher's  Hall,  Cynictown,  Nonnomen  Avenue, 
three  doors  above  Nowhere,"  he  had  procured  a  poetical 
machine,  constructed  on  the  improved  mechanical  princi- 
ples of  Olmstead's  Natural  Philosophy,  and  had  attem})ted 
to  turn  it  to  sweet  Lydian  measures.     Words  had  flowed : 

*  Our  States  enjoy  communion, 

Are  free  from  strife  and  vexation ; 
The  men  are  whole-souled  for  the  Union, 

And  the  women  for  Annexation. 
Hail  Columbia !  happy  land  I 
The  home  of  tiiis  sagacious  band, 
Where  postage  is  more  than  a  letter's  worth, 
And  where  are  valentines  enough  to  drive  baciielors  from  the  earth  I '  " 

The  mechanism  being  clearly  at  fault,  and  allowing  too 
many  syllables  to  slip  into  the  last  line.  Tyro  adjusted  a 
screw  and  again  turned  the  crank  : 

"  Our  spelling  is  so  very  nice. 

Possessing  great  variety  ; 
In  a  word,  choose  the  letters  you  like, 

And  youll  spell  with  equal  propriety. 
Great  men  we  have  to  rule  o'er  us, 
Who  wisely  leave  us  to  our  own  coui'se 
And  pocket  their  money — Horse." 

"Wo  worth  such  luck  again  !"  exclaimed  Tyro,  as  the  last 
word,  all  astray,  dropped  from  the  broken  "  poetry  mill." 


THK    LOCAMAN.  226 

Tlius  tlit-'  tun  wtnt  on  t'ruui  immhfr  to  number,  and  is 
thought  to  have  reached  a  clinuix  in  an  essay  on  "The 
Sublime,"  a  burlescjue  of  tlie  "  De  Sublimitat*.'"  of  Longinus. 

Tliis  Grecian  defines  tlie  essence  of  sublimity  to  be  ele- 
vation. 

"That's  soinuthin^f  pretty  hi;;h.'  <ri'-  "M!  literary  rol- 
licker.     "Ti)at's  like 

Tlio  old  wniiian  tosi^ed  up  in  a  l>lanket. 
Seventy  limes  iih  iii)j;li  !i)<  tiie  ni(K)n." 

Or  like  some  men  to  wiiom  it  has  been  given  to  greatly 
soar  above  mankind  and  from  their  high  stan<lin^  to  have 
"  thrown  glory  on  their  generation  as  a  man  would  empty 
a  feather  bed  from  an  attic  window." 

Along  with  this  merriment  (and  it  was  often  wise  m«rri- 
nient)  there  came  from  other  pens  e.^^says  in  great  variety. 

Among  them  were  biographical  sketches  of  Voltaire, 
Tycho  Brahe,  Archimedes  and  Charles  XII  ;  rellcctions,  on 
tiie  Worship  of  (lenius,  on  Supei'stition,  on  the  Practical 
and  Useful,  Forest  Music,  Imagination,  and  on  the  Irish- 
man ;  analy.ses  of  character,  in  Socrates,  Ma<lame  Roland, 
William  Allen,  and  Luther  before  the  Diet  of  Wornis; 
pretty  bits  of  miscellaneous  work,  such  as  Fancies  ami 
Thought.s  in  a  Snow-Storm,  a  short  critiijue  of  In  Memo- 
riam,  a  Letter  from  Theoros.  and  a  Sermon  on  Jacob  Kissed 
Rachel;  humorous  bit.s,  in  Jack  an<l  Jill  Analyzed,  in  a 
Dissertation  on  Shaking  Hands,  and  in  the  Doctor  ami  his 
I'atient,  by  Job  Siddon ;  mythological  an<l  historical  arti- 
cles, of  which  the  Kxpedition  of  the  Argonauts  an<l  the 
Aztec  and  Peruvian  Kmpires  are  good  examples:  and  a 
long  and  careful  study  of  Knglish  Spelling  in  two  articles 
on  Phonography  and  Pluniotypy. 

The  Ode  to  Hannibal    Dying.  an<l  tli.   1.  m.      i..  ilie  Intc- 


226  niSTOi;v  of  haverfokd  college. 

gral  Calculus  (the  latter  a  curious  blending  of  the  exact,  the 
fanciful  and  the  witty)  are  by  one  i)Ossessed  of  true  poetic 
feeling  and  faculty. 

Notes  of  a  Residence  in  Nova  Scotia  and  My  First  ^''oyage 
at  Sea  (both  by  Rambler)  are  graphic  descriptions  worthy 
of  De  Foe. 

Something  of  the  character  and  mental  habit  of  the 
writers  is  indicated  by  the  subjects  they  treat  of.  A  wide 
range  has  been  taken  by  the  authors  of  The  Collegian. 
Youth  does  range  widely.  The  world  is  new  to  it.  Life 
is  before  it.  The  allotted  seventy  3'ears  seem  to  stretch  out 
beyond  it  to  an  horizon  that  hardly  knows  of  bounds.  Its 
thoughts  are  long  thoughts.  It  seems  to  itself  to  have 
space  for  its  forth-puttings,  room  for  its  energies,  ambitions 
and  careers.  This  is  good,  but  it  is  not  the  whole  of  good. 
Later  years,  life's  shortening  voyage  draws  into  growing 
clearness  the  headlands  of  the  coming  world.  These  head- 
lands must  dominate  the  close  of  any  life  that  ends  in  suc- 
cess. Their  influence  should  permeate  life's  course.  What 
are  these  headlands  ?  Are  they  not  love,  jo}^  peace,  long- 
suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,  temperance? 

Judged,  then,  l)y  these  standards — the  standards  youth 
sets  up  for  itself,  and  those  experience  teaches  it  to  ado})t — 
how  do  the  authors  of  The  Collegian  appear  in  the  subjects 
they  have  cliosen  to  treat  of? 

The  subjects  already  cited  indicate  these  authors  to  have 
been  intelligent,  others  that  they  were  manl}-,  and  others 
again  show  them  to  have  been  reflective  and  serious. 

Among  the  former  are  found  the  Ideal,  Ilope,  Applica- 
tion, Perseverance,  Earnestness,  Industrj'',  Progress  of  the 
Human  Mind,  Independence  of  Thought,  The  Force  of  Ex- 
ample and  Labor  Omnia  Vincit:  among  the  latter,  Child- 


TMK    I.I  M,  AN  I  AN.  227 

houil,  Friindsliijt,  InunoitalitN ,  tlit-  i'uwcr  of  (luod,  Trutli 
and  What  is  Truth  ? 

As  oiu'  who,  fiiulin*;  an  iiulicatioii  of  ow  on  tht*  surface 
of  the  grountl,  drives  a  diamond  drill  int<»  the  rocks,  and 
extracts  of  their  substance  a  core  that  reveals  the  riches 
they  may  hold,  so  is  it  possible  to  ^o  below  the  titles  of  the 
articles  in  The  Collegian  and  expose  for  consideration  brief 
passages  of  its  contents.  The  following  are  representative, 
and  have  been  taken  as  the  eye  fell  through  the  pages: 

.  .  .  •'  It  is  a  blessing  to  live  in  an  age  and  amongst  a 
people  when  sound,  evangelical  views  of  religion  prevail, 
and  a  curse  to  abitle  with  those  whose  ideas  are  of  a  con- 
trary description."  .  .  .  (Xumaiki; — \'ul.  1,  No.  1  — 
Itutland.) 


.  .  .  "Let  us,  tlien,  admire  and  value  as  the  gifts  of 
our  Heavenly  Benefactor  the  intellectual  power  which  en- 
ables men  to  accomplish  so  much,  and  which,  under  the 
guidance  of  Him  who  gave  it,  lifts  tliem  to  heights  of  dig- 
nity of  which  Anti([uity  furnishes  no  example,  and  had  no 
conception;  l)Ut  let  us  not  forget  that  apart  from  that  guid- 
ance, its  ten«lencies  are  to  evil,  and  that  (ienius  sej)arated 
from  tiie  regenerating  inlluence  of  Christianity  becomes  the 
abhorred  instrument  of  eternal  ruin."  .  .  .  (Wousnii' 
OF  CtKNius — \'ol.  1,  No.  2 — A.  Proser.) 


.  .  .  "He  firmly  believe<l  the  Karth  to  be  an  enor- 
mous living  aninnil,  afl'ected  by  tlie  contigurations  of  the 
stars  in  the  same  way  as  a  man  is  with  nnisic.  Sometimes, 
however,  he  noticed  that  the  Earth's  emotions,  which  was 
the  name  that  lie  gave  to  earthquakes,  battles,  storms, 
tumults,  etc.,  did  not  always  follow  instantly  the  contigura- 
tions.    To   explain     this,   he   say.s.  'The    i'arth   sometimes 


228  HISTORY   OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

appears  lazy  and  obstinate,  and  at  other  times  (after  long 
configurations)  she  becomes  exasperated  and  gives  way  to 
her  passions.  For,  in  fact,  the  Earth  is  not  an  animal  like 
a  dog,  ready  at  every  nod,  but  more  like  a  bull  or  an  ele- 
phant, slow  to  become  angry  and  so  much  the  more  furious 
when  incensed.' "  .  .  .  (Kepler — Vol.  1,  Xo.  2 — Lang- 
don.) 


.  .  .  "I  urge  not  the  discussion  of  political  questions 
connected  with  slavery,  but  I  would  that  there  should  be 
instilled  into  the  mind  of  every  Haverford  student  a  warm 
feeling  in  behalf  of  the  slave,  and  an  utter  abhorrence  of 
the  wicked  system  of  Slaver}-."  .  .  .  (Slavery — Vol.1, 
No.  3— Tyro.) 


.  .  .  "  Useful  is  a  dangerous  term  to  be  used.  If  it  be 
applied  exclusively  to  horses,  lands,  food,  drink  and  cloth- 
ing, and  if  we  are  trained  up  in  the  belief  that  everything 
useful  is  desirable,  then  we  shall  be  missing  the  loftier  aims 
of  life.  We  shall  be  placing  the  gratification  of  the  a])pe- 
tites  before  the  cultivation  of  the  intellect  and  the  improve- 
ment of  the  heart.  "... 

.  ,  .  "  One  of  the  strongest  and  most  dangerous  ten- 
dencies of  the  mind  is  that  of  dwelling  almost  exclusively 
upon  the  present  time  and  the  present  place."  .  .  . 
(Practical  and  Useful— Vol.  1,  No.  5.) 


.  .  .  "  Was  not  this  condition  a  gross  violation  of  the 
dearest  rights  of  American  citizens?  If  the  mob  have  the 
right  to  stop  free  discussion  on  the  subject  of  slavery,  have 
they  not  the  same  right  on  any  other  subject?"  .  .  . 
(Disturbances  by  Captain  Rynders  at  the  American 
Anti-Slavery  Society — Vol.  1,  Xo.  5.) 


THK    l.(M.AMAN.  220 

.  .  "  Accunlinj;  to  this,  tlie  coiiim»>ii  wunl  scissors 
could  bo  spelled  in  one  million  seven  liuiulred  and  forty- 
five  thousand  two  iiundivd  ainl  iwtiity-two  diirerent  ways, 
and  in  every  case  authority  could  he  found  in  other  words 
of  the  English  language  to  justify  the  use  of  each  letter  and 
combination.''  .  .  .  (1*ii(jN()ur.\I'HY  and  I'noNtnYrY — 
Vol.  1,  No.  C — Cadmus.) 


.  .  .  "  I  made  my  way  to  the  best  looking  lodge:  after 
hallooing  and  shaking  the  l)lanket  hung  at  the  door,  I 
gained  admittance.  Inside  I  found  nine  ])er.sons,  large 
and  small,  ranged  around  a  fire  in  the  centre,  like  the 
spokes  of  a  wheel.  A  vacant  place  was  soon  cleared  foi  me 
by  driving  out  the  dog."  .  .  .  {Ki;siI)i:n(K  in  N<>va 
ScOTi.A — Vol.  1.  No.  •") — Rambler.) 


.  .  .  "  Is  it  not  the  best  way,  after  all,  thus  to  escape 
the  evils  of  life  by  conquering  them?  Yes,  learn  to  con- 
vert the  duties  of  this  work-a-day  worhl  iut(»  life's  brightest 
pleasures,  and  thou  wilt  .soon  be  surprised  at  the  numerous 
delights  and  enjoyments  surrounding  thee.  Let  us  not 
hesitate  to  atlopt  the  conclusion  that  there  are  no  real  pleas- 
ures disconnected  from  duty."     .     .     . 

"  The  Greeks  were  eminently  social,  and  their 
gods  partook  of  their  nature.  They  mingled  with  men, 
talked  with  them,  w«'nt  with  them  to  battle.  The  Circek 
embraced  his  god,  and  looked  upon  him  as  an  object  of 
love  as  well  as  fear."  .  .  .  (Rkligion  of  the  Grekks 
AND  Germans.) 


.  .  .  "  Filled  with  all  the  pedantic  trasli  tiiat  has  cost 
those  scientific  .'"cavengers  so  mucii  inconceivable  vexation, 
and  so  many  years  of  indefatigable  toil — hy|)erlx)lic  curva- 


230  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

tures,  indescribable  reactions,  astounding  electro-magnetic 
phenomena,  incomprehensibly  magnificent  })erturbations, 
soul-petrifying  rhetorical  flourishes,  unheard-of  grammati- 
cal figures,  Lepidodendra  Sternbergii,  subtle  distinctions 
between  inseparable  mental  essences,  carefully  differenti- 
ated, .  .  .  leges  triumphales,  and  all  those  '  sesqui- 
pedalia  verba' (I  hate  long  words)  and  this  nameless  trump- 
ery, which  ambitious  compilers  so  patiently  collected  from 
every  approachable  source  to  earn  for  themselves  the  appel- 
lation of  Scholars  ('  sport  to  them,  but  death  to  us ') — all 
these  were  left  to  entertain  each  other ;  and  with  inexpress- 
ible pleasure  did  we  all  rush  forth."  .  ,  .  (Escape  to 
THE  Picnic — Vol.  2,  No.  1 — Tvro  Linco.) 


.  .  .  " 'I  neither  can  nor  will  retract  anything.  I  stand 
here  and  can  say  no  more ;  God  help  me.'  There  spoke 
the  soul  of  true  courage."     .     .     . 

"Yes,  noble  champion  of  truth,  thou  wast  more  than  con- 
queror. Thy  simple  but  sublime  words  display  a  moral 
fearlessness  of  heart,  such  as  no  earthly  motive,  no  animal 
instinct  could  supply.  It  could  only  be  inspired  by  unwa- 
vering faith  in  Him  who  walked  with  the  faithful  three 
in  the  midst  of  the  burning,  fiery  furnace  and  preserved 
them  so  that  the  fire  had  no  power  over  them."  (Luther 
BEFORE  THE  DiET  OF  WoRMs — Vol.  2,  No.  2 — Ireiiius.) 


"Some  persons  consider  it  a  requisite  of  gentlemanliness 
to  make  use  of  the  cleanly  practices  of  chewing  and  smok- 
ing tobacco;  but  in  this  elementary  discourse,  I  will  not  sup- 
pose our  friend  to  have- arrived  at  such  a  height  of  perfec- 
tion in  the  art."  .  .  .  (Letter  from  Theoros — Vol.  2, 
No.  2.) 


THi;  km.aman.  231 

.     .  "Patriotism  is  noble;  cncluraiK-f  is  iioblo.  noth- 

ing so  grantl  a<  the  lite  of  that  man  who  lives  in  aeeonl- 
ance  with  the  ilicUites  of  Religion  an<l  Conscience.''  .  .  . 
(Mai>ami-:   1I«>i  AM) — \'ol,  "J,  No.  1 — Kutlancl.) 


■  1  hey  an-  ourions  to  know,  tor  example,  '  what 
kind  of  a  iioi"se  light  tiavils  npon.'  Also  '  concerning  how 
the  world  was  peopled,  and,  in  fact,  whether  it  was  peojiltil 
at  all.'  (No  wonder  if  they  judgetl  others  by  themselves.)" 
(An   Ai'o^iTKonrK — \'ol.  2,  No.  1 — 'Pyro  Lingo.) 


"l)Ut  ditleivnt  t"rt>m  this,  and  yet  beautiful,  is  for- 
est music,  sweet  are  bird  voices  and  sweet  are  rural  sounds: 
but  there  is  a  peculiar  charm  in  lying  on  .some  gras.sy 
knoll,  beyond  the  reach  of  human  turmoil,  and  listening  to 
the  mighty  wind  resounding  through  the  forest,  whose  giant 
trunks  seem  like  the  chords  of  some  Titan  iiarp  and  send  a 
thrill  of  the  sublime  and  beautiful  through  us."  .  .  . 
(FouKST  Mrsir — \'ol.  2.  No.  l — I'.xeelsior.) 


"The  deck  was  still  wet  and  slipjierv  with  the  rain  and 
spray;  and  as  tiie  vessel  plunged  diagonally  from  one  wave 
to  another,  it  rose  ami  frll  and  rolled  about  in  such  a  man- 
ner that,  unused  to  so  unstable  a  footing,  I  could  scaircely  keep 
my  feet.  Atone  moment  I  would  l>e  bending  forward  as  if 
to  ascend  a  steep  hill,  at  tlie  next,  leaning  cautiously  baek 
to  descend;  now,  perhaps  the  decks  would  su<l<lenly  retreat 
from  l)eneath  my  descending  foot,  sending  me  some  yards 
sideways  against  the  gunwale  to  regain  my  balance;  and 
tlien,  as  sud<lenly  rising,  it  would  strike  violently  against 
my  foot  an«l  send  me  staggering  in  the  opj)osite  direction. 

"This  instability  of  all  things,  this  ntt«r  confusion  of  up 


232  HISTORY   OF   HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

and  down,  soon  made  my  brain  dizzy,  and  my  stomach  was 
not  long  in  sympathizing  with  it,  giving  undeniable  evi- 
dence of  approaching  sea-sickness."'  .  .  .  "  Here  I  found 
things  as  unsteady  as  on  deck  ;  everything  was  in  a  whirl. 
I  tried  fixing  my  eyes  upon  one  corner  of  my  berth,  l)ut  it 
too  rolled  and  swam,  so  that  I  could  not  bear  to  look  at  it. 
I  then  shut  my  eyes,  hoping  to  find  relief  in  that  way,  but 
every  time  the  stern  of  the  vessel  fell,  it  seemed  as  though 
all  things  were  giving  away  beneath  me,  and  down,  down  I 
went,  fairly  holding  my  breath  in  horrible  suspense  like  a 
person  who  dreams  of  falling."  ..."  War,  self-defence, 
oaths,  etc.,  were  severally  debated  upon,  until  the  Doctor 
was  driven  to  assert  that  the  Jewish  law  was  still  in  force, 
and  I  was  unable  to  follow  him  any  further."  .  .  .  (My 
First  Voyage  at  Sea — Vol.  2,  No.  5 — Rambler.) 


.  .  .  "  Remember  that  if  you  live,  you  will  all  have 
at  one  time  to  fill  important  places  in  this  mighty  world. 
At  some  time  hence,  the  globe  will  be  peopled,  society  will 
be  composed,  governments  will  be  carried  on,  b}'  the  now 
growing  youth."  .  .  .  (Letter  from  Theokos — Vol.  2, 
Ko.  5— L.) 

.  .  .  "  People  are  beginning  to  examine  whether  it  is 
right  to  deprive  a  human  being  of  his  life,  on  account  of 
some  crime  which  he  has  committed."  .  .  .  (Does  the 
World  Improve? — Vol.  2,  No.  "> — L.) 


.  .  .  "  The  most  refined  nations  of  anti(|uity  spoke,  as 
you  know,  "  Ore  rotundo ;  "  i.e.,  with  words  so  big  that  they 
had  to  roll  tiiem  up.  The  Greek  name  for  a  great  talker  or 
babbler  is  Lalobaryparamelorythmobotes."  .  .  .  (Suj'.ject, 
What? — Vol.  2,  Xo.  "> — Tyro  Lingo.) 


Tin;  i.fKiAMAN,  233 

.  .  .  "It  is  universiilly  lulniitted  tliat  honesty  is  tlie 
best  policy,  and  honesty  rannot  exist  without  truthfulness. 
It  is  |)re-eniinently  the  case  anu»ng  hoys — it  nuikes  a  liyht 
heart  and  happy  days — it  jjives  a  new  charm  to  the  counte- 
nance, a  flesh  «;race  to  tlie  iiiiinl — it  makes  its  possessor 
respected  ;in<l  heloveil  ;  it  holds  the  heatl  up  and  sldnes 
from  the  very  eyes;  in  the  foundation  of  character  it  should 
h'   thr  corner-stone."     .     .     .     ( \'ol.  "J,  No.  0.) 


.  .  .  "No  suV)ject  is  too  mean  to  receive  the  heauty  of 
poetry,  and  none  so  lofty  to  which  it  will  not  soar."  .  .  . 
(Im.v<;inati«in — \'ol.  '2,  No.  <■> — II. I 


.  .  .  "  Then  comes  the  trying  hour,  then  comes  tlie 
test  of  principle,  when  fairly  emharked  upon  the  sea  of  busi- 
ness, among  its  shoals,  whirlpools  and  eddies,  to  bear  aloft, 
nailed  to  the  flag-staff,  the  widespread  banner  of  strict,  un- 
deviating  trutii,  honor,  honesty  and  virtue.  lie  who  does 
this,  he  who  lives  up  in  word  and  in  deed  to  this  motto  in 
all  its  beauty  and  purity,  shows  himself  worthy  of  the  place 
that  sent  him  forth  to  bullet  with  the  rough  storms  of 
life."  .  .  .  (HnpKs  AND  I'rosi'Ects  of  Havkkford 
Students — \'ol.  2,  No.  8.) 


.  .  .  "  .\  mighty  genius  is  that  which  is  eijual  to  its 
thought.s,  wiiich  is  able  to  embody  its  own  conceptions, 
which,  when  the  ."oul  overflows  with  strong  feeling,  suflVrs 
not  that  feeling  to  perish.     .     .     . 

.  .  .  "All  genius  is  erpial  to  its  circumstances,  and 
here  is  its  great  beauty  and  its  mighty  power."  .  .  . 
(Genius— Vol.  2,  No.  S.) 


234  HISTORY  OF  HAVEKFORD  COLLEGE. 

.  .  .  "  Plow  important,  then,  it  is  that  we  cultivate  the 
true  spirit  of  liumility;  that  we  make  it  a  corner-stone  of 
character,  and  one  upon  which  we  shall  never  cease  to 
build,  let  our  attainments,  our  honors  or  our  distinctions  be 
what  they  may."  "Humility  is  the  attribute  of  true  no- 
bility, and  how  beautiful  it  appears!"  .  .  .  (Mental 
Cultivation — Vol.  2,  No.  8 — Burritt.) 


.  .  .  "  It  (Penn's  Treaty)  was  a  glorious  era  in  the 
world's  dark  history."  .  .  .  "It  shone  amid  its  records 
of  blood,  beautified  and  perfect,  with  the  sunshine  of 
heaven  resting  upon  it,  like  some  island  of  clustering  fresh- 
ness amid  scenes  of  desolation."  .  .  .  (Philadelphia 
—Vol.  2,  No.  8.) 

.  .  .  "  She  said  but  one  thing,  and  that  was  that  all 
around  her  should  be  happy.  And  this  principle,  could  it 
but  guide  our  actions,  whilst  it  need  not  interfere  with  our 
duty,  would  make  us  both  happy  ourselves  and  beloved  by 
others."     .     .     .     (Josephine — Vol.  3,  No.  2.) 


.  .  .  "  Something  like  the  man's  nose,  you  know, 
which  was  so  long,  that  he  could  not  hear  himself 
sneeze."     .     .     . 

.  .  .  "  The  social  advantages  of  our  society,  though 
they  have  been  less  talked  of  than  the  intellectual,  are  yet, 
we  trust,  readily  perceived.  Long  after  we  have  left  these 
walls  where  we  have  so  often  met,  will  the  associations 
which  cluster  around  this  paper  and  this  place  dwell  in 
our  minds  and  continue  to  whisper  in  our  souls."  .  .  . 
(Essay  on  Shooting — Vol.  2,  No.  8 — Tyro  Lingo.) 


THE    UXiANIAN.  23') 

HANNIBAL  DYINtJ. 

'Tin  pasl — the  ilny  of  jjlorv'ji  paiil, 

Stern  fute  liiilli  M-aleil  my  dt>oiii, 
Tlie  sands  of  life  are  fitlliiiK  fast, 

I'lii  sinking  i»  tlie  touil). 
And  oh  I  it  rliafes  my  l>urninK  heart. 
That  1  must  unavengc<l  depart. 

• )  <  i«kI  I   liow  ehangeii  is  fortiine'H  sky  : 

An  exile,  reft  of  all, 
^Vithout  a  frienil  to  close  my  eyi-, 

Or  mark  me  when  I  fall, 
Unwept,  dishonnretl,  lost  to  fame, 
I  die  tiiis  death  of  damning  shame. 

Ye  tyrants!  long  the  day  has  llown 

Since  un  the  (^unnican  plain 
The  fiertx*  Hamilcar'H  fiercer  son 

Ko»le  victor  o'er  yonr  slain. 
Bnt  though  the  sun  of  glory's  set, 
My  hate— my  hale  expires  not  yet. 

I  curse  thee — an  undying  fire 

My  8otd  with  fury  fdls 
May  fell  barhariaas  light  thy  jnre, 

t^neen  of  the  seven  hills. 
May  (loths  untl  Vanihds  revel  where 
Thy  palaces  and  temples  icere. 

On  thee  l>e  |M>nred  all  wrathful  fate. 

In  one  devouring  tiame. 
Thy  ruins  lie  all  desolate, 

.\nd  l)la.<>te«l  l>e  thy  name. 
I  die  lone,  frienilles*,  |>oor,  l>ereft 
But  this,  my  scathing  curse  is  left. —  Henjami.v. 


rt  >  r  H  !•:  i  n  t  K(  i  i :  a  l  <  a  l<  t  ix's. 

Ill-favore<l  son  of  Scienif.  thou 

Wast  Ixim  when  S<'ien«t''  head  was  hoary; 
When  wrinkle*  covere»l  o'er  hi-*  brow 

.\nd  he  was  shorn  of  grace  and  glory. 

More  borritl  oflspring  ne'er  was  seen. 

The  ugliest  visage  in  creation  ; 
And  form-as  crooked,  lank  and  lean 

As  thy  own  sign  of  Integration. 


230  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORI)    COLLEGE. 

Tliou'rt  even  now  hut  in  thy  youtli, 

Of  evil  works  a  new  heginner, 
Yet  tliou,  misshapen  and  uncouth, 

Dost  seem  an  old  and  hardened  sinner. 

Thou  art  all  knotty,  hard  and  rough, 

There's  not  a  lovely  trait  about  thee  I 
Methinks  thy  sire,  witli  sons  enough. 

Had  better  far  liave  done  without  thee. 

Tliy  hateful  picture,  who  can  bear — 

The  very  plague  of  "genus  homo?" 
To  puzzle  students  still  thy  care, 

And  cheat  them  out  of  a  Diploma. 

Thou  hast  a  brother  like  to  thee, 

But  far  more  comely  to  the  viewing, 
And  thou,  vile  wretch,  must  ever  be 

L^ndoing  all  that  lie  is  doing. 

One  of  you  is  enough,  at  worst, 

And  both  are  surely  not  essential, 
For  X  should  be  as  'twas  at  first, 

Or  else  remain  a  ditl'erential. 

But  after  he  has  brought  it  down 
By  simple  ratiocination. 

Thou  spiteful,  sly,  malicious  clown, 
Just  bringest  back  the  first  equation. 

And  now  thou  liast  been  hither  brought 

Upon  my  'wildered  brains  to  fatten  ; 
Oh  !  would  that  Dr.  Young  had  thougiit 

A  little  more  of  Greek  and  Latin. 

Astronomers  may  praise  thy  fame. 

And  sometimes  seek  thy  stern  assistance. 
But,  saith  the  poet,  Utinam 

That  thou  wast  still  a  non-existence. — r)RANTOCK. 

Whoever  reads  TJie  Collegian  will  lind  throughout  it  some- 
thing entertaining  or  instructive,  expressed  in  well-written 
sentences.  Whatever  he  may  think  of  its  literary  excel- 
lence, he  will  believe  it  to  have  been  the  work  of  strong- 
heads  and  sound  hearts,  preparing  to  pla}--  a  good  part  in 
whatever  lay  before  them.  Its  manifest  religious  tone  did 
not  come  from  those  intending  to  make  sacred  things  a  pro- 


THK    L<>(iAMAN.  237 

fcssion,  or  in  training  for  a  tlieulo'j;ioal  life.     It  was  the  ex- 
pression of  youtlis  preparing  to  win  their  bread   as    nier- 
cliant«<,  lawyers,  doctors,  engineers,  farmers,  or  in  any  other 
honest  calling,  and  \vhi»  were  yet  conscious  that  tlu'se  call- 
ings must  be  pursued  in  subordination  to  the  calls  to  the 
higher  life.     It  may  be  noteil  too  that  at  a  time  of  strong 
political  excitement,  when  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law  and  the 
Repeal  of    the    Missouri    Compromise   were   agitating   the 
United  States,  there  was  but  one  political  essay  in  The  Col- 
legian.    The  forefathei's  of  its  authors  had  been  the  fon- 
most  in  detecting  the  moral  sin  of  slavery,  and  had  freed 
themselves  and  their  children  from  it  more  than  a  hun«lred 
years  before;   and  yet   these  children,  in  the   midst  of  a 
great  agitation,  and  almost  on  the  eve  of  a  great  war  n-- 
garding  it,  were  calmly  thinking  and  writing  on  all  other 
subjects  except  that  one — that  one  and  one  other,  in  which 
too  their  forefathers  had  been  leaders — the  subject  of  Peace. 
There  is  no  essay  by  them  on   Peace,  nor  is  it  referred  to 
except  by  indirect  allusion.     If  one  writes  of  Sir  William 
Wallace  he  inserts  a  few  words  of  regret  that  the  talents  of 
so  admirable  a  character  were  exercised  in  war.     A  similar 
brief  lament  closes  an  article  on  the  character  of  Tecumsth. 
In  an  essay  on  Sir  Walter   Scott  it  is  noted  that  "  many 
dislike  his  poems  on  the  ground  that  their  tendency  is  to 
foster  a  liking    for  war  in  their    readers,"  and  no  further 
comment  is  made  on  this  point.     Such  brief  incidental  al- 
lusion is  all  the.«e  essays  contain  upon  the  two  topics  which 
are  thought  to    be   specialties  of   the  Quakers.     That  two 
score  and  more  of  Quaker  youths,  intelligent,  manly  and 
serious,  should  have  jKUired  their  inmost  thoughts  for  two 
years  into  more  than  eleven   score  of  papers,  but  one  of 
which   is  directly  concerned  with  Slavery,  and  none  with 


238  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Peace,  is  an  instructive  incident.  Why  was  this?  It  was 
clearly  not  indifference.  It  was  not  want  of  conviction.  It 
was  rather  that  conviction  was  strong  and  clear  enough  to 
have  become  a  part  of  unconscious  existence,  as  much  a 
portion  of  being  as  lungs  and  brains  are  of  bodies.  The 
question  of  the  right  or  wrong  of  slavery  and  war,  so  far 
as  these  3'oung  Haverford  writers  were  concerned,  was 
finished  and  settled;  did  not  even  exist.  They  did  not  dis- 
cuss it  in  their  essays.  Neither  did  they  write  papers  on 
the  shape  of  their  bodies,  or  the  color  of  their  eyes.  On 
this  plane  their  lives  proceeded.  And  sweet,  natural  lives 
they  were;  better,  happier,  and  the  more  truly  based,  be- 
cause free  from  these  two  belittling  influences.  If,  then, 
such  genuine  lives,  so  cheerful,  bright  and  practical,  so  un- 
touched by  prevalent  evils,  can  be  attained  b}^  any,  why 
not  by  more,  why  not  by  all?  Does  not  "  the  true  philoso- 
phy of  life"  consist  in  obedience  and  love?  Cannot  these 
lift  existence  to  any  height  ? 

At  the  end  of  the  winter  term  of  1849-50,  James  Carey 
Thomas  delivered  the  Vice-President's  address.  During 
the  summer  term  of  1850  the  Loganian  Society  maintained 
its  usual  course  of  activity.  Declamations,  talks  and  read- 
ings for  information,  answers  to  questions  suggested  by  its 
council,  essays,  lectures,  debates,  and  The  Collegian,  occu- 
pied its  weekly  meetings.  One  debate,  as  to  "Whether  the 
Indians  have  received  more  wrong  from  the  whites  than 
the  negroes,"  was  decided  in  the  negative  by  a  vote  of  the 
Societ3^ 

One  evening  its  usual  proceedings  were  varied  by  three 
declamations,  one  each  in  French,  Italian  and  Latin — not 
that  those  making  them  were  specially  strong  in  these  lan- 
guages, but  that  they  ventured  forth  as  eaglets  do  for  short 
distances,  to  try  their  feeble  powers. 


TIIK    l.ixiAMAN.  239 

Karly  in  the  wiiittr  term  of  ls')(>-')l  William  \\".  ('a<il»urv 
ina<le  the  customary  oration  as  orator  of  the  Society. 

A  little  later,  a  dehatr  on  tiie  question  "An-  the  inllu- 
ences  which  tend  to  perpetuate  stronger  than  those  whieh 
tend  to  dissolve  the  Union  of  the  I'nited  States  '"was  de- 
cided in  the  aHirmative  by  a  majority  of  a  jury  of  tiiree — 
a  decision  whieh  has  heen  eontirme(l  in  the  late  Civil  War 
by  the  majority  of  the  people  of  the  United  States. 

Later  still  the  question  was  clebated  **  Whether  the  exclu- 
sion of  foreign  articles  to  encourage  domestic  manufactures 
be  conducive  to  public  wealth,''  and  was  decided  in  the  neg- 
ative by  an  almost  unanimous  vote  of  the  Society.  <  )n  the 
Tarifl'  question  thus  overetiited  the  decision  of  the  people 
coincides  with  that  ot  the  Society,  but  svhen  that  question  in 
its  practical  form  is  voted  upon  by  the  people,  the  colleges 
are  usually  reversed,  as  the  hist  national  election  shows. 

This  term  the  Society  seemed  disposed  to  give  the  same 
exercise  to  many  members  at  a  time,  as  if  it  were  well  to 
luint  instruction  in  packs.  ( )n(e  twenty-tuo  membei-seach 
read  eight  lines  of  their  own  verse:  encouraged  by  this  ef- 
fort, thirty  at  another  meeting  read  each  liis  own  original 
poem.  Twenty  members  once  wrote  as  many  essays  on  "The 
Dog,"  ami  again  twenty-three  each  an  es.say  on  "  Kats." 

Among  tiie  various  positions,  financial,  learneti  an<I  .sa- 
cred, afterward  held  by  the.se  writers,  is  tlnit  of  the  United 
States  Collector  of  a  prominent  Atlantic  seaport,  an  appoint- 
ment by  one  of  the  great  jtolitical  parties  continued  under 
the  administration  of  the  other.  Do  the  Unite<i  States 
Civil  Service  rules  only  apply  to  authors  on  the  domestic 
animals? 

At  the  close  of  the  term  the  Vice-President's  oration  was 
delivere<l  by  Fmnklin  K.  Paige. 


240 


HISTORY    OF    IIAVEKFORD    COLLEGK. 


In  tlie  summer  of  1851  the  literary  s})ortiveness  shown  b}^ 
the  Loganian  Society  in  the  last  term  had  now  a  counter- 
part in  some  serious  work.  Its  President,  the  classical  pro- 
fessor, delivered  before  it  a  lecture  on  the  Times  and  Char- 
acter of  Cicero.  The  (|uestion  bciiio-  debated  "  Is  the  influ- 
ence of  poetry  becoming  less?"  the  jury  unanimously  de- 
cided it  was  not.  The  Society  by  a  resolution  expressed  its 
sense  "  that  emulation  as  an  incentive  to  action  should  be 
discouraged,"  and  this,  notwithstanding  its  records  show  it 
to  have  been  of  the  ojiinion  that  in  the  debate  on  the  sub- 
ject the  weightiest  arguments  expressed  were  to  the  contrary. 

Upon  the  question  "Whether  there  were  reasons  in  Nature 
for  using  the  right  hand  more  than  the  left?"  the  Society 
voted  there  were.     Would  a  college  of  surgeons  so  decide? 

Toward  the  close  of  1851,  Charles  Schaetfer  presented 
the  Society  with  a  handsome  map  of  the  lawn  showing  the 
location  and  names  of  its  fine  collection  of  trees. 


THE  SERPENTINE. 


CllArTl-.K  IX. 

GROWTH  UF    THt   COLLlX'iK   IDHA.    is^2-^h. 

Yet  not  tlie  le»,  when  once  the  viaioii  i.xxm.I. 

He  helil  the  plain  ami  mjIht  inaxiiii  f:i.»t 

Of  the  dear  FriemU  with  whom  his  I<.t  was  <  :i~t  — Wuittikk. 

TnK  years  from  1.S52  to  ISoj;  were  conspicuous  years  in 
the  history  and  development  of  Ilaverford.  During,'  tliat 
period  important  changes  were  made  in  the  corps  of  instruit- 
ors,  and  a  marked  advance  was  accomplislicd  in  the  material 
equipment  of  the  institution.  It  brought  Joseph  (J.  Harlan, 
I)r.  I'aul  Swift,  William  A.  Reynolds,  and  Thomas  Chase, 
every  one  a  man  of  mark,  into  the  list  of  teachers,  and  it 
saw  tlie  observatory  suj>{)lied  with  its  most  inij^ortant  in- 
struments, the  gymnasium  established  and  eijuipped.  and 
the  buildings  first  lighted  by  gas.  Besides  these,  this  pe- 
riod witnessed  the  first  step  in  the  change  of  school  into 
college,  and  saw  the  institution  well  launched  upon  its  sec- 
ond career  of  progress  and  usefulness. 

The  same  years  saw  the  scientific  studies  developed  into 
a  new  importance  antl  accorded  more  space.  Previous  to 
1S.V2,  they  had  held  a  very  secondary  place  in  the  curric- 
ulum ;  and  it  may  not  l)e  inappropriate,  in  this  connec- 
tion, to  recur  to  the  frefpient  evidences  of  intention  to  give 
them  prominence,  manifested  in  various  utterances  of  the 
school  authorities,  from  time  to  time,  though  hitherto  hut 

Irt  (241) 


242  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

imperfectly  carried  into  efiect.  At  a  meeting  held  as  early 
as  5th  month  14th,  1831,  it  was  agreed  tliat  of  the  three 
teachers  at  the  opening  of  tlie  school,  one  should  be  "a 
teacher  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy,'"  and  that 
"  Chemistry,  Natural  History,  etc.,"  should  "  be  assigned  to 
such  of  the  instructors  as  should  be  found  best  qualified, 
until  separate  teachers  be  appointed  for  each." 

Daniel  B.  Smith,  in  an  essay  read  10th  month,  1832, 
which  was  adopted  as  an  exposition  of  the  sentiments  of 
the  Managers  on  the  general  subject  of  education,  uses  the 
following  language :  "In  laying  the  foundation  of  a  good 
education,  those  parts  of  the  multifarious  mass  of  human 
knowledge  must  be  selected,  the  study  of  which  is  most 
strengthening  to  the  iaculties,  and  the  application  most  use- 
ful in  the  affairs  of  life.  These  have  been  decided,  by  the 
experience  of  the  most  competent  judges,  to  be  the  abstract 
and  Natural  Sciences  and  Language.  .  .  .  The  value  of 
the  Natural  Sciences  as  a  means  of  improving  tlie  mind 
consists  in  the  habits  of  observation,  of  discrimination,  and 
of  classification,  which  they  cultivate.  They  counteract  the 
tendenc}'  of  pure  Mathematics  to  abstract  the  mind  from  ex- 
ternal objects.  Vet,  as  they  relate  only  to  these,  their 
sphere  must  be  admitted  to  be  a  subordinate  one,  for  they 
may  be  successfully  pursued  without  expanding  or  elevat- 
ing the  moral  iaculties."  The  Managers'  Report  for  1834 
states  that  "  instruction  in  Natural  Philosophy,  Chemistry, 
and  tlie  Natural  Histor}-  of  the  earth  has  thus  far  been  im- 
parted wholly  by  lectures. "  The  Report  of  1835  claims 
that  "  the  institution  possesses  a  numerous  collection  of  ex- 
cellent and  well-selected  apparatus  and  works  of  science, 
including  a  handsome  museum  of  Natural  History."  In 
1830   the    Managers    thus   indicate   their    purpose:    They 


OUoNVTll    OF    TlIK    (tiLLEGK    IDKA.  *i-to 

"  liave  lon^'  Ulieveil  tluit  .  .  .  llie  ui-quisitiun  of  ii  taste 
lor  Natural  Ili.story,  and  inoro  especially  for  Hotany,  is  of 
greater  importance  than  those  are  apt  to  think  who  have 
not  witnessed  its  etlects  in  preservin;;  the  youthful  mind 
from  coarse  antl  vicious  pleasures,  and  imparting  hahits  ot 
close  and  accurate  observation.  They  have,  therefore,  al- 
ways encoura<j«'d  the  cultivation  of  the  llower-garden.  in 
winch  each  stuth-nl  has  his  own  separate  jdot,  and  have  wit- 
nessed with  pleasure  the  interest  whicli  most  of  them  take 
in  it."  From  the  suspension  of  the  school,  which  termi- 
nated in  184iS,  until  18.')2,  little  instruction  was  given  in  the 
natural  sciences,  except  Natural  Philoso|>hy,  which  was  as- 
sociated with  .Nhitheujatics,  ami  has  prohal>ly  always  been 
well  taught.  But  it  will  be  seen  that  from  the  very  outset 
their  value  has  been  recognized.  About  this  time,  how- 
ever, the  management  appears  to  have  awakened  to  a 
lively  sense  of  tleticiency :  for  that  year's  report  laments  the 
defective  condition  of  the  chemical  laboratory  and  appa- 
ratus, and,  for  the  suj»j)ly  of  this"  urgent  necessity,"  appeals 
to  the  "kind  aid  of  the  friends  of  education.  " 

Up  to  this  time  the  philosophical  apparatus  had  been 
kept  in  the  mathematical  clas.s-room  and  used  by  the  in- 
structt)r  in  experiments  l>efore  the  cla."<s.  The  chemical  ap- 
paratus was  in  a  small  room  iu»w  u.sed  as  a  jtantry,  and  all 
experiments  were  performed  in  that  room,  and  the  Natural 
History  collections  were  in  the  collecting-room,  now  the 
dining-room. 

As  a  result  of  the  c<»nsciousness  of  need,  we  learn  from 
the  Managei-s'  Report  for  l.S.")4,  that  "a  large  and  beautiful 
lecture-room,  with  rooms  adjoining  for  the  philosophical 
and  chemical  apparatus,  and  a  la)K)ratory  in  the  rear,  have 
been    finished. "     Increa.sed   attention    has   been   given   to 


244  HISTORY    OF    lIAVKliKORD    COLLEGE. 

Natural  Science;  and  the  new  laboratory  lias  greatly  facili- 
tated the  study  of  Chemistry."  "  Brief  but  instructive  courses 
of  lectures  on  .  .  .  scientific  subjects  .  .  .  have  been 
delivered  by  the  teachers  in  the  respective  departments." 

The  addition  referred  to  is  the  one  now  occupied  by  the 
Department  of  Chemistr3\  Since  then,  the  arrangement  of 
partitions  has  been  changed,  doubling  the  size  of  the  Chem- 
ical Laboratory  at  the  expense  of  one  lecture-room,  and  re- 
modelling the  whole  interior.  But  the  students  having,  in 
1855,  raised  S300  for  the  erection  of  gymnastic  apparatus  in 
a  portion  of  the  "  Play-House,"  the  whole  of  the  first  story 
of  the  building  was  soon  after  substantially  floored.  The 
M'ash-room  and  six  bath-tubs  were  at  this  time  placed  under 
the  lecture  and  class-rooms,  and  remained  there  until  after 
the  erection  of  Barclay  Hall.  The  room  previously  used  for 
a  wash-room  was  fitted  up  for  a  class-room,  and  the  whole 
improvement  considerably  increased  the  facilities  for  in- 
struction. These  increased  ft\cilities  and  the  growth  of  the 
natural  sciences  in  popular  favor  made  them  from  this  date 
an  important  part  of  the  course  of  study.  The  instruction 
in  Chemistry  during  the  early  years  of  the  school  was  by 
general  lectures  given  by  one  of  the  teachers  to  the  whole 
body  of  students,  or  at  least  the  higher  classes.  About 
1840  the  instruction  became  more  systematic,  first  under 
Samuel  J.  Gummere,  and  then  under  Daniel  B.  Smith. 
When  the  school  reopened,  or  soon  after,  one  of  the  Smiley 
brothers  was  made  teacher  of  English  Literature  and  Chem- 
istry. He  it  was  who  fitted  up  a  little  laboratory  in  the 
addition  north  of  the  old  collection-room,  now  used  for  a 
pantry.  In  1853,  as  we  have  seen,  the  building,  the  second 
story  of  which  is  now  used  for  the  Department  of  Chem- 
istry, was  completed.     The  structure  was  of  stone,  25  by  96 


JOSERH     G.     HARLAN, 


-  CUTtSliNtr  nm 


w^ 


(iUMWTii   or  TflK  coi,i.i:<.i:   iih.a.  245 

feet,  two  stories  high.  Th*-  interior  of  the  lirst  story  was 
not  finished  until  ISoo.  A  room  25  feet  s(juare,  at  the 
nortii  end  of  the  second  story,  was  ilevoted  to  tlio  Ciieiniail 
Laboratory,  with  rooms  adjoining  for  storing  chemicals  and 
pliysical  apparatus  a!id  for  class-rooms.  Thf  new  hilxna- 
tory  and  apparatus,  and  th«'  enthusiasm  of  l)r.  I'aul  Swift, 
gave  new  life  to  the  stuily  of  Chemistry.  To  this  fact  the 
Managers'  Report  for  I.S55  refers  as  follows:  "The  Labo- 
ratory has  furnished  the  recpiired  facilities  for  the  study  of 
Chemistry,  auil  partly  to  this  cause,  but  still  mon-  to  the 
etticient  an<l  judicious  instruction  of  the  teacher,  must  be 
ascribed  the  interest  in  that  and  some  other  branches  of  Nat- 
ural Science."  Simultaneously  with  the  improvements  to 
the  gymnasium  building,  a  laundry  was  attached  to  the 
ice-house,  by  extending  it  and  elevating  it  so  as  to  allow 
space  for  the  processes  of  washing,  drying  and  ironing, 
forming  a  structure  parallel  to  the  other,  near  the  east  end 
of  Founders'  Hall. 

If  it  be  true  that  a  college  is  what  its  faculty  make  it, 
Haverford  hud  a  higli  position  guaranteed  to  it  by  the  men 
who  composed  the  Faculty  of  this  period. 

Hugh  I).  Vail,  who  had  long  been  the  teacher  of  Math- 
ematics, was  aided  by  Franklin  F.  Paige  as  an  assistant 
teacher,  from  2d  month  4th,  to  oth  month  2Lst,  18o3, 
when  they  both  resigned  and  were  succeeded  by  .loseph  G. 
Harlan.  V.  F.  Paige,  since  his  graduation,  had  distinguished 
himself  by  writing  an  entirely  new  version  of  the  Fifth  Hook 
of  Euclid,  while  teaching  at  Providence  Boanling-School, 
having  also  taken  very  *' high  honors  "  at  Haverford. 

Joseph  (f.  Harlan  had  been  the  teacher  of  higher  Mathe- 
matics at  Westtown  School  for  several  years,  and  came  to 
Haverford   well   fitted   for  the  duties  of  his  new  position. 


246  HISTORY   OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

His  finely-proportioned  head  and  intellectual  features  were 
true  outward  indications  of  a  mind  of  remarkable  clear- 
ness, scope  and  precision,  and  it  may  be  said  that  he  had  a 
genius  for  mathematical  instruction.  He  had  pursued  his 
studies  of  the  higher  Mathematics  without  professional  as- 
sistance, and  perhaps,  on  this  account,  was  the  better  able 
to  conduct  the  students  through  their  difficult  problems. 
His  bearing  was  gentle  but  dignified,  his  discipline  in  the 
class-room  strict,  and  his  intercourse  with  his  pupils  at 
other  times  was  affable  and  kind. 

When  the  institution  became  a  college,  Joseph  G.  Harlan 
was  made  the  "  Principal." 

Dr.  Paul  Swift  was  a  man  of  marked  individuality.  In 
his  character  many  striking  qualities  were  combined.  In 
the  memory  of  those  who  knew  him  he  stands  alone.  In 
thought  and  action  he  was  original  and  independent,  and 
he  worked  in  no  groove  but  his  own.  To  those  who  Avere 
earnest  and  faithful  in  their  work  he  was  always  considerate, 
helpful  and  kind.  To  the  negligent  and  the  offender  he 
was  crushingly  severe,  and  his  quick  temper  sometimes  led 
him  to  hurl  upon  them  the  most  scathing  epithets.  But 
while  this  temper  on  rare  occasions  thus  broke  forth,  it  was 
usually  kept  under  such  mastery  and  was  sweetened  with 
such  Christian  grace  that,  as  a  whole,  it  gave  a  rare  rich- 
ness to  his  character.  His  mind  was  bright  and  well  fur- 
nished with  a  wide  range  of  knowledge,  his  conversation 
was  peculiarly  interesting,  and  he  was  delightful  as  a  com- 
panion. He  was  an  intense  lover  of  Nature,  and  he  took 
keen  delight  in  introducing  his  pupils  to  the  charms  of  her 
mysteries. 

Thoroughness  was  the  chief  characteristic  of  his  teaching. 
He  often  quoted  to  his  class,  "  Little  things  are  little  things. 


OROWTH    <>F    THK    rol.l.KdK    I1>KA.  JIT 

but  faitlifiilness  in  litth'  tluii<;s  is  sometliiti);^  ^rt'ut."  lie 
hail  framed  and  hunt;  wluTe  all  could  see  it  the  motto  in 
Latin  from  8t.  Au«;ustine — ''  Miitintunt  minimum  est,  sed  in 
niinimo  Jidtlis  cjise  mat/nuvi  est." 

I)r.  Swift's  erect  form,  dipnitied  bearing  and  f,'ray  hairs 
nuule  l)im  a  conspicuous  (jt^ure  in  any  company  ami  always 
commanded  respect,  while  liis  features  liad  a  ready  play  of 
expression  that  uiuTiin^ly  indicated  the  humor  of  his 
mind.  He  was  a  native  of  Cape  Co<l,and  in  his  early  man- 
hoo«l  taught  a  scliool  at  Wheeling,  Va.  He  studied  medi- 
cine at  the  University  of  New  York,  and  secured  a  large 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Nantucket,  Mass.  He  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia,  and,  because  of  his  interest  in  the 
subject  of  education,  was  made  a  meml)er  of  the  Haverford 
Hoanl  of  Managers.  Alfred  H.  and  Albert  K.  Smiley  hav- 
ing resigned  their  connection  with  Haverford  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1853,  Dr.  Swift  became  teacher  in  tiie  Englisii  de- 
partment in  the  autumn  of  that  year. 

In  hi<  early  life  he  had  lived  upon  a  farm,  and  always 
had  a  love  for  the  cultivation  of  plants.  While  at  Haver- 
ford he  to<ik  a  keen  interest  in  the  garden,  or  a  portion  of  a 
field,  wiiere  in  the  early  morning  hours  he  found  health 
and  pleasure  in  working  the  soil  witli  his  own  hands.  Cu- 
cuml>er  vines  were  trained  about  tlie  windows  of  his  room, 
and  upon  his  table  a  choice  apple  was  kejit  under  a  bell- 
glass,  so  that  lie  might  watch  its  ripening  and  enjoy  its 
fragrance. 

Tlie  Managers  had  become  convincetl,  in  18r»3,  thatan  en- 
tire change  in  the  conduct  in  the  classical  department  was 
essential  to  its  fuller  success,  and  they  therefore  endeavored 
to  find  a  tlioroughly-e<pnpped  teacher  to  take  charge  of 
it.     Thomas    Kiiiibcr.  .Ir  .  a  i,Maduatc  of  the  school,  who.  in 


248  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

many  ways,  bad  shown  his  dee})  interest  in  its  welfare,  and 
who  fully  appreciated  the  importance  of  the  work  in  hand, 
at  the  request  of  a  committee,  repaired  to  Harvard  and  Yale 
with  the  hope  of  finding  a  person  of  superior  attainments 
for  teaching  the  Classics.  Professor  Lane,  of  Harvard,  rec- 
ommended Thomas  Chase.  He  pronounced  him  the  finest 
and  most  thorough  classical  scholar  that  had  graduated  there 
in  many  years,  and  liv  proved  himself  a  most  competent  in- 
structor while  serving  as  tutor  of  Latin  in  that  college. 
But  he  was  then  studying  in  Germany,  and  would  not  re- 
turn for  two  years.  The  Maiiagers  decided  to  look  about 
for  a  competent  classical  instructor  who  would  serve  for  the 
intervening  period.  Thomas  Kimber  found  such  a  person 
at  New  Haven,  in  William  Augustus  Reynolds,  who  had 
graduated  with  distinguished  honors  at  Yale.  Professor  Rey- 
nolds began  his  service  at  Haverford  in  the  autumn  of  1853. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Managers  soon  gave  a  writ- 
ten statement  of  the  marked  improvement  in  the  classical 
department  and  of  the  pleasure  he  experienced  in  attend- 
ing the  recitations  in  Professor  Reynolds'  class-room.  He 
was  a  thorough  instructor,  illustrating  the  subject  in  hand 
by  drawing  from  a  rich  acquaintance  with  classical  litera- 
ture. His  complete  ignorance  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
and  its  peculiarities  often  placed  him  in  verv  awkward 
positions  and  caused  much  amusement  to  his  scholars. 

Dr.  Theodore  D.  Woolsey,  then  President  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, gave  the  following  testimony  to  Professor  Reynolds' 
attainments :  "  Wm.  A.  Reynolds,  Jr.,  held  a  rank  in  the  class 
of  1852,  to  which  he  belonged,  next  to  the  highest  scholar, 
and  excelled  in  all  the  departments,  mathematical  and 
philosophical  as  well  as  classical ;  "  and  James  Hadley,  the 
well-known  professor  of  Greek,  stated:    "At  graduation  he 


<JHO\VTH    OF    TIIK    <  oM.KOK    IltKA.  240 

receivt'il  a  jtlacL'  next  to  the  lorcimisi  in  liis  class,  an«l  virv 
little  removeil  from  tlu*  foremost.  In  tlie  examination  for 
thr  Woolsey  Scholarship,  near  the  close  of  the  I'reslniKin 
year,  he  was  hrouj^ht  into  competition  with  tiie  best 
schohii-s  of  his  class  an«l  came  «»ut  tirst.  lie  gaineil  both 
tlie  Berkeley  and  the  Clark  Scholarships  in  his  Senior  year, 
lie  excelled  in  all  departments  of  study,  but  more  decid- 
etlly  in  the  Greek  and  Latin  Classics.'' 

It  was  indeed  a  fortunate  beginning  of  better  things  when 
Ilaverford  gained  so accomplisljed  an  instructor  as  l*rofes.sor 
Keynohls.  He  resigned  his  jtosition  in  i>th  month,  1855, 
and  soon  after  opened  a  school  in  Philadelphia.  Some 
years  later  he  went  to  France,  where  he  became  a  tutor  in 
the  family  of  M.  Schneider,  through  who.se  influence  he 
afterward  receive«l  an  appointment  in  the  Government 
Department  of  Education,  and  has  rapidly  risen  to  dis- 
tinction, retaining  his  lucrative  position  through  all  the 
varied  changes  of  administration. 

A  new  era  dawned  U|)on  Haverford  with  the  advent  of 
Thomas  Chase.  It  would  be  superfluous  to  speak  of  his 
high  scholarship  and  varied  attainments;  the  experience 
of  the  many  students  who  have  received  his  instruction,  the 
testimony  of  many  leiirned  men,  the  evidence  given  by  his 
editions  of  the  Classics,  and  his  services  upon  the  Commit- 
tee on  the  Revision  of  the  New  Testiiment,  combine  to  es- 
tablish ihoiiQ.  Kx-I'resident  Woolsey,  the  Chairman  of  tlie 
American  Committee  on  Revision,  .said  that  there  was  no 
more  u.seful  man  connected  with  the  work  of  that  body. 
But  Thomas  Chase  brought  to  Haverford  much  besides  high 
scholarship  and  other  att^iinments.  He  brought  the  college 
feeling  and  set  up  a  lofty  i«leal.  He  planted  a  laudable  ambi- 
tion for  .scholarly  attainment^,     lie  imported  a  love  for  litem- 


250  IIISTOKY    OF    IIAVKKFORD    COLLKtiE. 

ture.  and  he  gave  to  the  students  an  esprit  du  corps  that  was 
before  unknown.  It  is  quite  within  bounds  to  say  that  very 
much  of  Haverford  s  excellence  in  succeeding  years  may  be 
traced  back  to  the  coming  of  Thomas  Chase.  The  change 
was  not  alone  in  the  class-room  instruction.  He  wrote 
much  for  The  Collegian;  he  lectured  upon  foreign  travel 
and  subjects  before  untouched,  and  he  conversed  with  the 
students  upon  college  themes  and  of  distinguished  men  and 
their  thoughts  and  ways,  arousing  a  healthful  imagination, 
and  stimulating  laudable  ambitions. 

Besides  those  already  mentioned,  there  were  other  addi- 
tions to  the  corps  of  teachers  during  this  period.  Dr. 
Joseph  Thomas,  the  distinguished  scholar,  now  nearly  a 
quarter  of  a  century  older  than  when  he  first  taught  at  the 
"School,"  gave  instruction  in  Elocution  for  a  ^hort  time; 
J.  W.  Aldrich  continued  to  teach  jSIathematics ;  Professors 
Schell  and  Kern  gave  instruction  in  Drawing,  and  George 
Stuart  became  tutor  in  Classics. 

Nor  must  we  omit  to  mention  another,  whose  fatherly 
care  was  equivalent  to  that  of  a  presiding  officer  over  the 
institution.  Charles  Yarnall,  the  accomplished  Christian 
gentleman  who  for  many  j^ears  served  as  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  and  who  felt  a  keen  interest  in  the  wel- 
fare of  Haverford  and  the  advancement  of  its  students,  was 
a  frequent  visitor  during  this  period  to  the  class-rooms, 
where  his  fine  scholarship  sought  to  aid  the  professor  in 
imparting  the  best  instruction  the  subject  required.  For 
several  years  he  lectured  to  the  students,  on  First  day  after- 
noons, upon  the  Bible  and  Scripture  topics  and  ancient 
worthies  of  the  Church. 

The  Board  of  Managers,  in  one  of  their  attacks  of 
economy,   about    this   time    assailed    the    dining-table,   as 


»iK<»\vTH  or   riiK  » oi.i.kgk  idka.  251 

tlio  citudel  of  fX  Ira  vacant  (.■xi)L'ntlituiv,  witli  an  amus- 
ing particularity.  The  Committt'o  on  Kftri'iichmcni  re- 
porti'tl  that  '■  the  consumption  of  milk  in  the  family  is  v»ry 
great,  there  being  placed  on  tiie  tahh-  in  the  morning  about 
fifteen  quarts,  and  in  the  evening  about  twenty-live  (juarts, 
which  is  used  as  a  beverage  in  addition  to  tea  and  cotVee. 
Believing  that  the  tea  and  coilec  cannot  be  dispensed  with,  the 
committee  recommend  that  the  milk  be  omift«'<l,  thus  mak- 
ing a  saving  in  the  expense  of  about  s:;<M)  a  year.  They  also 
suggest  that  one  roast-beef  dinner  per  week  be  disj)ensed 
with,  substituting  either  corned  beef  or  a  round  of  beef 
stewed.  This  change  would  make  a  diflerence  at  present 
prices  of  about  $100  per  annum.  The  exptnditurts  for  des- 
sert and  for  syrup  for  the  use  of  the  table  are  considerable,  and 
one  which  they  think  might  be  reduce<l."  It  was  a  natural 
result  that,  at  a  later  period,  comi)laints  were  made  that 
the  table  was  not  what  it  ought  to  be  at  an  institution  of 
Haverford's  standing;  and  it  is  very  doubtful  wluthcr  the 
measures  proposed  were  really  economical.  Besides,  such 
attacks  frequently  produce  the  impression  that  the  manage- 
ment doubts  the  competency  or  the  economy  of  the  oHicers 
at  the  school,  an<l  lead  to  unrest  and  resignations.  We  do 
not  know  that  there  was  any  such  imputation  or  intluence 
at  this  time;  but  in  the  ^th  month,  1S53,  Joseph  ('ariiand 
resigned  his  position  of  Superintentlent,  and  Kli/abeth  H. 
Hopkins  tliat  of  Matron,  in  which  position  she  had  long 
served  the  school.  They  were  succeede<l  by  Jonathan  and 
Margaret  Kichanls — excellent  persons  and  kindly — who 
again  assumed  the  positions  formerly  held  by  them. 

For  the  material  improvement  of  Ilaverford  an  impor- 
tant step  was  taken  in  1S53,  when  tiie  Managers  issued  an 
atldress   reviewing  its  past  history,  restating  its  aims,  and 


252 


HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 


mentioning  u  number  of  desired  additions.  The  sum  of 
S10,000  was  subscribed  by  twenty  friends  of  the  school,  of 
whom  only  Marmaduke  C.  Cope,  Wistar  Morris  and  Thomas 
Kimber  are  now  (18U0)  living. 

With  a  persistent  and  unflagging  liberality,  wliich  has 
always  characterized  some  of  Haverford's  good  friends,  two 
of  the  subscribers  to  this  fund  were  almost  simultaneously 
securing  another  benefit  to  the  institution,  in  the  Astrono- 


TIIK  oBSEliVATOKlEs 


mical  Department.  The  importance  of  a  near  acquaintance 
with  the  heavenly  bodies  is  sometimes  undervalued ;  for 
there  is  no  department  within  the  range  of  human  knowl- 
edge more  elevating,  or  which  brings  the  mind  nearer  the 
infinite,  and  the  infinite  object  of  adoration  and  praise, 
than  astronomy.  It  is  therefore  with  peculiar  pleasure  that 
we  record  this  act  of  generosity  which,  for  one  of  the  donors, 
was  almost  his  final  act  in  a  career  of  great  usefulness. 


GROWTH    OF    THK    <<»M.K(;K    II>KA.  -53 

In  185'J  a  inoveim-iit  Imtl  boon  l)t'guii  l«»r  l.uildiiig  and 
equipping  an  obstTvatorv.  Thomas  Kiniber,  Jr.,  guaran- 
teed >?1, .'()()  fur  the  i>ureliaso  of  a  telescope.  The  obser- 
vatory buihling  was  erected,  and  an  equatorial  telescope 
of  8J  inches  aperture  and  11  feet  focal  length,  with  eye- 
pieces magnifyii.g  from  iW)  to  ".'00  times,  was  ordered  from 
Henry  Fitz.  of  Ntw  York.  It  cost  $l,l>oO,  and  has  proved 
itself  an  excellent  instrument.  A  meridian  circle,  of  tiie 
CJerman  form,  made  by  William  .1.  Young,  of  Philadelphia, 
was  obtained.  It  has  a  gi)od  telescope  of  four  inches  aper- 
ture and  five  feet  focus,  with  a  circle  at  each  end  of  tin-  axi*^ 
26  inches  in  diameter,  one  reading  by  four  verniers  to  two 
seconds  of  arc,  the  other  used  simply  as  a  lindor.  For  a 
consi<lerable  time  the  telescope  was  one  of  the  largest  in 
this  country. 

A  very  superior  Siderial  clock,  costing  8400,  was  the  gift 
of  Thomas  P.  Cope,  of  Philadelj>hia  ;  and  Thomas  Kimber, 
Jr.,  supplied  Bonds'  spring  governor,  nece.«<.'<ary  for  recording 
the  time  of  observations. 

Thus  furnished,  the  observatory  has  done  excellent  .ser- 
vice in  tile  line  for  which  it  was  intended,  which  was  to 
give  the  advanced  classes  every  facility  for  tin-  undrr>t;in«l- 
ing  and  use  of  astronomical  instruments.  Besides  this, 
much  excellent  professional  work  has  been  <lone.  Of  gen- 
eral interest  was  the  determination  of  the  longitude  of  the 
observatory  as  5  h.  1  m.  12.75  southwest  of  ( Jreenwich,  and  the 
latitude  40M)'-36.5"  N.,  whicli  has  recently  been  verified. 

The  latitujje  was  calculateil  both  from  original  observa- 
tions and  from  points  established  by  the  I'nited  States 
Coast  Survey.  It  gave  all  thoseengaged  in  the  work  no  small 
satisfaction  to  find  that  the  latitude  as  determined  by  Pr<»- 
fessor  John  Gunimere,  years  before,  in  tlie  little  old  wooden 


254  HISTORY    OK    HAVEKFORI)    ('0LLE(;K. 

observatory  now  used  as  a  carpenter  shop,  with  small  aiul 
inferior  instruments,  re<)uircd  a  correction  so  slight  as  to  be 
almost  infinitesimal. 

Students  engaged  in  measuring  a  line  from  this  obser- 
vatory to  that  of  the  High  School  in  Philadelphia  were 
stopped  by  an  old  man  and  his  wife,  who  refused  to  allow 
them  to  cross  their  field,  as  they  feared  the  railroad  might 
be  coming.  A  triangulation  was  therefore  made  around 
the  stern  defenders  of  their  rights,  and  the  distance  was  cal- 
culated more  accuratel}^  than   it  could  have  been  measured. 

Either  from  fear  of  accident  b}^  explosions  or  of  injury 
to  the  sight  of  the  students,  the  Managers  about  this  time 
became  anxious  as  to  the  use  of  camphene,  and  decided 
to  erect  gasworks  for  the  manufacture  of  rosin-gas.  It  can- 
not be  said  to  have  proved  a  success  either  in  point  of  econ- 
omy or  of  illumination,  and  in  a  few  years  the  works  were 
abandoned.  This  result  was  precipitated  by  the  war  of  the 
rebellion,  Avhich  cut  off  the  sources  of  supj^ly  of  rosin  in 
North  Carolina;  but  it  was  also  found  difficult  to  secure  a 
steady  light  for  the  purpose  of  study,  and  the  new  illumi- 
nator was  more  of  a  danger  than  benefit  to  the  eyes  of  the 
students.  Meanwhile,  it  was  a  rather  costly  experiment. 
A  stone  building,  with  iron  rafters  and  slate  roof,  and  a  gas- 
holder or  tank  of  14  feet  diameter  and  11  feet  rise,  were 
erected  in  the  edge  of  the  wood,  about  350  feet  northwest 
of  the  school  building,  in  the  direction  of  President  Sharp- 
less'  })resent  house,  at  the  total  cost  of  over  !!^3,100.  Gas 
was  introduced  in  the  11th  month,  1852;  was  reported  to 
give  a  steady  light  at  first,  was  carried  to  the  observatory 
and  all  the  outbuildings,  and  "  we  believe,"  the  Managers 
say,  "with  attention  to  the  management  of  tlie  works,  will 
be  an  economical  light."     Alas,  for  human  vihrations! 


tilioWlll    ol     Tin:    tnl.l.Kr.E    IDKA.  255 

Ami,  apropos,  another  instance  of  the  thictuutinj;  impolicy 
occurrt'ci,  whon,  in  Dth  montli,  1S54,  "  it  was,  after  niiu-lj 
consiileration,  a^^reed  to  establish  an  AcaiKinical  Depart- 
ment, under  the  care  of  a  teacher  of  experience  and  ability, 
in  which  the  elementary  studies  may  be  pursiie<l,  etc.;"  and 
this,  just  before  the  a<lvent  of  Thomas  Chase,  who  ap- 
peared on  the  scene  in  l-SfM,  when  the  Hood-tide  of  college 
ideas  set  in,  and  ajjain  swept  away  elementary  instruction 
from  within  the  colle<;e  walls. 

Autl  here  wc  grieve  to  chronicle  the  loss  of  a  prominent 
actor  i»n  the  scone  from  the  opening  of  the  school  till  near 
the  time  of  his  tieatii,  on  the  '22d  of  1 1th  month,  18.>l,one  to 
whom  we  have  fnMjuently  had  occasion  to  refer  in  those  pages. 
Thomas  1*.  Cope,  the  elder,  was  born  bth  nionth  2t»th,  170S, 
in  Lancaster  County,  aiul  was,  therefore,  over  Hti  years  old 
at  the  time  «)f  his  decease,  and  r»2  at  the  tbumling  of  the 
school.  He  ha<l  been  a  notable  man  throughout  this  long 
life,  of  strongly  marked  individuality  ;  such  a  man  as  not 
only  makes  his  impress  on  iiis  own  generation,  but  upon 
those  succeeding.  At  2"2  years  of  age  lie  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  and  began  business  there  on  the  corner  of 
Second  Street  and  Pewter  Platter  Alley,  opposite  Christ 
Church,  being  first  in  the  employ  of  John  Head,  whom  he 
succeeded.  During  the  yellow  fever  epidemic,  which  re- 
curred from  171>3  to  1708,  he  remained  at  his  j)Ost  when 
many  people  Hed  from  the  city;  and  in  171>7.  whm  "scarce 
any  of  the  |»roper  ofticials  remained  to  protect  and  provide 
for  the  suffering  poor,"  the  Ik>ard  of  Overseers  accepted 
his  '*  generous  offer  to  serve  as  Overseer  of  the  Poor."  lie 
was  attacke<l  with  the  disease  him.self,  l)Ut,  having  a  strong 
constitution  ami  tenijierate  habits,  recovered.  He  built 
his  first  ship  in  1.S07 — Philadelphia  was  then  the  commer- 


256  HISTORY   OF   HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

cial  metropolis  of  America — and  in  1S21  founded  the  well- 
known  line  of  Cope's  packet-ships.  The  competitor  of 
Stephen  Girard  during  his  life,  he  became  one  of  his  execu- 
tors when  he  died.  He  was  conspicuous  in  securing  a 
water  supply  for  the  growing  city,  surmounting  great  ob- 
stacles with  indomitable  perseverance  and  energy,  as  a 
member  of  City  Councils ;  was  also  elected  to  the  State 
Legislature,  and  offered,  but  declined,  a  seat  in  Congress ; 
and  was  prominent  as  founder  or  active  manager  of  the 
Mercantile  Library,  Board  of  Trade,  House  of  Eefuge,  and 
Pennsylvania  Hospital,  being  a  citizen  of  great  public 
spirit  and  benevolence.  At  the  time  of  the  Irish  famine,  he 
labored  assiduously  to  relieve  the  distress  in  that  country. 
The  city  of  Philadelphia  has  recognized  his  representa- 
tive character  as  one  of  her  greatest  merchants  by  carving 
his  face  in  the  frieze  of  the  Conver.sation  Hall,  between  the 
two  Council  chambers,  in  the  new  City  Hall.  We  have  seen 
how  great  and  how^  intelligent  was  the  interest  he  took  in 
our  school.  For  a  few  years  prior  to  his  death  he  had  been 
withdrawn  from  the  activities  of  life,  but  his  works  out- 
lived him,  and  his  mantle  of  usefulness  rested  on  worthy 
children  and  grandchildren. 

To  return  to  our  story:  West  of  Founders'  Hall  had  long 
stood  the  greenhouse,  heated  by  old-fashioned  flues,  and  con- 
taining, besides  an  ordinary  collection  of  stove  plants,  a  re- 
markably large  agave,  and  some  exceptionally  fine  acacias. 
The  house,  with  its  contents,  was  destroyed  by  fire  on  an  ex- 
tremely cold  night  in  the  3d  month,  1855,  and  has  never 
since  been  rebuilt.  The  fire  was  said  to  have  originated 
from  some  of  the  boys  playing  cards  in  the  greenhouse  ; 
Ijut  this  may  be  a  slander,  for  the  minute  of  the  Managers 
says,  "  believed  to  have  been   communicated   from  one  of 


GKOWTH    <»1     llli:    (ULI.ECJK    IDKA.  'Jo7 

tilt'  flues."  Its  inaiMtt'imiRf  )ia<l  \>evn  discontinuitl  l»y 
iniiiutf  of  tin-  Uttaril,  in  I'lli  iiionth,  18/)!,  j)resuinaljly  on 
account  tit"  the  cxpt'iise,  us  this  was  during  the  sessions  of 
the  RetrenchnK'nt  Committee.  Prohahly  no  otlier  home 
hail  been  fouml  for  tlie  phints,  an<l  they  therefore  remained 
in  a  neglecteil  eondition.  The  ruined  archway  still  stands, 
H  reminder  of  the  hortieultural  days  of  the  school  to  those 
who  knt)W  its  Ineanin;,^  The  lin-  fri<ihtened  the  Managers 
into  active  measures  of  insurance  antl  proteetion  of  the 
main  building  against  danger,  by  roofing  the  piazza  with 
tire-proof  material,  and  "providing  j)ermanent  means  of 
eonveying  water  to  every  part  of  each  story."  At  the  same 
meeting  a  shed  was  ordere<l  ''  near  the  landing,"  to  protect 
"  persons  connected  with  the  institution  "  waiting  for  tlie 
cars.     This  constituted  the  railway  station  of  that  day. 

For  a  number  of  years  there  had  been  a  steady  i>rogress 
in  llaverford's  ability  to  do  good  college  work  and  in  the 
results  she  had  accomplished.  The  materials  f(tr  work 
had  been  improve«l,  the  instructors  were  ecjual  to  the  facul- 
ties of  many  colleges,  and  the  students  received  a  thorough 
training  in  a  full  college  course.  The  Managers  realized 
that  greater  good  might  be  accomplished  by  broadening 
the  institution's  character,  and  on  '1<\  month  1st,  18f)(>,  they 
conchuletl  to  petition  the  Legislature  of  the  State  for  the 
privilege  of  granting  such  degrees  in  literature  and  the 
arts  as  are  granted  by  other  collegiati'  institutions.  The 
|K;tition  was  favorably  entertaine<l,  and  the  desired  au- 
thority was  promptly  grante<l.  On  <>th  month  Hth,  the  insti- 
tution took  the  initial  step  toward  becoming  Ilaverford 
College,  an«l  a  new  form  of  diploma  was  ordere<l  by  the 
Managers.  Before  the  end  of  the  year  an  elaborate  code  of 
rules  was  adopted  for  the  government  of  the  Faculty,  on 
17 


258  HISTORY    OF    ilAVERFORD    COIA.EGE. 

admissions  and  matriculations,  on  courses  of  study,  on  ex- 
aminations, on  degrees  and  commencements  and  on  terms 
and  vacations.  One  of  the  rules  provided  that  graduates 
of  Haverford  School  who  received  their  diploma  before  the 
incorporation  of  the  college  could  take  the  degree  of  B.A. 
on  complying  with  the  conditions  prescribed.  Haverford 
then  entered  upon  a  fresh  career  of  usefulness,  in  which 
she  has  since  made  most  creditable  advancement  and  has 
gained  an  enviable  reputation. 

A  wise  modification  was  enacted  this  year  in  the  rule  on 
dress,  which  was  made  to  read  thus  :  "  The  students  are 
expected  to  appear  in  the  plain  and  simple  style  of  dress 
usual  among  Friends,  and  any  clothes  differing  from  this 
standard,  it  is  expected,  will  be  altered  or  laid  aside."  The 
new  rule  was  milder  in  form  and  free  from  the  circum- 
stantial tone  of  the  former  rule. 

In  one  important  department  of  work  the  students  of 
this  period  conducted  their  own  training  almost  entirely. 
But  little  attention  was  given  to  literary  instruction,  in 
the  way  of  composition,  by  the  professors,  and  none  at  all 
to  elocution.  The  Loganian  Society  gave  opportunities 
for  exercise  and  training  in  these  fields,  for  such  as  chose 
to  avail  tliemselves  of  them,  llic  Collegian  continued  to 
be  issued  monthly,  in  manuscript,  under  the  supervision  of 
editors  chosen  by  a  vote  of  the  Society,  and  contained  such 
essays  and  poems  as  were  furnished  for  it.  Many  of  these 
showed  much  merit.  The  Loganian's  greatest  interest  was 
in  its  debates.  (Questions  of  almost  every  conceivable 
character  were  discussed,  not  unfrequently  with  ability. 
Samuel  Bettle,  3d,  of  Philadelphia,  Cyrus  Mendenhall,  of 
Indiana,  and  Samuel  T.  Satterthwaite,  of  New  Jersey,  were 
usually  the  leaders  of  these  debates.    The  first  was  polished 


CiRoWTH    or    Tin:   lt»I.I,K<JK    II»KA.  259 

in  manner,  exhaustive  in  liis  research,  and  ek'ar  an«l 
straightforward  in  liis  logic;  the  second  had  marked  ahility 
of,  perhaps,  a  stronger  type  and  run  in  a  rougher  niouhl ; 
while  the  last  had  a  »|uickness  of  prrcvption,  a  drollery  of 
stateujent,  and  a  sort  of  niany-sidetlness  of  genius,  that 
made  him  very  etl'eclivo  in  any  discussion.  It  was  a  re- 
markahlo  circumstance  that  all  three  of  these  young  men 
died  not  long  after  their  graduation. 

The  Henry  Society  was  a  literary  or^'ani/ation  of  limited 
numbers  and  exclusive  character,  which  llourished  at  this 
perio<l. 

The  games  were  football  <»f  the  good  old-fashioned 
ty|)e,  in  which  the  ball  was  kicked  and  nnt  carried  laml 
in  this  Cyrus  Mendenhall.  huge  in  frame  and  strength, 
an<i  James  M.  Walton,  ci-st  known  as  "  Mouse,"  lithe  and 
fleet,  were  the  champions);  town-ball,  played  to  a  limited 
extent,  aiul  various  contests  in  jumping  and  trials  of 
strength  and  skill.  Cricket  was  reintroduced  during  this 
period  through  the  agency  of  an  Englishman  who  taught 
in  Dr.  Lyons's  school,  across  the  railroad,  and  who  occa- 
sionally came  into  the  Haverford  grounds  to  give  the  boys 
instruction.  The  Dorian  Cricket  Club  was  then  organize*!. 
In  winter  much  attention  was  given  to  skating.  All  the 
|>onds  in  the  neighborhood  were  u.sed,  and  on  Seventh  <lav 
afternoons  many  walked  to  the  Schuylkill  to  study  the 
methods  of  the  best  city  experts,  and  sometimes  to  try  a 
test  of  skill  with  them,  A  number  of  Haverford  boys  were 
very  proficient ;  best  of  all  was 

WontimuH  I'arriali,  litlie  of  limit, 
Our  own  graceful,  af(ilc  Jim. 

During  this  period  the  custom  obtained  of  giving  every 
\x>y  a   nickname,  by  which  he  was  generally  called    and 


260  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFURD    COLLEGE. 

known.  These  were  sometimes  given  from  some  fancied 
resemblance,  but  often  without  either  rhyme  or  reason,  and 
they  were  the  strangest  lot  of  names  ever  responded  to. 
Now,  in  mature  life,  many  a  former  boy  is  remembered 
under  his  odd  and  senseless  title,  while  his  real  name 
is  completely  forgotten.  "Skeesics"  and  "Cameo"  and 
"Bucky"  are  remembered  in  their  distinct  personalities, 
but  to  recall  their  true  names  we  must  now  seek  the  cata- 
logues of  the  time.  As  we  find  them  we  come  to  know,  by 
inquiry,  how  scattered  they  are  throughout  the  earth,  and 
how  varied  are  their  occupations  and  situations. 


t.~T 


<ii.\rri:i:  x. 
BECOMES  A  COLLEGE.    iSM)-n(). 

TI1U8  piely  iiikI  art  i-uiiiliiiu- 

Til  liiiilii  thv  fane  of  lii);lifr  Icnrnin^; 

Ami  iiod  will  ailtl  Ilis  ^rntf  tliviiu-, 

lU-twixt  tlu-  fals*»  aiitl  true  jliHt-eminK. — C  K.  Pratt. 

In  till'  following;  year  (18'>6)  occiiiivt I  iiii  event  which  has 
probably  exercised  as  mucli  influence  on  tlie  destinies  of 
Ilaverford  as  any  in  lier  history.  This  was  tlie  formation 
of  the  Alumni  Association.  No  class  of  men  are  more 
likely  to  take  an  interest  in  the  fortunes  of  a  college  than 
those  wIjo  have  spent  t\)ur  of  the  most  liiii»i»y  and  buoyant 
years  of  their  life  within  its  walls  as  students.  We  have 
already  seen  how,  in  her  darkest  days,  when  her  doors  were 
close<l  and  the  experiment  abandoned  for  a  time  in  desj)air, 
her  sons  came  to  the  rescue,  and,  by  raising  a  handsome  fund 
for  her  endowment,  laid  the  foundations  for  an  enduring 
pros|)crity,  an<l  testitied  to  the  world  how  underneath  the 
sometimes  excessive  caution  of  age,  lay  the  vigor  of  a  youth 
which  she  herself  had  sent  forth.  Serrill,in  his  "Ilaverford 
Revived,"  has  drawn  an  ex<iuisite  picture  of  the  ardor  and 
buoyancy  with  which  the  old  students  set  their  hands  to 
this  work. 

The  formation  of  the  Alumni  Association  came  about  in 
this  wise.  The  class  of  IS,")!,  at  a  meeting  soon  after  their 
graduation,  at  the  house  of  one  of  their  number,  signed  the 
following  agreement:    "We,  the   undersigned,   Ilaverford 

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262  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

graduates  of  1S51,  hereby  agree,  Deo  volente,  to  meet  at 
Haverford  School  the  Seventli  day  preceding  the  end  of  the 
summer  session  of  1856. 

Ninth  month,  1851. 

Frank  E.  Taioe,  Richard  Wood, 

Thomas  J.  Levick,  Philip  C.  Garrett, 

James  Carey  Thomas,  ZAfciiEus  Test, 

Joseph  L.  Bailey." 

They  then  scattered  to  their  several  ways  in  the  world. 
It  happened  that  the  lot  of  two  of  them  lay  together  among 
the  dry-goods  boxes  of  Market  Street,  and  before  the  class 
meeting  of  1856  one  of  these  suggested,  and  the  other 
approved,  the  scheme  of  making  this  the  occasion  for  pro- 
posing an  association  of  the  alumni.  The  meeting  was  held 
Ninth  month  6th,  1856,  and  to  it  were  invited  at  the  college 
a  large  number  of  their  friends  and  the  former  students. 
Addresses  were  delivered  by  Richard  Wood,  of  Philadelphia, 
who  presided;  Franklin  E.  Paige,  of  Weare,  N.  H.;  Dr. 
James  Carey  Thomas,  of  Baltimore,  and  Philip  C.  Garrett, 
of  Philadelphia.  The  latter  then  offered  the  following 
resolution : 

"Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  b}^  the 
chairman  of  this  meeting  to  amass  information  with  regard 
to  the  conduct  of  alumni  societies,  to  construct  a  consti- 
tution, to  issue  a  call  for  a  meeting  to  be  held  at  such  time 
as  they  may  deem  fit,  and  to  make  a  full  report  at  tliat 
meeting." 

The  resolution  was  .seconded  by  Dr.  Thomas,  and  sup- 
ported by  Dr.  Henry  Hartshorne,  of  the  class  of  '40;  Dr. 
James  J.  Levick,  of  the  class  of  '42,  and  Charles  Yarnall, 
the  veteran  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  who  was 
present;  and  it  was  unanimously  adopted.     The  chairman 


r.K(«>Mi;s    A    «  nLLKOK.  263 

appointed  as  tin-  c-oininitti-e  I'liilip  C.  (Jurrett,  I>r.  Iltinv 
Ilartshonu',  l)r.  .laiiics  .1.  Lt'virk,  Isaac  S.  Sniill  ainl  I>aviil 
Scull,  Jr. 

As  tliis  marks  ail  important  ejxK-lj  in  our  history,  \vi-  may 
be  panluneii  lor  fularj^in^  somowliat,  ami  intro<liicinj;  here 
some  extracts  from  tlie  speerh  of  the  chairman,  because  they 
illustrate,  in  a  felicitous  way,  what  we  have  already  said  of 
the  devotion  to  a  college  of  its  alumni,  and  the  value  of 
their  supjHjrt. 

■  111  the  name  of  each  one  of  you, "  he  says,  "^I  greet  ami 
welcome — yes,  heartily  and  cordially  welcome — each  and 
all  of  you  to  this  honored  place.  In  any  si>ot  of  the  wide 
earth  such  a  meeting;  as  this  would  have  been  happy  and 
delightful,  but  in  this  j)lace  it  is  doubly  endeared  by  the 
memories  that  surrouinl  it.  .  .  .  The  object  of  the 
meeting  is  to  celebrate  the  graduation  «»f  those  who.  <lur- 
ing  the  year  1851,  constituted  the  Senior  Cla-ss  of  Haver- 
ford  School.  An«l  yet,  in  making  this  announcement,  I 
cannot  feel  that  full  justice  has  been  done  to  the  purposes 
and  intentions  of  the  meeting,  or  to  the  spirit  which  origi- 
nate<I  it.  I  hold  that  our  meeting  has  a  higher  and  a  better 
purpose  than  that  of  mere  celebration.  Gentlemen — for  I 
appeal  to  you — five  years  have  rolled  by  since  we  received 
the  diploma  of  the  college;  and  surely  we  do  not  come  back 
now,  after  such  a  lapse  of  time,  only  to  indulge  in  boyish 
exultations.  No,  n)y  friends,  we  are  not  here  to  feed  our 
vanities ;  we  do  not  come  to  l>oast  our  poor  accomplishments. 
Hut  having  been  drawn  for  several  years  into  the  closest 
relation  in  which  it  is  [tossible  to  |>lace  men,  and  having 
been  placed  in  this  relation  at  a  period  when  our  faculties 
were  expanding,  we  were  con.ncious  of  jM».«se.ssing  thoughts, 
feelings  and  principles  in  common,  and  acknowlc<lged  the 
desire  to  re-conjpare  these  thoughts,  feelings  and  principh'S, 


264  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COI.LKGK. 

after  trial  liad  been  made  of  tliem  in  the  school  of  real  and 
active  life.     Here,  then,  is  another  object  of  our  meeting. 

"We  supposed  also  that  such  an  occasion  an<l  reunion 
as  the  present  would  serve  to  recall  to  our  mutual  recollec- 
tion those  little  shades  of  person  and  character  which  con- 
stitute what  are  called  a  man's  peculiarities.  Once,  as  with 
all  school-boys,  we  were  perfectly  familiar  with  even  the 
physical  mannerisms  and  customary  attitudes  of  one  an- 
other. Nor  do  I  believe  that  we  have  yet  entirely  forgotten 
the  degree  of  eagerness  with  which  one  kicked  the  football 
on  the  lawn,  or  the  dexterity  with  which  another  shot  at 
marbles  on  the  sidewalk.  We  may  still  remember,  each  in 
the  other,  our  peculiar  modes  of  speech  and  of  thought,  the 
forms  and  fashions  of  our  dreams,  and  even  the  proportions 
of  those  airy  structures  that  youth  is  ever  building  up  and 
age  forever  tearing  down. 

"  The  remembrance  of  sucli  little  personal  traits  as  these 
lends  a  livelier  charm  and  a  sharper  zest  to  friendship,  and 
makes  it  sparkle  and  effervesce  with  the  right  true  spirit  of 
good-fellowship. 

"  How  do  such  recollections  crowd  upon  us  in  this  place, 
and  how  should  they  re-polish  and  re-tighten  the  chain  of 
amity  that  binds  us  !  In  this  place,  I  say,  where  chamber 
and  hall,  and  book  and  tree,  and  wooded  lawn  and  grassy 
mead  are  alive  with  memories  of  one  another. 

"  We  are  here,  then,  that  old  associations  may  recall  old 
memories,  that  old  memories  may  renew  old  friendships, 
and  that,  by  the  renewal  of  old  friendships,  our  natures  may 
be  strengthened  and  purified.  For  I  take  it  that  the  Scottish 
poet  hath  it  truly  when  he  says : 

'The  social,  friendly,  lionest  man, 
\Vhate"er  lie  he, 
'Tis  he  fulfils  great  Nature's  plan, 
And  onlv  he.' 


HKCt)MKS    A    COLLEOK.  205 

•  \\\'  (1»)  not  come,  I  repeat,  with  txultation  ami  with  hoast- 
in^;  we  come  to  peer  into  the  fiituivaiul  to  revel  in  the  past. 
We  are  here  that  old 

Time  tuny  run  \>nvk 

Ami  fftoli  tlif  Age  of  ItoM. 

"The  purpose  of  our  nieetinjj,  therefore,  is  not  merely  to 
celebrate  what  was  a  happy  ami  an  important  occurrence  to 
ourselves,  hut  that  we,  ami  all  of  you,  our  friends,  may  re- 
strenpthen  the  ties  that  attach  us  to  Ilaverfonl,  and.  through 
Iiaverford,to  one  another.  " 

The  association  was  fairly  launche<l  on  the  'i'2«l  of  11th 
month  in  the  same  year,  when  thf  ahinini  wtTi-  rallrd  to- 
gether at  the  hall  of  the  College  of  IMiarmacy,  on  Zane  Street 
(now  Filbert)  above  Seventh,  Philadeljthia,  to  receive  the 
report  of  the  committee.  About  twenty-live  «j:raduates  re- 
sponded to  thi.s  call.  Or.  Thomas  F.  Cock,  of  New  York,  pre- 
siding. Philip  C.  (Jarrett,  as  chairman  of  the  committee, 
read  a  draft  of  a  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  which  ha<l  been 
prepare<l  by  them,  and  also  made  a  full  rejiort  of  their  labors. 
An  omission  in  the  report  was  supplied  by  l)r.  Ilartshorne. 
who  stated  that  it  was  to  the  class  of  ISf)],  and  to  the  chair- 
man of  the  committee  in  particular,  that  the  friends  of 
Ilaverford  are  indebted  for  the  pleasant  prospect  of  these 
annual  reunions.  After  some  alterations  and  amendments, 
the  pro[H)sed  plan  of  organization  was  adopted,  and  the  fol- 
lowing ollicers  were  chosen  :  President.  1  )r.  Thomtts  F.  Cock  ; 
Vice-Presidents,  Lloy«l  P.  Smith,  Charles  L.  Sliarpless  and 
William  S.  Hilles;  Secretary,  Robert  Ik)wne;  Treasurer. 
Edmund  A.  Crenshaw  ;  Kxecutive  Committee.  Philip  C.  Gar- 
rett, Dr.  .lames  J.  Levick,  Dr.  Henry  llartshorne,  Henry  H. 
G.  Sharpless,  Richard  W(Kjd,  David  Scull,  Jr.,  and  William 
S.  Hilles.     Dr.  Cock,  the  first  graduate  of  the  school,  was 


200  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOKD    COLLECiK. 

selected  also  to  deliver  the  address  at  the  public  meeting 
which  was  to  be  held  in  the  summer  of  the  following  year. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Managers,  in 
relation  to  granting  full  Baccalaureate  degrees  to  such  of  the 
present  graduates  as  had  received  their  diplomas  before  the 
passage  of  the  act  incorporating  Haverford  College. 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Association  was  held  at 
the  college,  in  the  old  collection-room,  on  the  28th  of  7th 
month  ensuing.  A  committee  w^as  appointed  to  take  into 
consideration  the  proi:)rioty  of  offering  an  alumni  prize  for 
the  best  essay  written  by  undergraduates.  This  committee 
consisted  of  Philip  C.  Garrett,  Robert  Pearsall  Smith  and 
Richard  Wood,  w^hose  report  the  next  year  was  adopted, 
appropriating  S45  to  be  awarded  biennially  for  prize  essays, 
S30  to  be  competed  for  by  members  of  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, and  Slo  by  members  of  the  Senior  and  Junior  Classes. 
The  subjects  of  the  essays  were  to  be  duly  announced  by 
the  Prize  Committee,  and  a  full  set  of  rules  was  adopted  for 
the  guidance  of  competitors. 

Another  proof  of  the  healthy  life  of  the  young  organiza- 
tion was  given  at  the  first  meeting,  by  the  appointment  of  a 
committee  to  confer  with  the  Managers,  "on  the  expediency 
of  erecting  upon  these  grounds  an  edifice  suitable  for  hold- 
ing the  private  and  public  meetings  of  the  alumni,"  and 
if  encouragement  was  given,  to  submit  a  plan  for  such  a 
building,  together  with  a  method  by  which  a  fund  sufficient 
for  its  erection  can  be  accumulated.  This  committee,  which 
consisted  of  Richard  Wood,  Henry  Hartshorne,  and  James 
Whitall,  also  reported  at  the  meeting  in  1858.  They  had  in 
the  meanwhile  conferred  with  the  Managers,  who  had  favor- 
ably received  their  proposition,  recording  that  "  the  pro- 
posal of  the  alumni  was  gratifying  to  the  Board  as  another 


IIECOMES    A    COLLEGE.  267 

evidence  of  tlie  contimu<l  interest  which  is  felt  liy  its  former 
students,"  and  sugj^esting  that  a  portion  of  tlie  hall  be  used 
to  accommodate  the  lil>rarv  of  the  college,  which  was  begin- 
ning to  tax  the  limits  of  the  old  room  in  the  secoiul  story 
of  Founders'  I  lall.  The  committee,  therefore,  recommended 
to  the  alumni  the  creation  (tf  a  lioanl  *>(  Trustees,  duly 
authorized  to  collect  subscriptions  for  the  ereetion  of  such  a 
hall,  and  to  procee<l  to  act,  in  conjunction  with  a  committee 
of  the  Board  of  Managei-s,and  defining  the  uses  of  said  hall. 
Kiehard  Wood,  John  S.  I  lilies,  Dr.  .lames  Carey  Thomas, 
Charles  L.  Sharpless  and  Philip  C.  (Jarrett  were  accordingly 
appointed  Trustees,  and  found  that  i>lenty  of  work  hiy 
before  them. 

Although  we  are  anticipating  a  little,  we  shall  briefly 
refer  to  the  next  few  meetings  of  the  alumni  before  we  pass 
from  the  subject,  to  show  what  a  healthy  and  vigorous  addi- 
tion had  here  been  created  to  the  stimulating  forces  impelling 
the  college  life.  An  increased  number  gathered  in  ls.")!».  In 
view  of  the  promised  ereetion  of  a  new  library  building  on 
the  lawn,  in  connection  with  Alumni  Hall,  and  the  need  felt 
for  an  increased  library  collection, such  as  would  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  a  first-class  college,  they  now  aj)pointed  Lloyd 
P.  Smith,  Francis  T.  King,  Charles  Taber,  Thilip  ('.  Garrett, 
and  Thomas  Kimber,  Jr.,  Trustees  of  a  Library  Fund,  to 
take  charge  of  raising  such  a  fund,  to  invest  the  same,  and 
to  expend  the  income  in  the  purchase  of  such  books  as  are 
desired  by  the  college  authorities  to  increase  the  efliciency 
of  the  library.  The  Hall  C«>mmittee  reported  progress  in 
ol)taining  subscription.**.  The  following  preamble  and 
resolution  evinced  the  doej)  interest  of  the  alumni  in  their 
Alma  Mater: 

"  This  Association  l>eing  conscious  of  the  l>enefits  to  be 


268  lIISTdKV    OF    HAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

derived  from  the  course  of  careful  and  liberal  study  pre- 
scribed at  Haverford  College,  and  feeling  the  importance 
of  using  all  efforts  to  extend  these  benefits  throughout  the 
limits  of  the  Religious  Society  of  Friends  in  this  country  : 
therefore, 

"Besolved,  That  our  members  be  and  hereby  are  requested 
to  use  such  exertions  as  their  inclinations  may  prompt  to 
secure  to  the  institution  a  more  liberal  patronage  from  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Friends  in  their  respective  neighbor- 
hoods." 

We  shall  have  further  occasion  to  refer  to  this  active  interest 
hereafter.  The  next  two  years  were  not  very  eventful  in  the 
annals  of  the  alumni.  The  Library  Fund  grew  very  slowly. 
The  Building  Fund  received  steady  accessions.  The  views 
of  the  Trustees  were  at  first  modest,  contemplating  an  expen- 
diture of  some  $2,000  only,  but  they  grew  and  grew,  until  the 
result  was  the  present  not  unsightly  Hall,  which  has  echoed 
the  voices  of  many  distinguished  men,  and  has  harbored 
a  growing  library  during  its  steady  increase  from  small 
beginnings  until  it  has  attained  the  respectable  dimensions 
of  25,000  volumes;  of  which  more  anon.  But  this  was  the 
work  of  years. 

From  about  the  year  1856  a  considerable  modification 
is  perceptible  in  the  treatment  of  students,  in  the  direction 
of  relaxing  the  severity  of  rules.  Evidently  the  efforts 
to  completely  transmute  the  school  into  the  college  were 
slowly  but  surely  surmounting  op})Osition.  Extremely 
gradual  as  the  process  was,  and  repugnant  to  the  ideas  of 
the  older  Managers,  change  followed  change,  for  years,  after 
the  advent  of  Thomas  Chase  fresh  from  Harvard ;  some- 
times these  were  trivial  in  their  character,  sometimes  preg- 
nant  with   meaning   and    importance,  but   always   in  the 


HECOMKS    A    < OLI.KOE.  260 

direction  of  college  usages.  The  Princijml  ultiiiiattly  luciuuf 
the  President,  the  Seconcl  Junior  the  Sophomore,  the  Coun- 
cil the  Faculty;  ha/ing  and  cremation  crept  in;  honorary 
degrees  were  conferred  ;  modilications  were  nuule  in  the 
inetho<ls  of  examination,  and  all  the  rest.  Hut  tin-  most 
signiticant  an»l  thf  nutst  vuluahlc  of  all,  was  this  al»andoii- 
ment  of  the  ancient  relation  of  antagonism  between  professor 
and  student,  and  of  the  susj>icit)nand  espionage  appropriate 
to  the  Birchen  Age  and  the  grade  of  a  rural  primary. 

Slow  and  reluctant  was  the  change,  and  later  years  tiian 
those  of  wiiiih  weare  now  treating  witness  the  fondness  and 
tenacity  with  which  tho.se  peaceful  "  men  of  war,"'  who  had 
fought  the  Arians  in  1827,  clung  to  the"  phylacteries  "whirli 
to  them  seemed  the  one  potent  symbol  of  the  "guarded  educa- 
tion of  youth."  We  shall  sre  an  imj)ressive  instance  of  this 
two  years  later.  Enough  will  it  he  now  to  call  the  reader's 
attention  to  the  splitting  chrysalis.  It  wasin  thisycar  that  the 
vacation  was  changed  to  summer,  from  spring  and  autunni, 
and  that  the  Council — it  wasstill  called  Council. and  welike 
the  individuality  of  the  llaverford  name — urged  upon  the 
•Managers  an  increase  in  the  length  of  vacations  to  twelve 
weeks.  It  was  in  the  autumn  of  the  .same  year  that  the  lirst 
commencement  was  lield,  and  that  saintly  man,  Jo.seph  G. 
Harlan,  was  a|»pointed  Principal,  alas,  for  how  brief  a  term  I 
of  the  building  college. 

In  the  following  winter  the  decree  went  f»)rth  extending 
the  length  of  vacations  to  eleven  weeks  (twelve  was  too  sud- 
den)— two  after  the  winter  term  and  nine  after  the  summer. 
In  the  spring  of  1S.')7  public  exerci.ses  at  the  end  of  the 
Junior  year  were  inaugurate*!,  theTirst  one  being  held  on 
the  9lh  day  of  the  4th  month,  at  the  hour  of  half-past  nim- 
in  the  morning,  when  few  could  come  from  afar. 


270  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEliJfJK])    COLLEGE. 

The  new  Principal,  on  the  •24th  of  10th  month,  in  the 
same  year,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Council,  "dwelt,  in  some 
feeling  remarks,  on  the  value  of  a  verbatim  knowledge  of 
the  Scriptures,  and  recommended  the  formation  of  classes 
to  recite  on  Fifth  day  mornings."  This  plan  seems  to 
have  been  heartily  entered  into  by  the  rest  of  the  Council, 
and  ])rovision  was  made  for  such  instruction,  the  work  being 
divided  among  the  different  teachers.  The  minute  adds  : 
"Scripture  recitations  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  are  to  be 
discontinued,  as  open  to  the  objection  of  making  that  day  a 
day  of  tasks  instead  of  rest."  Within  one  month  from  that 
time  this  excellent  preceptor  had  ceased  from  his  labors,  and 
his  sanctified  spirit  had  been  summoned  to  its  everlasting 
repose.  It  was  on  the  20th  of  the  following  month  that  a 
solemn  meeting  of  the  Managers  and  Faculty  was  recorded, 
when  Charles  Yarnall  feelingly  alluded  to  the  eminent 
usefulness  and  Christian  virtues  of  our  departed  friend 
Joseph  G.  Harlan.  Managers,  Faculty  and  Students,  alike 
felt  his  loss,  for  there  was  a  sweet  gravity  as  well  as  a  kind 
and  gentle  manliness  in  his  character  that  commanded  at 
once  love  and  respect. 

Early  in  the  winter  the  Faculty  adopted  the  following 
minute  in  memoriam:  "Seldom  can  there  be  found,  in  one 
person,  so  rare  a  combination  of  qualities  fitting  him  for 
usefulness  as  a  teacher  and  governor  of  youth,  as  that  with 
which  our  departed  friend  was  endowed.  To  a  clear  and 
vigorous  intellect,  and  distinguished  intellectual  attain- 
ments, he  added  eminent  facility  in  imparting  knowledge 
and  the  power  of  enchaining  the  attention  and  exciting 
the  diligence  of  his  pupils.  Dignified  without  repulsive- 
ness,  and  strictly  without  unkindness,  he  was,  to  those 
under  his  charge,  at  the  same  time  a  judicious  governor  and 


BECtJ.MKS    A    (<»I.I.KGE. 


•-'71 


a  sympathizing  friend.  Faithful  in  rebuking  the  vicious 
an«l  warning  the  weak  and  wavering,  he  was  ever  ready  to 
encourage  tlie  timid,  and  assist  tliose  disposed  to  strive 
earnestly  for  improvement.  His  genial  and  affectionate 
disposition  gave  a  charm  to  his  intercourse  withtho.se  under 
his  charge,  from  wliom  he  gained,  in  a  singular  degree,  their 
respect  and  love,  as  well  as  their  obedience. 

"As  a  meinbt  r  of  the   Fai'ullv  and   head  of  the  institu- 


HAVKKKoKI*  HIKIAL  (iltOlXD 
(RcBttng  riai^-  of  rriiiri|<il  ILirlan  ami  rnvtrlcnt  (jiiniiiicn' 

lion,  he  was  courteous  to  his  associates,  anti  considerate 
of  tlieir  opinions,  and  ever  anxious  that  all  the  measures 
adopte«i  in  the  government  of  the  college  should  bo  such  as 
would  promote  its  liighest  and  best  interests.  To  tlio.se  in- 
terests he  devoted  his  time,  his  strengtii.his  talent.s;  to  them 
he  was  always  willing  to  sacrifice  his  own  private  conven- 
ience, and  he  has  left  behind  him,  for  our  imitation,  a 
bright  example  of  un.selfish  devotion  to  duly. 

"  We  cannot  refrain  from  paying  a  tribute  to  the  Cliristian 


272  HISTOUY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

faitli  and  Christian  virtues  by  which  he  was  distinguished. 
This  was  the  niaiiis])ring  of  his  character,  tlie  secret  of 
his  strength,  liis  fidelity,  liis  eminent  usefuhiess,  and  his 
potent  influence.  In  tlie  deej)  and  solemn  impression  which 
his  death  has  made  on  the  whole  college,  we  recognize  the 
might  of  a  noble  character  and  pure  example." 

The  Managers,  by  a  minute  of  the  Board,  added  their 
testimony  to  the  value  of  his  character  and  the  extent  of 
the  college's  loss  by  his  untimely  death,  but  the  memorial 
of  the  P'aculty  may  suffice.  Such  was  the  man  who  may 
be  regarded  as  the  college's  first  President.  He  was  the  cor- 
ner-stone; and  it  is  of  such  stones — not  the  hewn  blocks  of 
mineral — that  enduring  colleges  are  built. 

Six  days  before  Principal  Harlan's  death  occurs  this 
minute:  "The  subject  of  the  dress  worn  bv  our  students 
was  introduced,  and  after  some  time  spent  in  the  consider- 
ation of  the  sul)ject,  the  Managers  agreed  to  refer  to  the  fol- 
lowing Friends  the  consideration  of  the  best  means  of 
maintaining  the  Testimony  of  our  Religious  Society  to 
simplicity,  and  the  avoidance  of  every  form  of  extravagance 
and  needless  expenditure  in  conformity  to  the  varying 
fashions  of  the  day."  Seven  of  the  most  solid  and  weighty 
members  were  named  as  the  committee.  Their  deliberations 
eventuated  in  a  report,  made  on  the  5th  of  the  2d  month 
ensuing,  submitting  an  address  on  the  subject  "  To  Parents 
and  Students."  The  address  was  lengthy,  and  drew  a  vivid 
picture  of  the  demoralizing  effects  of  deviation  from  sim- 
plicity. It  would  prove  "  the  fruitful  source  of  speculation, 
of  excessive  extension  of  business,  and  that  vicious  pursuit 
of  gain  which  has  become  a  characteristic  of  our  time,  ])ro- 
mote  corruption  and  breaches  of  trust,  infuse  a  spirit  of  jeal- 
ousy and  rivalry  into  social  circles,  lessen  the  appreciation 


Hi:<()Mi:s  A  <()i,LK(iK.  '273 

of  triK-  rt'tiiu-iiuiit,  ;iiiil  of  iiitflh'ctual  «-ultuiT,  ainl  hn-ak  Uji 
tlie  peace  of  families."  Wf  ((iiolt' tlicir  txact  language.  In 
onler  to  prevint  tlit'St'  results,  tlu*  address  f(»ncludes  l»y 
subniittiiii;  the  following  rule:  "The  students  are  to  wiar 
the  usual  i)lain  coats,  roundabouts,  or  frock-coats,  single- 
breasted, and  with  standing  or  plain  rolling-collars,  without 
lapels;  vests  to  l»e  single-breasted." 

A  month  later,  the  Committee  on  Property  recommended 
to  the  Hoard  that  the  renting  of  the  farm  be  tliscontinued. 
and  that  tiie  Association  should  work  the  farm  itself, 
"through  the  agency  of  some  well-<|ualitied  I'ritiid,  whose 
weight  of  rharaclt'r  and  i-fligious  experienci'  might  mate- 
rially aid  the  Hoanl  in  conducting  the  general  concerns  of 
the  institution."  About  six  months  thereafter,  Isaac  Craft. 
a  very  worthy  and  fXcelK'Ht  Friend,  whose  estimable  wife 
was  **  Master"  Hugh  1).  X'ail's  sisirr,  was  selected  as  farmer, 
on  a  salary,  the  Managers  stocking  the  farm.  'I'lu'  cottage 
in  the  Grove,  afterward  occupied  by  Pliny  Earle  Chase, 
President  (Jummereand  Profes.sor  Thomas,  was  erected  at 
this  time  for  the  use  of  Timothy  Nicholson. 

Outside  of  the  activities  of  the  newly-formt  d  Ahnnni 
Association,  little  of  UKMnent  occurred  in  the  next  few 
years.  The  siiadow  of  the  great  Civil  War  was  covering 
all  minds  with  its  penumbra;  but  the  college  was  devel- 
oping. Worcester's  big  i|uarto  detines  a  hobblf<iehoy  as 
"  a  stripling  having  an  awkward  gait ;  a  la<i  between  fourteen 
and  twenty-one;  a  stripling,  neither  man  nor  boy;"  ami, 
mutato  nomiuf,  tiiis  «lescriptiou  might  well  be  applied  to 
Ilaverford  in  the  transition  period  from  school  to  college. 
The  name  of  "school  "  iuid  indeed  given  |>lace  to  the  more 
distinguished  designation;  i»ut  tiie  stripling  umloubtedly 
walked  with  an  awkwanl  gait,  ami  the  pretentious  college 

IS 


274  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

garb  hung  loosely  on  the  overgrown  limbs  of  the  ambitious 
school.  The  obnoxious  rules,  to  which  every  student  was  re- 
quired to  give  his  adherence  in  writing  before  he  could  enter 
on  his  collegiate  career,  were  decidedly  "  blue  laws,"  and  were 
evident  relics  of  boarding-school  days,  and  provoked  hostility 
by  their  often  unnecessar}' strictness.  Plainnessof  speech  and 
of  dress  was  commanded  in  these  Draconian  edicts,  but  their 
enforcement  was  now  hardly  attempted  by  the  college 
authorities.  The  long-established  censorship  of  the  press 
was  still  in  vogue,  and  the  "  rules"  continued  to  decree  that 
no  books  or  periodicals  were  to  be  received  by  the  students 
until  they  had  been  first  submitted  to  and  received  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Faculty;  and  with  the  exception  of  The  [square] 
Friend  and  The  Friends'  Review,  single  copies  of  The  German- 
toivn  TclegrapJt  and  the  Philadelphia  N^ortJi  American  were  the 
only  newspapers  which  graced  the  parlor  table  ;  but  the 
wiser  heads  of  tlic  i-'aculty  soon  saw  that  this  small  amount 
of  mental  pabulum  was  not  sufficient  for  the  exciting  times 
which  immediately  preceded  the  Civil  War,  and  this  rule  was 
"  more  honored  in  the  breach  than  in  the  observance."  Be- 
sides, was  there  not  the  Cabinet  Post-office  at  the  classic  town 
of  Athensville,  through  which  forbidden  literature  might 
flow  at  will  and  no  questions  asked,  while  the  regular  post- 
office  at  Henderson's  store  was,  in  some  respects, under  college 
surveillance?  The  established  bound  beyond  which  no  one 
could  pass  without  the  express  permission  of  the  Superinten- 
dent was,  we  are  afraid,  binding  only  on  the  conscientious 
student,  while  the  forbidden  haunts  of  "  Mike's  "  and  White 
Hall  were,  alas  I  but  too  well  known  to  very  many  of  them. 
The  curfew  still  tolled  at  a  quarter  to  nine  o'clock  for  the  even- 
ing collection,  and  the  early  hours  for  retiring  would  have 
excited  a  smile  upon  the  saturnine  face  of  the  grim  old  con- 


nKCOMKS    A    COLLKGE.  275 

queror  himself.  Weekly  reports  of  the  standing;  of  the  stu- 
ilents  were  sent  directly  to  their  parents,  who  often  wrote 
biiek  to  the  unsuspecting;  stiulent  to  know  whatcertiiin  marks 
for  ■  lU'havior"  could  possibly  mean.  The  Academical  de- 
partment— that  revived  and  n-nvivrd  rcninant  i»f  pr.hi.— 
toricages — was  still  nuiintainrd,  th(>n;:;h  tach  year  its  extinc- 
tion was  promised,  and,  ''  worst  of  all  U)  spirits  proud, "  the 
lower  classes  immediately  above  it  were  ofticially  designated 
"Second"  and  'Third  .luiiiors"  respectively,  <lespite  the 
vigorous  protest  of  the  collegians  who  wished  to  be  in  name 
what  they  claimetl  to  be  in  reality — fiill-lledg«'d  "Soi»h- 
omores "  and  "Freshmen."  Ilobhledehoyhood  is  seldom 
an  age  of  content,  and.  if  the  truth  were  told,  it  must  be  con- 
fessed that  in  the  years  we  are  now  ehronieling  there  was 
not  that  sj)irit  of  peace  and  harmony  which  should  have 
hovered  over  the  sacre<l  groves  of  Academe. 

The  students  were  as  manly,  truthful  and  unsellish  a  -.  i 
as  ever  filed  down  the  narrow  stairway  which  led  to  the  long 
dining-room  in  tlu'  basenjent  ;  but  in  the  managerial  eyes 
they  were  a  discontented  .^et  of  unruly  boys,  who  were  inca- 
pable of  appreciating  the  advantages  of  a  guarde<l,  libiral 
education.  And  now  after  the  lap.se  of  thirty  years  we  can 
see  that  these  dillerences  and  contentions  were  but  the  grow- 
ing pains  necessary  to  the  transition  of  Ilaverford  from  its 
lx)yhood  as  a  school  to  its  noble  nninhocxl  of  the  |iresent 
day.  In  the  misty  ages  of  mythology  Minerva  sprang  into 
being  from  Jove's  forehead,  with  all  her  faculties  nuitured 
and  developed,  avoiding  the  earlier  stages  of  maiden- 
hood; but  the  mo<lern  university  does  not  attain  its  full 
growth  in  an  instant  of  time,  an«l  life  is  a  constjint  struggle 
upward  and  onward  Whatever  we  thought  then,  we  re<'Og- 
nize  now  that  the  Managers  were  noble-iicftrted,  liberal  men, 


276  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

full  of  enthusiasm  for  the  sacred  cause  of  education,  within 
the  limitations  of  that  religious  faith  which  they  had  re- 
ceived from  their  fathers.  Some  of  them,  notably  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Board,  were  scholarly  in  their  tastes,  and  would 
have  been  eminent  in  the  broader  walks  of  science  and  liter- 
ature, had  they  not  l^een  actively  engaged  in  business  pur- 
suits. Unfortunately,  however,  there  were  in  the  Board  at 
that  time  but  two  Managers  who  were  graduates  of  Haver- 
ford,  or,  in  fact,  of  any  college,  and,  consequently,  the  Board 
could  not  and  did  not  have  that  thorough  sympathy  with 
the  needs  and  aspirations  of  college  students  which  only  an 
alumnus  can  feel. 

But  what  if  their  views  were  somewhat  narrow  and  the 
Blue  Laws  unnecessarily  restrictive,  can  we  now  honestly  say 
that  the  "  seclusion-but-not-exclusion  "  policy,  as  one  of  the 
Managers  phrased  it  in  a  public  address  to  the  students,  was 
altogether  wrong?  Some  of  us  at  least  are  now  thankful 
that  in  our  green  and  "  salad  "  days  we  were,  against  our  will, 
preserved  from  the  temptations  which  the  proximity  to  a  large 
city  ever  throws  in  the  way  of  the  unsuspicious.  If  the  col- 
lection hours  were  unreasonably  early,  has  not  the  students' 
general  health  been  the  gainer  thereby?  If  they  were  con- 
fined to  the  limitations  of  the  college  grounds,  was  not  the 
cricket  field  the  better  patronized,  and  did  not  Haverford 
in  those  halcyon  days  boast  of  two  flourishing  clubs,  the 
"  Dorian  "  and  the  "  United,"  each  able  to  put  two  elevens  in 
the  field  with  surplus  material  for  umpires,  scorers  and  camp 
followers  to  boot — and  this  at  a  minimum  of  expense  which 
would  be  truly  astonishing  nowadays?  And  though  round- 
arm  bowling  was  unknown,  and  the  "long-on  "  and  "mid- 
wicket"  were  prominent  in  the  manner  of  placing  the 
fielders,  it  is  well  for  the  credit  of  the  later  college  elevens 


B KCO M  KS    A    (  O I . L i;< i  K .  -  .  < 

that  tlie  stitlenin^  ttlt'cts  of  tliirty  a<ltl('«l  years  and  l\\e 
enjjrossinjjj  pursuit  of  business  effectually  i»itV(.'nt  our 
dougiity  champions  of  that  day  frnm  meeting  them  even 
now. 

If  their  meals  were  not  fashionetl  after  ihe  Uasis  of  Lucul- 
lus  and  the  iitenu  not  elaborate,  the  "shanghai"  and  bread- 
and-butter  were  not  provocative  of  dyspepsia — though  the 
last-named  article  sometimes  was  the  cause  of  pretty  strong 
expressions  (of  opinion).  .\nd  were  ever  green-aj)ple  pies 
as  delicious  as  those  with  which  l^li/abeth  Hopkins  on  the 
occasion  of  Managers'  visits  and  other  rare  events  regaled 
them?  These  pies  were  of  liberal  dimensions,  and  were 
always  cut  into  (piarters  by  the  Suiierintendenf,  who  sat  at 
the  head  of  the  table,  so  that  the  students  had  small  reason 
to  complain  of  an  insutiicient  allowan<.e ;  but  so  high  was 
the  appreciation  of  these  chrfs  clirun-e  that  each  plate  gen- 
t'rally  made  a  .-second  and  ."sometimes  a  third  visit  to  head- 
(juarters  for  renewal.  This  voraeious  copying  of  the  famous 
example  of  Oliver  Twist  finally  evoked  the  following  pub- 
lic declaration  from  the  Superintendent :  "We  aim  to  fur- 
nish each  student  with  two  pieces  of  i>ie;  further  than  that 
we  do  not  go  " — a  saying  that  at  once  pas.sed  into  history. 
.\nd  then  those  famous  .strawberry  suppers,  furnished  to 
students  who  were  passing  through  the  tribulation  of  private 
examination — were  they  not  enough  to  make  the  wearied 
sufferer  almost  forget  the  tortures  of  the  in<|uisition  in  the 
class-room  up-stairs? 

There  were  no  elective  studies  in  those  days,  and  the  cur- 
riculum was  not  as  imposing  as  at  present,  but  the  scholar- 
ship if  not  showy  was  good  and  honest,  and  the  few  profes- 
sors. on(!  and  all,  strove  earnestly  to  lay  a  .solid  foundation 
upon   which   till-    fntiip-  •••lifiee  should   be   built.   .\nd   woe 


278  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGK. 

betide  tlic  hapless  wight  who  neglected  to  search  out  in  the 
"  Unabridged"  the  precise  meaning  of  every  unusual  word 
in  the  lesson  to  be  recited  to  Dr.  Swift.  Indeed  so  little 
patience  had  that  most  austere  and  lovable  of  teachers  with 
slip-shod  work  that  once  he  sent  out  of  his  class-room  in 
disgrace  the  whole  Junior  Class,  because  not  one  had  thought 
it  worth  his  while  to  look  up  in  "  Bouvier'sLaw  Dictionary" 
the  apparently  simple  phrase  of  "  by  relation  "  in  "  Kent's 
Commentaries."'  One  of  his  favorite  maxims  was  "'  that  a 
new  word,  thoroughly  learned,  was  a  more  useful  acquisi- 
tion tlian  a  gold  dollar,  for  the  dollar  would  soon  be  spent, 
while  the  word  would  remain  a  treasure  forever."' 

Thoroughness  if  not  brilliancy  was  the  rule  in  literary  as 
well  as  scholastic  work,  and  the  intellectual  activity  of  the 
students  has  rarely  been  surpassed.  The  Loganian  Society 
always  had  a  full  attendance  at  its  meetings  in  the  collec- 
tion-room on  Second  day  evenings,  and  the  editors  of  The 
CoUer/ian  seldom  had  to  beg  for  contributions  to  that  paper, 
while  neither  the  "  Everett  "  nor  ''Athemeum  "  societies 
could  complain  of  want  of  patronage,  and  their  papers,  The 
Bud  and  The  Gem,  flourished  and  grew  fat.  It  cannot 
indeed  be  claimed  that  the  debates  in  which  the  Loganian 
occasionally  indulged  were  a  success,  for  extempore  speak- 
ing is  not  always  a  concomitant  of  thorough,  painstaking 
study;  but  the  essays  were  almost  always  thoughtful  and 
well  pre[)ared,  and  downright  failure  in  declamation  was 
most  unusual. 

Much  of  the  enthusiasm  was  traceable  to  the  genial 
inliuence  of  Professor  Thomas  Chase,  the  honored  President 
of  the  Loganian,  and  the  idol  of  the  students,  who,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  routine  duties  of  the  class-room,  in  which  he 
made  the  ancient  davs  live  again  in  the  light  of  modern 


HKCOMKS    A    Col.l.Ki.K.  270 

learning,  took  especial  dfliglit  in  (linctin«;  llie  youthful 
minds  into  the  healthier  paths  of  literature.  His  familiar 
convei'se  on  hooks  and  authors  \v:i<  an  inspiration  to  even 
the  dullest  understandings,  and  the  seed  sown  hroaileast 
has  produced  fruit  which  will  keep  his  memory  green  in 
the  minds  of  many  students  as  long  as  their  lives  shall 
last. 

Anotiier  feature  (»f  life  at  Ilavrrtord  was  tiie  l«tve  of 
nature  displayed  by  the  studenUs.  The  greeniiouse  and 
the  students'  ganlens  were  gone,  but  the  grape  arbor,  with 
its  luscious  fruits,  as  yet  remaine<l.  The  scholastic  year 
extended  far  into  the  summer  months,  and  the" seelusion- 
but-not-exclusion  "  policy  compelled  a  closer  ac<|uaintiince 
with  the  natural  l)cauties  of  the  Ilaverfonl  lawn  than  is 
ac(juired  nowadays.  The  students  knew  and  iovetl  the 
trees  scattered  with  a  lavish  hand  over  the  lawn,  and  the 
hero  in  Xantaine's  charming  story  scarce  watched  for  the 
dawning  beauties  of  Picciola  with  intenser  interest  than  did 
they  for  the  openings  of  buds  on  the  magnolia  which  -tood 
in  front  of  Founders'  Hall;  and  tlu'y  admired  with  a  lover's 
enthusiasm  the  four  magnificent  pur[>le  beeches  which  were 
cut  down  to  nuike  room  for  Barclay  Hall.  To  walk  up  and 
down  the  romantic  Serpentine  \\  alk,  bonk  in  haml.  stop- 
ping ever  and  anon  to  listen  to  the  carol  of  iJic  birds  in  the 
trees  around  then),  made  the  hard  le.s.son  a  little  easier 
to  understand,  while  some,  more  ambitious,  contende<l  that 
the  proper  way  of  studying  was  lor  three  or  four  stutlents  to 
club  together,  and  erect,  in  the  woods  between  the  gymna- 
sium an<l  the  railroad,  lofty  jdatforms,  with  convenient 
seats,  where  in  their  eyries,  high  above  the  *'  madding 
crow«l  "  and  the  tumult  and  turmoil  o(  earthly  worries,  the 
testhetic  student  could  studv  in  peaee.  or.  a-^  often,  slumber 


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undisturbed,  lulloil  by  the  inu.sic  of  the  rustling  branches. 
Others,  more  comuioiiplace,  contented  themselves  by  re- 
maining on  terra  firma,  and  using  the  beautiful  iron  settees 
and  chairs  on  the  lawn,  which  the  kindness  of  Eliza  P. 
Gurney  had  so  abundantly  provided  ;  and  if  the  truth  must 
be  told,  this  way  of  studying  was  just  as  effectual   as   the 


STONI-:  8TKPS  ON  TKRKACK  IN   1  KONT  OF  FOINDKRS'  HALL. 

others.  Another  kind  friend  of  the  college  had  provided 
the  means  for  labelling  all  the  trees  with  their  botanical 
and  common  names,  and  a  story  is  told  of  a  pompous  visi- 
tor, whom  a  student  overheard  translating,  for  the  benefit 
of  a  fair  companion  at  his  side,  one  of  these  labels  which 
read  "  1  Minis  Inops — Jersey  Pine."  The  rendition  was  "Pinus 
Jersey—-  inops'   Pine,"  at  whieli  the  said  student  held  his 


r.KiO.MKS    A    roLLEGE.  281 

siilt's  in  latent  lau«xliti'r.  Tlif  luirnoroiis  side  of  life  at  Hav- 
erfonl  has  l>een  adniirahly  described  by  the  hite  hiniented 
Samuel  A.  lladley,  of  the  elass  of  '02,  in  his  jxnin  of  " 'i'he 
Senior's  Farewell."  It  is  given  iiere  almost  entire,  as  the 
best  possible  epitome  of  tlie  period,  from  the  students'  point 
of  view.  The  notes  are  as  valuable  to  the  translator  as 
were  those  of  the  renowned  Anthon  to  the  Latin  student  of 
"  Caesar's  Commentaries."  Therefore  please  read  the  notes. 
For  the  ptntry  wc  will  not  apologize,  for  it  is  good  Haver- 
ford  doggerel,  compared  with  some  we  shall  hereafter  vent- 
ure to  (|Uote,  from  the  pens  of  the  sporting  fraternity. 

"  N«>  more  from  '  my  iIas.s-r<>on> '  of  foiir-o'cKK-k  fariif. 
The  class- r<K)iii  dI"  Nature — I'll  not  nive  its  name — 
No  niori"  from  this  love<l  s|Kit,  nnheani  shall  we  j;o, 
.\t  iKictor's  Itrief  mandati',  the  stern — '(io  l»elow.' 
Yft  far  from  our  Kilen,  in  far-away  years, 
His  kind  words  of  wisdom  shall  sound  in  our  ears. 
In  lands  where  we  wander,  |>erchanee  wiien  ^nnvn  old. 
The  tales  which  he  Itdd  us  a^ain  sluill  lie  told. 
Not  less  shall  we  thank  him,  and  thank  him  we  ou);lil, 
That  ^reat  moral  maxims  with  Science  he  taught ; 
.Vnd  heart's  thanks  shall  ^'ivc  him,  which  words  cannot  tell, 
Whili"  earth  ha>  a  Mos-som  or  ocean  a  shell, 
That  hlind  eye>  are  opened,  and  now  we  can  rea«l 
The  great  iNKik  of  Nature  on  mountain  and  mend. 

"  Fr«)m  the  iii|H)la"s  windows  no  longer  shall  we 
Watch  Delaware's  waters  roll  down  to  the  sea. 
Where,  far  o't-r  the  tree  to|><*,  till  l<«>t  l'n«m  the  sijjlit. 
The  vessels  ^lide  onward,  like  hirds  in  their  flight — 
No  longer  can  see  them,  with  white  Miils  nnfnrle<l, 
Like  sentriett  of  Heaven,  look  tlown  on  the  world  ! 

"  No  more,  at  the  whistle,  in  sun.<ihine  or  rain. 
Shall  SCO  our  I/>nR  fellow  rush  down  to  the  train  ; 
Nor  see  naughty  chickens,  at  night,  thro'  the  hall. 
Make  sjwrt  for  the  Fre«hmen.  suspension  for  all ! 
No  more,  after  supper,  shall  gather  arotunl, 
.Vnd  ask  the  old  'Saml  l!.ig'  to  take  a  'gooii  pound' — 
The  l>esl  iii.«/i/u(iViii  (not  any  we'll  sjive) 
The  l>e«t  in  the  college,  the  nohle  and  hravel 
The  '  Whitllers  I '  '  .Vvengers  ! '  what  truly  were  they  7 

At  sight  of  til'-  '  >:iiid    111  •  ■   lliiv    all    r.ill    iwnv 


282  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORD    f'OLLEGK. 

"  No  more  shall  we  linger  at  Henderson's  store, 
Awaiting  ihe  mail  train  (which  came  long  before), 
Till,  trusting  our  timepiece  is  rather  too  fast, 
Return  for  our  '  Shanghai,'  but  tea-time  is  past  I 

"  No  more  shall  we  look  on  the  vast  starry  throng, 
In  old  constellations  march  slowly  along — 
No  more  see  them  revel  around  their  night  throne, 
Far,  far  from  the  mind's  grasp,  all  feasting  ;done, — 
But  we  shall  come  hither,  on  Fancy's  free  wings, 
And  visit  the  dome  where  the  telescope  swings; 
Perhaps,  too,  remember  the  'Transit,'  and  how 
We  noted  the  time  at  the  (}uick-spoke:i  'Now  I' 

"No  more  from  your  summits,  O  lofty  Fair  View, 
And  famed  Hill  of  Prospect,  in  far-away  blue, 
Shall  see  grove  and  village,  so  fair  that  they  seem 
A  prospect  of  Eden  beyond  the  clear  stream 
Of  Schuylkill  shining,  like  silver,  between, 
As  Peneus  from  Ossa,  in  Tempe  is  seen ! 

"No  more  in  our  hammocks  or  seats  up  the  trees. 
Half-sleeping,  half-waking,  rocked  ou  by  the  breeze. 
Read  stories  of  lovers,  or  tales  of  the  seas — 
Oh,  where  are  their  First  days  delicious  as  these? 

"The  bell  that  has  called  us  so  often  away 
From  shinney  and  cricket,  the  fields  of  our  play, 
Sometimes  ringing  pleasure,  sometimes  ringing  pain. 
No  more  thus,  forever,  shall  call  us  again. 

"At  Mill  Creek,  and  Kelly's,  and  Morris's  Mills, 
When  white  are  tiie  hillsides  and  silent  the  hills. 
No  more  shall  we  gather,  and  in  fulness  reveal 
The  music  of  motion  and  music  of  steel — 
No  more  thus  so  swiftly  shall  pass  and  repass. 
Nor  scare  the  poor  fishes  and  break  thro'  their  glass. 
Yet  set  an  example  of  bravery's  true  wortii, 
'  Prd-sentiam  mentis,'  and  coolly  come  forth. 

''  No  more  shall  we  clamber  the  Castle  Rock  o'er. 
And  fancy  ourselves  ou  a  far-away  shore, 
Where  sleeps  by  old  castles,  o'ergrown  with  the  vine, 
The  river  of  legends,  the  beautiful  Rhine. 
Great  ruin  of  Nature,  romantic  and  grand  I 
Fit  home  of  Fitzpatrick  and  murderous  band, 
Thyself  and  thy  story  are  equally  strange; 
We  pa.ss:  but  thou  standest,  still  mocking  at  change. 


r.ltoMKS    A    ((iLI.Kt.K.  283 

"There's  Sm)b'it,  \lllu  N<>va,  mil  I.yonVn,  iim, 
Ami  the  Cavi.-  Artitioial  the  ImtchiT  liroki*  tliroii^li ; 
Therv's  IviMiiiii^ton's,  (.'ahim*!,  Mikes,  iimi  While  Hall — 
Farewell  all  to^jelher,  we  nin't  name  vuti  all."' 

Althou's  N(»ti;s  (»n  tiik  l*ni:M.' 
■  J/y  class-room."  The  Doctor,  our  vuiiLrabk'  I'lolL-ssor  of 
Natural  Science,  and  the  terror  of  evil-doers,  had  his  cUiss- 
room  ill  the  second  story.  The  re^^ilar  hoiir.s  <»f  recitation 
close  at  four  o'clock  I'.m.,  and  hence,  after  thi.s  hour,  the 
Professor  has  leisuri'  to  attend  to  his  appnintmritlK,  which  for 
failure  in  lessons  or  other  misconduct  are  nuide  in  the  midst 
of  recitation  by  the  injunction — "Go  below — at  my  «la.ss- 
room  at  four  o'clock,  j»rc|>art'd  in  this  lesson.  Clo!"  The 
student,  who  thus  suddcidy  Kavcs  the  room,  to  return  at 
four  o'clock,  will  not  sooner  for»;et  the  expression  of  the  Doc- 
tor's countenance,  and  that  linger  held  uj>  to  give  emphasis 
to  his  already  too  emphatic  words,  than  he  will  forget  the 
words  themselves. 

^' Long  fellow."  The  renn.-ylvania  Railroad  runs  by  the 
college  lawn.  One  of  the  students,  over  six  feet  in  height, 
was  proverbial  for  his  devotion  to  engines,  and  whent'ver  a 
whistle  was  heard — and  he  knew  nearly  every  locomotive 
on  the  road  by  its  whistle — he  was  seen  rushing  down  to  the 
train. 

^'Naughty  chirkeua  and  sport."  On  the  nigiit  of  the  7th 
of  loth  month,  ISfiU,  as  the  Sophomores  and  Freshmen  were 
retiring  to  rest,  two  chickens  came  forth  from  one  of  their 
dormitories,  and  began  to  promenade  tiie  hall,  casting  con- 
temptuous glances  at  tiie  laughers  standing  in  the  doors  on 
either  side.     The  Governor  (afterward  nicknamed  "S|>ort") 

'These  notes  were  written  l>y  S.  \.  Ha>lley,  an<l  aceompanieil  the  nrigina 
piihlioition. 


284         HISTORY  OF  HAVEKFORD  COLLEGE. 

endeavored  to  quell  the  merriment,  but  in  vain  ;  peal  after 
peal  of  laughter  went  up,  while  he  made  futile  efforts  to  cap- 
ture the  chickens;  but  tinally  they  were  taken;  and,  in 
order  to  compel  the  students,  who  assisted  them  up-stairs,  to 
come  forward  with  a  confession,  the  whole  college,  except 
the  Senior  Class,  was  kept  in  partial  suspension  for  nearly  a 
month.     The  culprits  were  never  found  out. 

"  Sand  Bag,  etc."  "  Sand  Bag  "  was  the  name  of  a  boxing 
club  that  boxed  without  gloves  every  evening  after  tea. 
The  "  Whittlers  "  and  "  Avengers  "  were  opposition  clubs. 

"  No  more  shall  we  lin<;er  at  Henderson's  store, 
Awaiting  the  mail  train  (which  came  long  before)." 

The  post-office  for  the  college  is  at  Henderson's  store.  The 
next  line  is  totally  inexplicable. 

"  Shanghai  "  is  the  college  name  for  molasses,  probably 
originating  from  the  shape  of  the  decanters. 

The  Director  of  tlie  observatory  must  be  heard  at  the 
transit  instrument  before  the  "  quick-spoken  Now "'  can  be 
appreciated.  He  should  also  be  seen,  for  his  old  roll  ca}) 
adds  not  a  little  to  the  interest  of  the  occasion. 

"Fairview"  summit  and  "Prospect  Hill"  are  beautiful  views 
on  the  Schuylkill — the  one  near  Manayunk,  the  other  near 
Conshohocken. 

3IiU  Creek,  Kelly's  and  Morris's  are  noted  swimming  and 
skating  resorts. 

"  Preesenfiam  mentis."  A  meml^er  of  the  college,  on  a  cer- 
tain skating  holiday,  broke  through  the  ice  on  Mill  Creek, 
and  after  losing  a  pair  of  skates,  and  making  unsuccess- 
ful attempts  to  place  himself  on  solid  footing,  was  drawn 
out  by  one  of  the  students.  Among  his  first  remarks  on 
coming  forth  was,  "  I  never  lost  my  presence  of  mind."  The 
students  thought  it  a  joke,  but  he  said  it  was  the  trutJi,  and 


conteiitls  lor  it  as  sucli.     "  rrcst'iicf  of  mind  "  soon   bccanu- 
a  by- word. 

riif  "  Castle  linrk."  a  huge  pile  of  rocks  near  a  small 
stream,  a  few  miles  west  of  Ilavtrfonl  College,  is  noted  as 
having  been  the  home  of  Fit/patrick,  a  notorious  robber  of 
Kevolutionary  times.  It  is  situated  in  a  dense  forest,  and 
a  cave  among  its  wild  crags  must  have  been  a  desirable 
honif  for  the  daring  outlaw.  For  an  account  of  Fit/..,  see 
"Historical  Collections  of  tlu'  State  of  Pennsylvania,"  pp. 
217-lN.  "Snob's,''  &\'n\s  temperance  store.  "]Wa  Aoja/' a 
Catholic  college.  "Cabinet,"  the  name  of  a  post-ofiice,  which 
the  students  sometimes  make  use  of.  "Jieinhigton^s,"  a  splen- 
did country  seat.  "Li/ons's,"  a  school,  under  the  charge  of 
the  Rev.  James(  iillM.rne  Lyons,  AM..  LL.D.,  a  distinguished 
scholar  and  poet.  "Mike's,'"  an  oyster  and  ice-cream  .saloon. 
"  White  Hall,''  a  large  hotel,  like  the  other  places  mentioned, 
near  Ilaverford.  '[l\e  "  cave  artijicial"  wan  a  cave  made  in 
the  grove  southeast  from  the  college,  for  i)urposes  not  sanc- 
tioned by  the  Ilaverford  regulations;  it  was  entered  by  a  tnij)- 
door,  in  the  midst  of  a  cluster  of  grape-vines  A  certain 
butcher  residing  in  the  vicinity  (certainly  one  of  the  bulk- 
iest meu  in  the  State)  one  day,  passing  over,  broke  through 
tlie  "  cave,"  and  was  precipitated  to  its  bottom,  thinking,  no 
doubt,  the  earth  was  swallowing  him  up.  This  accident  not 
only  destroyed  the  labor  of  the  persevering  hermits,  l»ut 
also  led  to  their  detection  by  the  vigilant  Sui»erint«'ndent  of 
the  college,  who  had  serious  objections  to  .students  thus 
retiring  from  the  world. 

The  alumnus  who  has  given  us  this  unusually  vivid 
picture  of  the  student  life,  and  refers,  in  one  of  his  lines, 
to  the  "  Loved  an<l  Lost  '  Joseph  G.  Harlan,  the  lamente«l 
Principal  who  died  a  few  years  before,  himself  survived  but 


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a  brief  period.  Tlie  picture  he  draws  reveals  a  number  of 
the  changes  made  by  time.  Tlie  railroad,  deflected  from 
its  old-time  bed  by  a  straightening  of  the  line  some  years 
later,  no  longer  runs  along  the  cedar  hedge  and  under  the 
Meeting  House  bridge,  but  passes  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the 
northeast.  The  old  post-offices  have  been  replaced  by  Hav- 
erford  College  Post-office  at  the  railway  station.     This  new 


FISHING-POOL  ox  MILL  CREEK. 


office  was  obtained  soon  after  through  the  courtesy  of  Hon. 
A.  C.  Harmer,  of  the  Fifth  Congressional  District  of  Penn- 
sylvania, who  made  the  odd  mistake  of  locating  it  at  Bryn 
Mawr,  then  in  embryo,  but  with  much  care  set  himself  to 
correct  the  error,  Avliich  was  the  result  of  a  misunderstand- 
ing. "  Snob"  has  joined  "the  innumerable  caravan  that 
moves  to    the  mysterious  realm.  "     Dr.  Lyons  has  disap- 


BKCOMKS    A    (<»LI,KGK.  287 

peared  from  ilu-  scene;  l>ul  N'illa  Nova  Collego  still  liuur- 
islu's,  as  does  the  great  onllege  ot"  St.  Charles  liorroineo, 
near  Merion,  erected  not  far  from  tliis  period. 

Let  us  revert  here  for  a  nioiii«iit  to  the  athletic  sport.^  of 
tlie  earlier  time,  in  ordir  t(»  introduce  tlie  game  of  cricket, 
which,  in  modern  years,  occupies  a  large  space  in  the  stu- 
dents' iiorizon,  and  whicij  now  hegan  to  figure  (•••iispi»M»>ii>ly 
i\3,  par  excetlotre,  the  atidetic  sport  of  Ilaverfortl. 

On  the  coming  together  of  twtiity-one  students,  in  18o3,  a 
variety  of  games  Mourishcd  of  a  somewhat  more  puerile 
order  than  prevailed  in  later  days.  The  ohl  Knglish  hand- 
hall  and  town-hall,  the  pretlecessor  of  ba.seball,  were  j>oj)U- 
lar.  Football,  perhaps,  was  not  less  so,  and  the  ball  fre- 
<iuently  flew  clear  over  the  cupola  of  I'ounders'  Hall,  pro- 
pelled by  a  mighty  impetus  from  the  foot,  for  football  was 
not  then  a  form  of  handball.  Marbles  likewis*'  found  favor 
in  the  students'  eyes,  and  eke  shinney. 

But  in  1830  the  college  grounds  were  laid  out, albeit  with 
grejit  care  and  taste,  by  an  Knglish  gardctier  named  William 
Carvill.  To  him  we  owe  not  only  the  successful  planting  of 
tho.<e  grand  old  Ilaverford  trees,  but  also  the  introduction 
of  his  national  game  of  cricket.  It  flourished  for  several 
yeai-s.and  during  1.S88  nine  nuitches,  between  elevens  picked 
from  the  college,  were  arranged  and  i»layed,  ami  then  it 
flickered  out.  It  is  thought  that  at  ilaverford  College 
cricket  was  Hrst  learned  by  Americans  and  adoptvd  as  a 
game. 

By  184U,  however,  cricket  had  disappeared,  and  wo  hear 
no  more  of  it  until  its  revival  in  18o«J.  Football  had 
pushed  to  tiie  front;  not  tiie  more  scientific  though  Imr- 
barous  Rugby  game,  but  a  general  struggle  to  reach  the 
goal,  in  which  all  participated  in  democratie   fa^^hion.     It 


288  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

was  true  footljall — tlie  Rugby  game  being  football  by  mis- 
nomer. Those  present  were  divided  into  two  sides,  and 
by  bona-fide  kicking,  each  endeavored  to  force  the  ball  past 
the  other's  goal. 

In  184S,  at  the  reunion,  in  anticipation  of  the  reopen- 
ing of  the  school  after  a  suspension  of  three  years,  when 
the  general  exercises  were  concluded,  every  one — alumni, 
teachers,  students — hastened  to  the  ball-field,  and  there,  in  a 
glorious  old  match,  recognized  football  as  the  game  of  the 
school.  Cricket  was  not  mentioned,  apparently  not  even 
thought  of  at  that  period.  It  had  failed  to  impress  itself 
lastingly  on  the  Haverford  mind. 

From  1848  to  1856  "football  and  town-ball,  the  latter 
much  like  the  baseball  of  later  days,  were  the  popular 
games,"  as  The  Gem  for  12th  month  3d,  1859,  tells  us. 
Shinney  had  also  emerged  into  prominence,  and  the  fol- 
lowing poetical  burst  in  The  Gem,  4th  month  10th,  1858, 
bemoans  its  fate.     The  parody  is  better  than  the  poetry. 

''  O  sacred  game  I  thy  triumph  ceased  awliile, 
And  sliinney  players  ceased  with  tliee  to  smile, 
Wlien  liege  young  cricket- players  from  England, 
Her  belted  batsmen  and  her  swift  bowlers, 
Shied  their  new  red  ball  on  the  breeze  of  morn, 
And  swear  for  her  to  conquer  or  to  mourn. 

"  Shinney's  last  champion  from  the  field  surveyed. 
While  o'er  the  fields  his  rival  cricket  swayed, 
'  O  Heaven  I '  he  cried, '  my  favorite  game  uphold ; 
Is  there  no  hand  on  higii  to  shield  the  bold  ? 
Yet  tiiough  young  cricket  sweeps  the  lovely  plain, 
Rise,  fellow-men,  our  shinneys  yet  remain  ! ' 

"He  said,  and  on  the  field  arrayed 
His  trusty  players,  few,  l)Ut  undismayed. 
All  ready  standing,  and  in  one  long  shout 
They  call  on  Tatum  for  to  lead  the  mount. 
In  vain,  alas  I  in  vain,  ye  gallant  few. 
For  half  the  players  in  one  long  strain, 
Announce  that  cricket  is  a  lovelv  game. 


BECOMKS    A    COLLKiiF.  289 

"Oil  I  blooiiii-iit  jiietiirc  in  tlie  Ixtuk  uftiiiif; 
Old  siliinney  fi-ll,  unwept,  withutit  a  orinir. 
Kounil  nt>t  a  i^nrrtxiH  friend  or  pitying  fue, 
Strength  in  lier  arms  or  nieri'V  in  lier  woe; 
DropjKHl  fnini  lu-r  ncrvele>H  K"^"*!'.  '''"'  shinney  dear, 
Closed  lier  briKl'l  I'ye,  :ind  itirU-d   her  liiu'"  larevr. 
Sliinni'v,  fur  a  «-ea.son,  liid  tin-  world  farewell  ; 
And  yoiniK  cricket  shoiitc*!  as  old  ^llinney  fell." 

Tims  was  llaverlord  cricket  born  again,  fatlicrrd  by  an 
Knglisli  tutor  at  Dr.  Lyons's  school.  The  writer  in  The  Gem 
of  '59  had  best  tell  the  story  of  its  second  introduction.  He 
says :  "  It  has  been  just  three  years  since  the  game  of  cricket 
was  introducetl  at  Ilavorfonl,  and  probably  many  of  my 
readers  remember  with  what  excitement  and  zeal  it  was 
Hrst  received.  The  old  football  was  almost  immediately  de- 
serted, ami  a  large  cricket  club  of  forty  or  tilty  members 
was  formed,  and  implements  sent  foi  at  once.  lUit  among 
some  of  the  members  of  the  club  there  was  such  excitement 
and  impatience  that  they  could  not  wait  for  the  things  sent; 

and    especially   was  zeal   manifested  by  a    certain    A 

S (be  his  memory  revered!)  who  made  wickets  out  of 

broomsticks  and  bats  out  of  pine  boards  ;  and,  with  a  crowd  of 
fellows  not  quite  so  much  excited  as  himself,  he  started  the 
first  game  of  cricket  at  Haverford,  bowling  himself  with  a  ball 
which  he  had  obtained  from  an  unknown  source.  Thus  be- 
gan this  interesting  game  at  Haverford.  Soon,  however,  the 
re<|uired  implements  came,  in  the  shape  of  two  big,  heavy 
bats  witii  unwrapped  handles  (for  wrapped  iiandles  were 
then  almost  unknown  in  this  backwoods  community),  with 
ball  and  wickets  indescribable  ;  altogether  a  slight  improve- 
ment on  the  old  broomsticks.  Such  was  cricket  here  at 
first.  Any  one  who  could  knock  the  ball  over  the  bowler's 
head  was  considered  an  excellent  player,  and  two  runs  at  a 
time  was  almost  a  miracle  ;  there  was  no  such  thing  as  '  well 

19 


290  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOKI)    COLLE'iE. 

held,'  and  'lost  ball'  was  unheard  of."  This  last  observa- 
tion indicates  the  state  of  the  ground  at  that  time.  For 
that  matter,  "  lost  ball"  is  unheard  of  now,  tlioup;]i  for  a 
diti'erent  reason. 

By  the  Fall  of  '57  there  had  arisen  at  Haverford  two  most 
exclusive  clubs — the  Delian  and  Lycsean.  Into  the  former 
no  new  student  could  hope  to  gain  admittance ;  and  thus,  not 
satisfied  with  their  privileges  as  spectators  of  the  older  boys' 
play, the  Freshmen  resolved  to  form  a  new  club.  American 
willow  in  the  hands  of  a  carpenter  produced  two  bats,  which, 
when  the  blades  were  oiled  and  the  handles  wrapped  with 
tarred  twine,  cost  75  cents.  Half  a  dollar  more  supplied 
hickory  [stumps;  and  when  a  rubber  ball,  firm,  though 
not  solid,  was  procured  for  25  cents,  it  was  found  that  §1.50 
had  started  a  new  club — the  immortal  Dorian.  This  new 
race  of  cricketers,  like  the  old  Greek  race  earnest  and  ener- 
getic, soon  proved  their  right  to  the  ambitious  name  they 
had  chosen,  for  the}''  conquered  all  before  them.  It  has 
been  said,  and  justly,  that  the  first  settlers  of  a  communit}'" 
stamp  its  future  character.  What  a  birthright  has  then  the 
Haverford  College  Cricket  Club,  the  Dorian's  lineal  descend- 
ant !  With  a  membership  of  seven  and  a  capital  of  §3.50,  the 
club  commenced  play  immediately  after  the  mid-winter 
vacation.  Snow  covered  the  ground,  but  a  firm  coating  of 
ice  upheld  the  enthusiastic  cricketers.  On  the  present  site 
of  Alumni  Hall  the  stumps  were  pitched,  and  the  rubber 
ball  was  well  adapted  to  the  condition  of  the  crease.  Scorn- 
fully did  the  Delian  veterans  criticise  the  efforts,  and  heart- 
ily did  they  deride  the  enthusiasm  of  their  future  con- 
querors. 

Let  us  pause  to  consider  the  condition  of  allairs.  The 
Delian  Club  had  its  crease  where  the  college  cricket-grounds 


HKrOMKS    A    COLLK<iE.  J'.'l 

now  are;  tlio  Lycuan  claiintMl  tlio  strip  iMtnleriiiji;  on  tlie 
other  side  of  Maple  Avenue;  while  the  I)orian  practised  on 
tiiat  spot  oi'  turf  MOW  covered  \>y  IJarclay  Hall.  Lawn- 
mowers  were  yet  to  he  invented  ;  and  the  ^rass  was  cut,  that 
is,  tljc  hay  was  harvested  twice  a  year.  Tlie  feet  of  the 
hatsinen  usually  supplied  the  place  of  a  roller,  tlioujjjh  at 
times  a  small  one  was  used.  Hose  there  was  none,  hut  the 
rain  of  heaven  watered  the  gra.ss  and  changed  the  dust  intct 
mud.  The  long  gra.ss  did  excellent  .service  in  the  field,  hut 
was  also  resj)onsihle  for  six  hit.s.  The  howling  was  gener- 
ally umlerhand,  and  "grounders"  were  rule<l  out  hy  a 
healthy  and  powerful  college  spirit.  The  most  important 
position  in  the  field — the  one  in  which  the  best  fielder  was 
always  placed — wa<  that  now  known  as  "swipe,"  and  then 
termed  ''cover-point-over."  To  liiui  went  many  a  hail, 
which  fact  is  significant  of  the  condition  of  hatting  and 
lx)wling.  The  important  matches  were  played  "on  the  field 
south  of  the  old  Haverford  Road,  near  the  water-works." ' 
Hero  the  crease  was  good,  ami  the  ground  around  fair, 
though  somewhat  restricted  in  extent. 

After  this  digression  let  us  return  to  the  history  of  the 
tliree  club.s.  Needless  to  record  that  that  cluh  which  had 
l)ogun  so  earnestly  to  practise  in  the  snow,  continued  its 
efrort«»  when  the  grass  had  come.  Its  first  nnitch  was  with  the 
Lycajan,  and  easily  did  the  youngsters  win,  to  the  surj»ri.«<e 
and  discomfiture  of  that  cluh  and  their  natural  allies,  the 
Delian.  The  latter  must  now  notice  the  attempts  of  the 
Dorian  at  cricket,  and  very  vexatious  they  found  the  neces- 
sity. To  arrange  for  a  nnitch  was  in  itself  difficult ;  for  the 
older  cluh, anxious  as  they  might  he  to  administer  a  rehuke 

'  Tliev  wcr(>iitill  (...-..i  vn.i.-    n  1*<;7. 


292  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORI)    COLLEGE. 

to  impudence,  disdained  to  send  a  challenge,  while  the 
younger  club  modestly  held  back.  However,  all  was  finally 
arranged,  and  in  the  autumn  of  '58  the  match  was  played. 

This  game  is  the  first  important  one  in  the  history  of 
Haverford  cricket.  The  interest  was  intense,  and  high  did 
excitement  run.  On  the  one  side  were  arrayed  the  older 
men,  with  the  self-confidence  of  former  prestige;  on  the 
other,  the  younger  classmen,  eager  to  achieve  distinction. 
The  latter  won  the  toss  and  forthwith  took  the  field,  hoping 
in  this  way  to  avoid  a  single  inning  defeat. 

"  I  remember  perfectly,"  writes  one  of  the  old  Dorian 
team,  "  the  solid  satisfaction  which  permeated  our  bosoms 
to  know  that  so  dreadful  a  prospect  was  somewhat  lessened 
by  this  piece  of  good  luck."  Soon  the  Delian  were  out  for 
a  very  small  score ;  Yardley  (of  'Gl)  making  the  only  stand. 
The  Dorian  bowlers  were  W.  B.  Broomall  and  Edward  Bet- 
tie,  Jr.,  who  delivered  a  fast  underhand  ball.  Roberts  Vaux 
kept  the  wicket  and  has  left  a  good  reputation  behind  him. 
The  Dorian  went  in  and  proved  themselves  no  respecters  of 
persons,  for  the}'  hit  freely  and  often ;  and  a  score,  far  in  ex- 
cess of  their  opponents,  was  placed  to  their  credit,  Horace 
G.  Lippincott  carrying  off  the  batting  honors.  The  Delian 
made  an  effort  to  stem  the  adverse  tide  in  their  second 
inning,  but  failed  to  make  the  number  necessar}^  to  prevent 
a  defeat  l)y  an  inning.  Only  one  who  liad  felt  it  could  pre- 
sume to  describe  the  jo}'  of  the  victors.  All  experienced 
cricketers  will,  however,  do  it  justice. 

On  that  old  Dorian  eleven  were  the  following  ten  men  : 
Roberts  Vaux  (wicket-keep),  W.  B.  Broomall  and  Edward 
Bettle,  Jr.  (bowlers  and  slips),  John  C.  Thomas  (])ack-stop), 
Alfred  Mellor  (point),  George  Mellor  (on-drive),  Charles  Lip- 
pincott (cover-point-over,  /.  e.  swipe),  Horace  G.  Lippincott 


BKCOMKS    A    COLLEGE.  293 

(long-leg),  Limlley  Clark — f,  ft.  1  in.  tall — (inid-wicket), 
IKnrv  Bettle  (mid-oil);  to  these  must  also  be  added  a  long 
liehl-otr. 

This  defeat  broke  the  power  of  the  Delian,  but,  resolved 
to  !<taiiii>  the  Dorian  out  of  existence,  it  formed  a  union  with 
the  Lyca'an,  which  consolidation  was  known  l»y  the  name 
nf  the  "  I'nited."  Thel>i>rian  phiyed  them  also,  defeated 
them  with  greater  ease  than  it  had  the  two  clubs  separately, 
and  was  soon  left  as  thecollet^e  club — a  position  it  has  ever 
since  nuiintained,  suflerint;  only  a  change  of  name. 

Let  us  read  further  in  Tfie  Gem  of  '59 :  "  After  the  cricket 
panic,  above  related,  had  partially  subsided,  many  fellows, 
finding' or  thinking  they  JKul  fnimd  cricket  n<>t  (piite  what 
they  had  expected  it  to  be,  left  their  clubs  and  returned  to 
the  old  football.  Hut,  alas  I  old  Mr.  Football,  justly  indig- 
nant at  his  having  been  so  shamefully  abandoned,  would 
not  serve  them  any  longer,  and,  to  cap  the  climax,  the  only 
football  was  lost,  and  the  Loganian  refused  to  git  th<  ni  an- 
other. Thus,  as  not  enough  had  yet  left  cricket  to  get  a  ball 
themselves,  they  were  obliged  to  look  around  for  something 
else.  Now,  as  shinney  is  a  knockabout,  kickabout  game, 
just  like  football,  it  was  the  one  most  likely  to  be  accepted 
by  the  old  football  players,  and  such  was  the  case. 

"  After  this  more  and  more  of  the  fellows  came  over  from 
cricket  to  shinney,  and  the  latter  game  gradinilly  began  to 
assume  an  air  of  importance.  The  interest  in  it  has  been 
on  the  increase  ever  since,  and  shinney  is  at  present  gener- 
ally considered  one  of  the  three  chief  games  at  Ilaverford, 
and  especially  in  winter,  when,  it  being  too  cold  for  cricket, 
the  whole  interest  is  divi<ied  between  shinney  an<l  ba.-^e- 
ball.  " 

This  last  game  soon  became  a  rival  to  cricket,  as  an  arti- 


204  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

clc  wiittcii  ill  the  spring  of  'GO  clearly  shows.  It  begins  by- 
stating  tliat,  "  But  a  year  ago  "  baseball  "  was  not  heard  of  at 
Haverford,"  but  that  "  it  has  now  become  very  popular." 
The  writer  thus  continues:  "  Every  one  knows  that  it  was 
introduced  in  the  early  part  of  last  session,  but  it  was  en- 
tirely neglected  till  within  a  few  weeks,  when  some  of  the 
most  interested  members  of  the  club  procured  a  ground, 
balls,  and  bats,  and  endeavored,  to  the  utmost  of  their  abili- 
ties, to  have  a  few  games. 

"  They  labored  hard,  and  their  endeavors  met  with  success. 
The  more  the  game  was  played  the  more  the  members  be- 
came infatuated  with  it,  and  many  of  the  best  cricketers  left 
that  game  and  tried  with  all  their  energy  to  improve  them- 
selves in  the  playing  of  baseball. 

"  As  heretofore,  the  cry  of 'cricket!  cricket!'  was  heard  all 
over  the  college  ;  every  day  now,  as  soon  as  recitations  are 
over,  the  cry  of  'baseball'  resounds  over  the  lawn. 

"  Growing  tired  of  watching  the  game,  we  proceed  to  the 
cricket-ground,  and  are  surprised  to  see  no  one  playing,  and 
are  informed  that  cricket  is  seldom  j)layed  when  baseball 
is."  Then  occurs  the  fervent  wish  and  appeal:  "Let  it  be 
hoped  that  baseball  may  ever  retain  the  position  that  it  now 
holds,  and,  in  the  course  of  time,  become  the  game  of  Haver- 
ford. .  .  .  Fellow-students,  let  us  abandon  cricket  and 
take  up  baseball,  and  in  course  of  time  we  shall  be  able  to 
play  as  well  as  any."  ^"ain  was  the  writer's  desire :  cricket 
lived,  and  baseball  died.  Six  months  later  we  find  recorded 
a  conversation  between  two  students  in  which  cricket  is  the 
only  game  mentioned. 

About  this  time  the  students  at  Dr.  Lyons's  played  a  match 
with  the  Dorian.  After  the  game,  the  former,  for  some  un- 
known reason,  were  forbidden  by  the  head  of  their  school  to 
enter  the  college  grounds.   May  we  infer  that  Ha  virford  won  ? 


<iiAr'n:i;  xi. 
CIX  II.  WAK   ri  K|(  )1).    is,„,-(.4. 

Ami  some  in  storiii  ami  l>iittli-  pa-vsoil, 
Ami,  ustlie  fuiliti;;  life  t-bl  «.il  fast, 
Found  peai-eut  last. — Joseph  I'arrisii. 

TiiK  autiniin  of  ls()0  found  Haverford  full,  with  sixty 
students — or  as  tlii'V  would  now  \>v  called  nitii — distributed 
in  tive  classes — Senior,  liinior.  Scrond  .lunior,  Third  Junior 
and  Academical. 

At  that  time  tile  l*hiladel|»hia  .Station  of  the  Tenn-sylvania 
Railroad  was  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Eleventh  and  Market 
Streets,  on  the  present  site  of  the  Bingham  House.  It  was 
enteretl  by  pa.ssengei"s  from  Klcvcntli  Street,  near  Ahirble 
Alley,  and  the  cars  were  drawn  through  the  Market  Street 
exit  by  horses  and  mules  to  West  Philadelj)hia.  There  were 
many  fewer  stations  on  the  railroad,  and  in  .some  instances 
w  ith  very  different  names  from  those  ntnv  familiar.  The 
one  at  Haverford  was  on  the  college  grounds,  about  200  feet 
northwest  of  Kllis  Yarnall's  dwelling,  then  occupied  by 
Professor  Moses  C  Stevens,  and  eonsisted  of  an  open  shed, 
witii  a  bench,  and  a  tin  flag  to  signal  pa.ssing  trains.  None 
of  the  country  seats.now  the  pride  of  this  section,  adorned  it, 
though  one  or  two  large  houses  were  open  during  the  sum- 
mer for  boarders. 

The  collegf  buildings  consisted  of  Founders*  Hall,  then 
called  the  College,  gymnasium  annex,  laundry,  carpenter 
shop,  old  observatory,  and  certain  .ohanties  adjoining  tiie 

1295) 


206  HISTORY   OF   HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

gas-works.  An  important  feature  of  the  grounds,  especially 
in  the  Fall  of  the  year,  was  the  grape  arbor,  extending  from 
the  present  Alumni  Hall  to  the  old  arch,  which  was  all  that 
was  left  standing  of  the  former  greenhouse. 

During  the  preceding  summer  much  work  had  been  done 
on  Founders'  Hall,  in  accordance  with  a  minute  of  the  Board 
of  Managers,  dated  4th  month  13,  1S60,  viz. :  "  The  commit- 
tee would  further  propose  that  an  area  be  dug  around  the 
college  buildings  of  sufficient  width  to  relieve  the  extreme 
dampness  that  now  renders  it  unhealthy  to  the  domestics, 
three  being  off  duty  with  rheumatism."  There  was  already 
an  area  on  the  south  side.  As  the  dining-room  was  located 
in  the  basement,  the  students  were  also  benefited  by  this  im- 
provement; and  the  stools,  attached  to  planks  at  the  floor  and 
used  at  table,  were  replaced  by  chairs.  The  walls  of  the  bed- 
room were  replastered,  and  strips  of  wood  placed  near  the 
ceiling,  from  which  pictures  and  book-shelves  were  thereafter 
to  be  suspended.  Indeed  Founders'  Hall  was  then  considered 
quite  a  luxurious  structure,  notwithstanding  the  distance 
from  the  dormitories  to  the  wash-room  adjoining  the  gym- 
nasium, where  warm  w^ater  was  supplied  once  a  week  only. 

The  collection-room  of  that  day  is  now  the  dining-room, 
and  the  school-room  occupied  the  corresponding  apartment 
west  of  the  central  entrance,  now  used  as  two  class-rooms. 
Seniors  had  special  stud}^  rooms,  but  all  other  students  were 
obliged  to  remain  at  their  desks  in  the  school-room  from 
9  A.M.  to  12  M.,  from  2  to  -1  and  from  7  to  8  p.m.,  except 
when  reciting. 

On  arrival  the  students  were  all  measured,  and  seats  as- 
signed in  the  collection  and  school-rooms,  and  at  table  in 
accordance  with  their  height.  They  were  also  required  to 
sign  a  declaration  of  "determined  purpose  to  obey  all  laws." 


civil.  WAR  ri:i;inn.  297 

The  ''  boumls  "  of  tho  college  were  tlieii  well  defined,  but 
Seniors  were  not  subject  to  them,  and  it  was  generally  possi- 
ble on  week-days  to  obtain  luTniissjon  to  |»ass  iImmu.  KuIl" 
3,  however,  remained  in  force,  and  still  requin-d  that  "when 
a  student  obtains  liberty  to  extend  his  walk  beyond  the  pre- 
scribed limits  it  is  to  be  distinctly  understood  that  he  is  not 
to  enter  or  even  to  go  to  any  house  whatever,  unless  he  shall 
have  at  the  same  time  obtained  permission  from  the  Super- 
intendent for  that  purpose."  On  one  occasion  j>ermission 
to  pass  bounds  was  withheld  from  all  except  Seniors  for  a 
month,  in  conse<iuence  ofan  unusual  disorder  and  the  dilli- 
rulty  of  detecting  the  offender.  As  the  Second  aii<l  Thinl 
.Juniors  and  Academicals  were  retiring  one  evening  at  nhie 
o'clock,  the  prescribed  hour,  some  chickens  appeared  in  the 
corridor  of  the  second  floor,  and  animated  etlbrts  were  ma<le 
by  the  very  tall  and  elderly  Governor  to  catch  them.  Day 
at"ter  day  tlie  students  were  informed  that  the  tlo(.r  was 
gradually  closing  on  the  culprit,  who  was  encouraged  to 
confess.  If  he  did  so.  however,  it  was  unknown  to  his  f»'llow- 
students. 

Buchanan  was  President  of  the  United  States,  and  the 
political  campaign  of  18G0  was  well  under  way.  Stmie  «li- 
versity  of  sentiment  had  existed,  but  much  gratification 
was  expresse<l  at  Lincoln's  success  on  the  day  after  election, 
for  it  was  then  impossible  to  obtain  earlier  news.  A  few 
months  later  the  President-elect,  pa.ssing  the  college  on  his 
journey  to  Washington,  appeared  on  the  rear  jijatform  of 
the  train  and  bowed  to  the  students  assembled  at  the  station. 
For  four  weary  years  the  transportation  of  troops  was  eagerly 
watched  from  the  same  point,  and  at  one  time  the  roa<l  was 
guarded  by  armed  men.  In  this  connection  much  anxiety 
was  experienced  by  the  college  authorities  at  the  active  par- 


298  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

ticipation  of  students  at  flag-raisings,  etc.  In  a  minute  dated 
5tli  montli  3d,  ISiJl,  they  recorded  their  "earnest  desire 
that  all  connected  with  the  college  may  endeavor,  as  far  as 
l^ossible,  to  restrain  all  undue  excitement,  and  specially  to 
avoid  anj'  participation  in  measures  tending  to  compromise 
our  testimony  against  war,  or  which  is  likely  to  be  so  under- 
stood, and  to  cherish  a  quiet  and  forbearing  spirit,  and  to 
place  their  trust,  in  times  of  public  danger  and  private  dis- 
tress, in  the  superintending  Providence  of  their  Heavenly 
Father,  rather  than  anything  tending  to  violence  or  bitter- 
ness of  spirit  toward  an}^  class  of  their  fellow-men."' 

Toward  the  close  of  18G0  the  Managers  decided  to  build 
a  small  house  for  the  farmer,  because  "  so  few  avail  them- 
selves of  the  farmhouse  for  entertainment.'"  The  erection 
of  this  building  was  the  means  of  vacating  the  old  farm- 
house, which  subsequently  became  the  residence  of  Professor 
Thomas  Chase,  afterward  known  as  "  Chase  Cottage "'  and 
later  inappropriately  as  "  Woodside.""  At  that  time  the 
Superintendent,  Timoth}''  Nicholson,  lived  in  the  house 
.since  enlarged,  and  occupied  in  1890  b}'  Professor  Thomas; 
and  Dr.  Swift  boarded  beyond  the  college  grounds. 

A  skating  holiday  was  generally  granted  during  the 
winter,  when  students  were  permitted  to  walk  to  the  Schuyl- 
kill River,  and  skate  to  the  city.  Some,  however,  took  the 
cars  to  Philadelphia,  and  those  who  were  too  energetic  for 
the  first  train — which  was  not  very  early — actually  arose 
before  daybreak  and  walked. 

To  some  the  carpenter  shop  was  a  source  of  diversion 
in  stormy  weather.  It  was  ma,intained  by  an  association 
called  the  Carpenter  Shop  Association,  or  C.  S.  A.,  and  con- 
ducted its  work  in  a  portion  of  the  building  now  known  as 
the   machine-shop.     The    Confederate   States   of    America, 


«  IVII.    WAl;    PKKIOI). 


•'"•«• 


known  liv  tlio  .sanu'  initials,  eventually  brought  this  title 
into  disrepute. 

liaseball  hatl  not  sutlereil  the  euntaniinatiii}^  influenees  of 
a  later  tiay,  and  was  indul^'ed  in,  at  least,  when  tlie  «;ronnd 
wa><  untit  tor  cricket. 

In  addition  to  lectures  l»y  the  Faculty,  a  course  on  history 
was  delivered  at  this  time  l>y  Keinhold  Solger,  I'li.I'. 

At  the  end  of  the  term  students  were  subjected  to  public 
examinations,  of  which  j»rinte<l  notices  had  been  previously 
circulated.  In  the  ist  month,  1S(>1,  Third  Juniors  were  ex- 
amined on  Virgil  and  Latin  exercises,  Anabasis  and  (ireek 
exerci.-<es  in  the  class-room,  Geometry  and  Composition  in 
the  collection-room.  The  examinations  consisted  merely  of 
recitations,  which  were  attended  by  scarcely  any  visitors, 
with  the  occasional  excej)tion  of  a  few  student^  from  tin- 
other  classes. 

On  the  evening  of  1st  month  2'Jth,  Francis  A.  Wood,  \ice- 
President  of  the  Loganian  Society,  delivered  the  usual  ad- 
dress. On  such  occasions  a  temporary  platform  was  con- 
structed at  the  east  end  of  the  collection-room — which  al.'^t* 
served  for  Junior  exhibition  next  day — and  was  again 
brought  into  service  at  the  summer  commencement.  The 
notices  for  Junior  exhibition,  1st  niontli  3<>th,  18<)1,  stated: 
"The  exerci.ses  will  begin  at  K)  o'clock  .\.m.  A  train  of  cars 
leaves  the  station  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  Eleventh 
and  Market  .Streets,  at  8  o'clock  a.m.  \'isitt>rscan  return  t.> 
the  city  by  a  train  which  leaves  the  college  at  121  '*  ^'-  '^* 
the  conclusion  (tf  tin-  exhibition,  the  winter  vacation  of 
three  weeks  commenced. 

The  approach  «»f  spring  was  hailed  with  delight  by  the 
large  family,  crowded  as  it  was  into  Founders"  ilall  for  lodg- 
ings and  meals  as  well  as  instruction.   Among  the  pleasures 


300  HISTORY   OF    IIAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

of  winter  had  been  skating  on  the  new  lawn  pond  or  at 
Kelly's  dam,  and  walking  to  West  Haverford  Post-oftlce  or 
to  the  Cabinet  Post-office  at  Athensville,  now  Ardmore,  for 
such  publications  as  might  fail  to  pass  inspection,  if  sent  in 
the  usual  way.  Breakfast  at  6.30  compelled  the  greatest 
haste  on  the  part  of  many  who  disregarded  the  first  bell 
and  arose  at  G.25. 

Toward  summer,  swimming  at  Morris's  dam  was  much 
enjoyed.  It  was  then  a  very  secluded  spot,  but  is  now  in 
proximity  to  Bryn  Mawr  and  too  public  for  that  purpose. 

On  the  9th  of  7th  month,  1861,  the  day  succeeding  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Loganian,  at  which  Hadley's  poem, 
"  No  More,"  had  been  read  wdth  such  interest,  the  alumni 
met  in  pursuance  of  a  notice,  which  stated  that  "  The  col- 
lege may  be  reached  by  the  cars  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road, leaving  the  depot  at  12  m.  and  2.30,  4  and  5.40  p.m." 
This  would  now  seem  a  very  inadequate  accommodation 
for  such  a  suburb  in  midsummer. 

On  the  lOtli  of  7th  month  commencement  was  held. 
The  order  of  exercises  stated  that  "  the  performances  will 
commence  at  9|  o'clock."  Nine  Seniors  received  the 
degree  of  A.B.,  and  the  Tutor,  Thomas  Wistar,  Jr.,  that  of 
A.M.  By  direction  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  Samuel  Hilles 
used  to  sign  the  diplomas  as  Principal  pro  tern.  The  title 
of  President  was  not  yet  used. 

In  the  autumn  of  1861  the  number  of  students  was 
reduced  to  50,  owing  largely  to  the  war,  although  no  ad- 
vance was  made  in  the  charges,  which  remained  at  ^300  per 
annum,  including  washing.  In  the  new  Catalogue,  to  grat- 
ify the  Second  Juniors,  or  Sophomores,  the  names  "  Fresh- 
man "  and  "  Sophomore  "  were  substituted  for  Third  and 
Second  Junior,  heretofore  in  use.    The  transition  from  school 


<  ivii.   WAi:   i*Ki:i<»i).  301 

to  college,  like  tlic  civili/utioii  of  Tuuessasjia  Iiulians,  was  to 
be  gradual,  'riioinas  \V.  Lainl),  a  graduate  of  the  last  class, 
succeeded  Thomas  WisUir,  Jr.,  as  tutor,  and  the  family  of 
Professor  Stevens  moved  into  Founders' Hall.  The  Mana- 
gers agreed  "  to  carpet  larger  room  for  Moses  C  Stevens,  if 
he  cannot  arrange  otherwise.  Washing  and  ironing  to  be 
as  little  burdensome  as  possible." 

A  new  Superintendent,  Williani  Forster  Mitchell,  who 
was  placed  over  the  college,  commenced  his  work  under 
the  fresh  ami  stringent  laws  of  the  Managei-s.  Among 
them,  the  second  stated  "  that  the  veri)al  understanding 
which  was  come  to  some  time  since  to  permit  students  to 
visit  their  homes,  in  or  near  Philadelphia,  once  in  each  urni 
be  rescinded,  .  .  .  and  that  such  visits  be  allowed  only 
under  very  urgent  circumstances, such  as  the  .serious  illness, 
death  or  marriage  of  a  member  of  their  immediate  family," 
etc.  To  such  laws  the  Superintendent  ad«led  rules  of  his 
own  that  were  etjually  ditlicult  to  enforce.  Among  them 
his  group  rule  was  intended  to  j>revent  a  greater  number 
than  two  from  conversing  in  the  school-room  before  or 
after  school-hours.  Mischief  was  expected  to  be  the  result 
of  groups,  and  this  rule  was  designed  to  prevent  it. 

At  the  opening  of  the  session  a  committee  of  the  Managers 
was  present,  who  examined  the  trunk.s,  to  .see  that  nothing 
objectionable  in  the  way  of  books,  clothing,  etc.,  etc.,  should 
enter  the  college.  In  this  way  the  "  guanled  education" 
was  to  be  promoted,  according  to  the  ideas  then  prevailing. 

In  these  years  the  Superintendent  lived  near  the  colK-ge 
with  a  (tovernor  or  other  ollicers  in  Founders'  Hall.  The 
absence  of  the  Superintendent,  however,  an«l  particularly  at 
night,  as  was  stated  by  the  Managers,  had  always  been  found 
a  drawback  upon  the  regnliuilv  and  efluimi  y  of  the  <lis- 
cipline. 


302  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORL)    COLLEGE. 

During  the  season,  apples  were  gathered  by  the  students 
in  the  orchard,  clandestinely  converted  into  cider  at  the 
barn,  and  stored  in  powder-kegs  or  other  receptacles  in  the 
closets. 

On  rising  in  the  morning,  one  would  occasionally  see  cer- 
tain articles  on  the  lightning-rod  surmounting  the  cupola, 
and  a  barrel  was  one  day  removed  from  it  with  considerable 
difficulty. 

During  the  absence  of  the  Superintendent  one  evening 
the  Professor  of  Mathematics  presided  at  bed  collection  and 
attempted  to  read  from  a  small  pocket  Bible,  as  the  large 
Bible  had  disappeared.  It  was  difficult,  however,  to  read 
such  type  while  watching  the  students,  and  he  finall}^  blun- 
dered at  a  Avord,  which  some  one  asked  him  to  spell. 

Once  a  week  a  class  was  expected  to  recite  certain  verses 
from  Scripture  to  the  Superintendent,  but  he  was  so  near- 
sighted that  one  after  another  read  the  lesson  from  the 
blackboard,  where  it  had  been  carefully  written  in  advance. 

These  incidents  seem  very  trifling  now,  but  it  was  an  era 
of  small  things.  They  are  cited  to  illustrate  the  effect  of 
harsh  discipline  upon  the  average  young  man.  The  age  of 
the  students  was  still  some  years  below  that  of  to-day,  and 
the  course  of  instruction  was  lower.  The  little  commu- 
nity, moreover,  like  the  larger  one  around  it,  was  more 
interested  in  watching  the  great  struggle  for  the  suppression 
of  slavery  and  the  preservation  of  the  Union  than  in  the 
progress  of  education.  There  were  evidences  that  the 
Superintendent  had  the  welfare  of  the  students  at  heart,  and 
made  efforts  to  entertain  them.  As  an  instance  of  this, 
on  one  occasion  he  hired  wagons  to  visit  tlie  Training 
School  for  Feeble-minded  Children  near  Media.  His  pre- 
vious work,  however,  had  been  among  younger  boys  and  of 


(  ivii.  w  Ai:   n:iM()i>.  303 

a  humbk-r  class  tliaii  llavfifonl  sliuknts.  Si-vtiv  puiiish- 
maul^  were  repeatedly  iiiHietetl.  but  it  was  iin|)os!sible  to 
inaiiitain  a  tliseijtline  under  sudi  a  system.  There  was  still 
something  to  be  learned  by  the  Manaj^ers  ami  Faeulty. 

About  this  time  tlie  Dorian  ami  I'nited  Cricket  ('lul)s, 
which  had  lonj;  been  playin;^  matches  with  each  other,  be- 
came one,  owinjj;  to  the  reduced  membership  of  the  latter, 
and,  soon  after,  the  Onrian  Ke^an  to  play  matches  without- 
side  clubs,  thou«j;h  for  years  they  were  conducted  in  a  very 
guarded  manner,  amid  many  doubts  on  the  part  of  the 
autliorities. 

In  the'.ilh  month.  1S<')1,  the  Mana^'ers  record  the  ditliculty 
of  obtaining  rosin  for  the  manufacture  of  gas,  as  communi- 
cation with  North  Carolina  was  cut  off  by  the  war,  and  the 
gas-works  were  altered  for  the  substitution  of  coal  oil. 

Soon  after,  the  old  grape-vine  arbor,  long  an  ornament  to 
the  grounds,  was  blown  down  in  a  gale  of  wind,  and  there 
was  not  enough  enterprise  to  replace  it. 

In  the  evenings,  the  i>arlor  of  the  Matron,  Klizabeth  H. 
Hopkins,  was  always  open,  and  on  First  day  afternoons 
diaries  Yarnall  sometimes  occupied  the  hour  with  readings 
from  the  writings  of  Dr.  Arnold  and  other  worthies,  accom- 
panied by  wise  and  suitable  remarks. 

Toward  the  middle  of  each  week  the  college  wagon  went 
to  the  city.  It  stop|»ed  at  the  office  of  The  Friaicbf'  Review, 
100  North  Tenth  Street,  left  its  bundles,  and  received  such 
packages  as  had  accumulated  since  its  previous  visit.  It 
was.  practically,  a  free  express  between  Philadelphia  and 
llaverford. 

On  1st  month  28th,  1802,  the  annual  addre.ss  before 
the  Loganian  Society  was  delivered  by  the  Vice-I*resi«lent, 
Samuel  A.  Hadlev,  of  Osceola.  Iowa,  author  of  "  No  More,"' 


304  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

on  "  Nai)oleon  and  Stephen  Grellet."  Junior  exhibition 
succeeded  on  the  29th  and  was  followed  by  tlie  usual  vaca- 
tion. On  4th  month  4th,  Samuel  J.  Gummere  was  appointed 
Principal  of  the  College,  to  take  charge  in  the  succeeding 
autumn  of  the  discipline  and  accounts,  with  an  assistant  in 
the  Mathematical  Department. 

As  summer  ap})roached,  the  private  examinations  became 
a  leading  topic.  They  were  held  at  the  end  of  the  Sopho- 
more and  Senior  years  on  the  studies  of  the  two  previous 
years,  and  rank  at  graduation  was  determined  entirel}'  bj'' 
the  result  of  the  final  effort.  In  earlier  years  there  had  been 
but  one  such  examination  during  the  entire  course,  and, 
while  a  division  of  the  work  at  the  end  of  the  second  year 
was  a  relief,  the  test  was  very  much  more  severe  than  ex- 
aminations at  short  intervals.  As  an  example,  the  text-book 
of  Geology  had  been  abandoned  in  1861,  but  resumed  next 
year ;  and  Dr.  Swift,  apparently  overlooking  the  fact,  sub- 
jected the  class  to  a  trial  on  a  work  that  had  not  been  studied. 
While  his  instruction  had  been  so  thorough  that  all  could 
pass,  on  the  essential  principles  of  the  science,  it  was  very 
difficult  to  obtain  a  high  mark  under  such  circumstances. 

The  ease  with  which  all  students  could  reach  the  end  of 
the  Sophomore  year  induced  many  to  remain  till  this  time, 
but  the  Junior  Class  was  always  much  reduced.  During 
examination  Seniors  and  Sophomores  Avere  treated  to  hot 
suppers,  which,  being  a  rarity,  were  well  appreciated. 

The  public  meeting  of  the  Loganian  Society  followed  on 
the  evening  of  the  8th,  with  Latin,  Greek  and  English  Ora- 
tions, a  Dialogue  and  a  Versification.  Next  day,  at  com- 
mencement, a  class  of  five  received  the  degree  of  A.B. 

About  this  time  the  Managers  decided  to  put  a  new  bridge 
over  the  railroad,  on  the  walk  to  the  Meeting  House,  and 
employed  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  to  build  it. 


tl\l|.    UAi;     1KK1"'I>. 


:iu.i 


The  autuiiin  of  ISli'i  saw  little  change  in  tii*-  miinhfr  «»f 
stucleiits,  the  C'tttalojiue  reeonlin*;  hut  51.  They  were  greeteii, 
however,  hy  a  new  administration,  Samuel  J.  (lummere  as- 
suming the  position  of  Trineipal.  Some  twenty-five  years 
l>efore  he  had  heen  a  teacher  at  llavtrford  Sciiool,  and  now 
returnitl  after  a  career  of  great  usefulness  to  take  tin-  cluiir 
of  Mathematics,  Thysicsand  Astronomy.  With  his  coming 
the  whole  atmosphere  of  the  college  seeme<l  to  undergo  a 
change.  Students  who  liad  taken  delight  in  j)etty  mischief, 
vieldetl  with  a  l(»yal  spirit,  ami  no  long«r  endeavoretl  to 
annoy  the  authorities,  .lohn  \V.  rinkliani.  a  graduate  of 
the  class  of  ISGO,  succeeded  as  Tutor  and  Lil-rarian.     More 

hopeful  feelings  hegan  to  prevail. 

We  will  here  turn  aside  awhile  from  the  I'latcii  tra<k  of 

the  narrative,  and  trace  to  its  conclusion  tlir  nwivcment  in 

the  Alumni    Association 

for  the  erection  nf  a  liall. 

It    was   ahout   this   tinii' 

that  Thomas  Kimher,  Jr., 

hy    a    unitjue    stroke   of 

generosity,    at    the  >amr 

time  insured  the  comple- 
tion of  the  huilding,  and 

a  handsome  nucleus  for 

a    I.ihrary    Kund.       His 

otler     inchnled     both    a 

liberal  gift  to  the  latter, 

an<l    the    promise    of 

eno>igh     money     for 

Ahunni  Hall  to  erect  the 

library  |)ortion  of  it,  tlie  nave,  so  to  speak.     This  event  is 

thus  referred  to  by  resolution  ado|>te<l  at  the  meeting  of  the 

Alumni  A.ssociation.  held  in  the  10th  month,  1S»;M: 

20 


Tn«»M.\S  KIMIli:i(.  Jk 


306  HISTORY    OF    HAVKi;i'OKD    COLLEtJE. 

"  WJiereas,  The  ra})id  rise  and  complete  success,  during 
the  past  year,  of  the  effort  originated  in  this  Society, 
to  secure  a  hall  and  library  building,  and  a  permanent 
Library  Fund  for  Haverford  College,  is  mainly  due  to  the 
munificent  donations  made  for  that  purpose  by  our  fellow- 
member,  Thomas  Kimber,  Jr.; 

''Resolved,  That  the  Alumni  Association  is  gratefully 
sensible  of  his  liberality,  and  tender  their  thanks  for  the 
eminently  practical  interest  he  has  thus  manifested  in  the 
institution  whose  durable  welfare  we  all  have  at  heart." 

An  abstract  of  the  reports  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Building 
and  Library  Funds  was  presented  at  the  first  meeting  of  the 
alumni,  held  in  the  new  hall  and  library  in  1864.  After 
mentioning  the  appointment  of  the  committee  in  1857,  and 
the  trustees  in  1858,  they  state  that  the  sum  of  $2,000  was 
at  first  supposed  to  be  sufficient  for  the  purpose,  with  but 
slight  hopes  of  being  able  to  raise  this  amount.  The  Trus- 
tees set  about  forming  the  basis  for  the  fund,  and  met  with 
encouraging  success.  "  A  liberal  donation  from  one  of  the 
professors  of  the  college,  like  subscriptions  from  several  of 
its  friends,  an  annual  appropriation  of  $25  for  four  years 
from  the  Loganian  Society,  a  subscription  by  the  Sopho- 
more Class  of  1858  and  1859,  and  various  little  mites  from 
young  students  were  among  the  numerous  evidences  of 
interest  in  the  projected  hall ; ''  so  that  the  Trustees  were 
able  to  report  to  the  following  annual  meeting,  in  1850,  that 
nearly  one-half  of  the  whole  "fund"  had  been  contributed. 
But  hope  and  desire  were  augmented  by  success ;  more 
extended  views  began  to  be  entertained  by  the  Association 
in  connection  with  the  hall.  It  was  determined  to  make  it 
so  ample  that  the  libraries  of  the  college  and  of  the  Loganian 
Society  should  be  placed  in  it.     A  corresponding  increase  of 


I   1\  11.    \V.\i;     I'KKInK.  3()7 

till'  tuinl  was  iitH-essarv,  an«l  its  limit  was  extended  IVoni 
$2,000  to  $.■>,()()().  A  collection  was  nuide  at  the  close  of  the 
meeting;,  ami  elloits  to  complete  the  sum  were  continued 
throughout  the  year  so  successfully  that,  up  to  the  time  of 
the  annual  meeting  of  18U0,  overSo.OUU  had  heen  sul>scril>ed. 
The  next  year  was  the  historical  one  of  l.SOl,  which  wit- 
nessed the  outbreak  <.f  tlie  Rebellion.  Such  c.mplete  stag- 
nation came  over  the  all'airs  of  the  building,  that  for  two 
years  hardly  a  subscription  was  received  (»r  collected,  and, 
smothered  under  the  weight  of  the  nniny  anxi«'tie><  and  cares 
of  the  time,  the  infant  scheme  seemed  dea<l. 

In  the  spring  of  1  si;:;,  however,  came  the  pro|)osition  fnmi 
Tlmma-  K  iiiiber.  .1  r.,  who,  being  prompted  by  a  warm  grati- 
tude for  the  benelicial  inHuence  his  education  at  llaverford 
had  exercised  on  his  life,  felt  a  generous  design  to  increase  the 
capacity  of  the  c(»lh'ge  for  doing  good  toothers.  The  proposal 
was  in  the  form  of  an  agreement  to  pay  any  sum  not  le.ss  tlian 
$4,000  and  not  more  than  $5,000  towanl  the  erection  of  a 
building  for  a  library  on  the  grounds  of  llaverford  College, 
provided  the  .Mumni  As.sociation  shall  collect  an  ecjual 
amount  for  the  purpo.<e  of  erecting  a  hall,  to  be  incorporated 
with  the  said  library  building.  "  My  object,"  says  the  donor, 
"  in  making  this  oiler,  being  to  secure  to  the  institution  a 
library  and  reading-room  as  a  i)lace  of  (juiet  and  retired 
study,  1  therefore  make  the  express  condition  of  the  above 
appropriation  that  there  shall  be  no  loud  conversation  in 
the  siiid  room,  and  that  unless  on  a  special  order  of  the 
8*^cretary  of  the  Hoard  of  Managers,  in  particular  excep- 
tional cases,  no  part  of  the  building  shall  be  use«l  for  any 
other  purpose  whatever,  except  for  the  general  meetings  ot 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  institution,  and  for  the  com- 
incncement.s  and  Junior  exhibitions  of  the  college,  and  for 


308  IIIJSTOKY    (»K    HAVKKFORI)    COLLEGE. 

tlie  semi-anmial  meetings  of  the  Loganian  Society,  held  at 
the  end  of  each  term." 

These  conditions  were  accepted  by  the  Managers  on 
behalf  of  the  corporation,  and  by  the  Alumni  Association, 
and  were  for  some  time  the  law  which  governed  the  occu- 
pation of  the  building.  About  twenty  years  later,  however, 
Thomas  Kimber  removed  the  restrictions. 

Tiie  receipt  of  (his  {proposal  infused  new  life  into  a  long- 
dormant  project.  It  was  immediately  determined  to  raise 
$5,000  in  order  to  secure  the  larger  of  the  sums  mentioned 
in  the  proposal;  and  an  active  canvass  of  the  numerous 
friends  of  the  Alumni  Association  and  of  the  college  soon 
resulted  in  ])rocuring  this  amount.  Thus,  after  seven  3'ears 
of  active  effort  and  of  patient  waiting,  from  very  humble 
beginnings,  was  raised  the  sum  of  $10,000,  which  has  been 
expended  in  forming  the  simple,  chaste  and  graceful  edifice, 
known  as  Alumni  Hall. 

Efforts  to  establish  a  permanent  fund  for  the  library  had 
been  instituted  by  the  Alumni  Association,  through  the 
"Trustees  of  the  Library  Fund.'"  Other  friends,  not  con- 
nected officially  with  the  Association,  had  been  laboring 
collaterally,  but  not  jointly,  with  the  Trustees,  to  promote 
the  same  worthy  object.  Their  exertions  had  met  with 
many  gratifying  responses,  but  not  with  complete  success, 
and,  from  causes  similar  to  some  of  those  affecting  the 
IKiilding  Fund,  iiad  been  overtaken  with  a  like  lethargy. 

\\'hen  the  impulse  given  to  the  Building  Fund,  by  the 
donation  spoken  of  above,  had  brought  about  its  completion 
to  $10,000,  the  donor,  with  a  practical  generosity,  offered, 
should  a  like  imjuilse  carry  the  Library  Fund  to  $10,000 
also,  to  cancel  an  annuity  condition  attached  to  his  donation 
to  the  Building  Fund.  The  total  subscription  to  it  amounted 


CIVIL    WAK    I'KKHH). 


'M)\) 


to  $10,12.');  all  of  this,  savo  i>r^),  lias  hetii  coUecteil, invested, 
ami  the  securities  placeil  in  tlu*  hands  of  the  Tivasurer  of 
the  College,  and  is  now  producing'  a  yi-arly  iiu-oine  of  $•'()() 
to  $G00. 

The  erection  of  this  alumni  l.uildin^'  was  a  suhstnntial 
evidence  of  the  value  of  the  organi/ation  of  the  alumni, 
and  of  the  reality  of  their  interest  in  the  mattrnal  home  of 
their  intellectual  youth  ;  and,  as  such  evidence,  it  marked 
an  important  era  of  new  and  freshened  life  and  i»romise  for 
the  institution.  For  a  considerable  time,  her  children  had 
taken  part  in  the  management;  hut  this  was  the  first  occa- 
sion when  tluir  interest  took  such  lasting  form,  of  henelit 
and  blessing  to  the  college,  as  was  sure  to  be  felt  and  appre- 
eiated  by  each  succeeding  generation.  Many  a  time  since 
has  the  impulse  of  this  lirst  movement  been  felt,  until  now 
a  large  percentage  of  the  Hoard  of  Managers  is  composed  of 
graduates  of  the  college.  It  was  felt  when  the  project  <»f  a 
new  building,  which  resulted  in  the  erection  of  Barelay 
Hall,  was  broached,  when  in  the  course  of  a  comj)aratively 
short  j.eriod  about  $S(I,()0()  was  raise«l  for  this  purpose.  It 
cropi)ed  out  in  a  careful  study,  in  print,  of  the  needs  an<l 
the  ways  of  helping  Ilavrrfor.l,  and  found  expression  in 
tiie  grand  reunion,  on  the  occasion  of  the  semi-centennial 
anniversary  of  its  founding,  in  188:5. 

The  completion  of  the  fund  enabled  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion to  begin  work  on  the  new  hall,  and  the  corner-stone 
was  laid  in  the  si)ring  of  1803  ;  but  tiio  drafting  of  nun  into 
the  army  made  it  ditVuult  to  procure  workmen,  and  the 
structure  progressed  but  slowly.  It  was,  however,  completed 
in  time  for  the  annual  nunion  of  the  Association  on  the 
ir>th  of  loth  month,  isfil,  when  tiie  Society  met  in  the  new 
eilitice.     After  the  contractors  ha<l  been  paid  in  full  the  sum 


310 


JIISToRY    (»1'    IIAVEHFORI)    COLLEGE. 


agreed  uj)Oii  for  tlie  erection  of  the  building,  to  the  surprise 
of  tlie  Trustees,  they  presented  a  further  bill  of  .^1,792.84, 
or  nearly  25  per  cent,  additional.  There  did  not  seem  to  be 
any  ground  for  such  a  claim,  and  the  Trustees  resisted  its 
payment  for  several  years,  when  the  amount  was  compro- 
mised, and  a  final  settlement  made,  by  the  payment  of  a  con- 
siderable additional  sum.  'ilie  case  was  an  illustration  of 
the  unsettlement  of  the  times.  The  most  unusual  circum- 
stances of  the  Rebellion  caused  man}'  a  contract  to  be  vio- 
lated, and  this  was  an  instance.  The  claim  was  based  on 
the  enormous  rise  in  wages  during  the  progress  of  the  work, 
and  an  alleged  change  in  the  stone  used,  which,  it  is  said, 
caused  much  delay  in  the  building.  In  point  of  fact,  there 
was  a  change  in  the  stone,  and  it  very  probably  led  to  delay 
and  increased  cost ;  but  as  the  change  was  made  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  contractors,  it  did  not  seem  a  valid  ground  for 
claim  on  their  part.  In  the  opinion  of  many  people,  how- 
ever, at  that  time,  the  extraordinary  jumble  of  alTairs,  finan- 
cial and  other,  caused  by  the  Civil  War,  was  a  sufficient 
cause  for  the  invalidation  of  binding  contracts,  and  after 
prolonged  arbitration,  the  above  result  was  reached. 

The  style  of  the  new  building  was  then  a  new  departure 
for  Haverford,  and  was  severely  criticised  by  some  Friends 
of  the  old  regime,  as  a  sad  deviation  from  primitive  sim- 
plicity, and  bearing  too  strong  a  resemblance  to  a  Gothic 
chapel ;  and  truly,  though  not  in  the  flamlioyant  style,  and 
simple  enough,  it  did  present  a  pleasing  contrast  to  the  rude 
simplicity  of  Founders'  Hall,  witli  its  coat  of  yellow  plaster. 

The  completion  of  the  Library  Fund  was  no  less  welcome 
than  the  finishing  of  the  building,  and  almost  the  whole 
growth  of  the  collection  since  that  time  has  been  due  to  the 
income  from  this  modest  but  useful  endowment. 


civil.  UAi:   iKKioi).  311 

In  the  spring  of  18<).l  many  stainlanl  works  of  a  j)revious 
generation  weir  on  the  shelves,  but  few  additions  Imd  ht-en 
niuile  for  years.  The  hooks  wire  kept  in  the  soutliwest 
room  of  the  second  story  of  founders'  Hall  and  were  given 
out  before  dinner  on  Seventh  days.  Occasionally  some  of 
the  best  works  were  taken  out  early  in  the  .session  and  re- 
tuined  during  the  entire  term.  The  Everett  and  Athenienm 
Literary  Societies  had  no  libraries,  and  current  literature 
was  obtained  from  tin*  Loganian  Library,  which  was  free  to 
members  of  the  Soi-iety,  and  accessible  to  others  on  payment 
of  a  fee. 

The  Loganian  Library,  tlienfnre,  did  a  most  useful  work, 
and  the  otKce  of  Librarian,  which  was  con*iidered  very  de- 
sirable, was  sometimes  the  occasion  of  a  lively  struggle  at 
tlie  annual  election  of  Society  otticers.  The  library  then 
contained  about  1,500  volumes,  and  was  kept  open  on  Seventh 
days  from  12  m.  to  12.30  i'.m.  The  Librarian  carried  the  only 
key,  and  could  give  access  at  all  times  to  the  room,  which, 
unfortunately,  could  not  be  kept  warm  in  winter,  a<  there 
was  no  heated  air  near  it. 

I'rofes.sor  Thomas  Cha.'^e  was  President  of  the  Loganian, 
and  the  standing  of  Ilaverford  graduates  was,  in  a  measure, 
due  to  good  reading  incited  by  him,  whith  students,  wlio 
seldom  went  to  their  homes,  were  glad  to  indulge  in. 

The  interest  in  the  meetings  of  the  private  literary 
societies  was  much  greater  than  those  of  the  Loganian, 
which  were  public, and  held  on  Second  day  evenings.  The 
Everett  and  Athena»um  met  on  Seventh  <lay  evenings,  the 
former  in  the  collection-room  ami  the  latter  in  the  lecture- 
room  over  the  gymnasium.  (Jreat  rivalry  existed  between 
them,  and  extraordinary  ell'orts  were  nuide  by  both,  at  the 
o{>ening  of  the  Fall  terms,  to  secure  such  of  the  new  students 


312  HISTORY    Ol'    HAVERFOKI)    COLLEGE. 

as  were  likely  to  make  uset'ul  members.  The  usual  exercises 
consisted  of  declamations,  essa3's,  debates,  and  an  occasional 
play  or  dialogue,  so  called.  In  tlie  preparation  of  the  last, 
the  Athenaeum  had  great  advantage,  as  possession  of  the 
lecture-room  could  be  obtained  at  noon,  while  it  was  nec- 
essary to  wait  till  supper-time  for  the  collection-room,  and 
to  vacate  it  for  evening  reading  at  8.45.  Once  a  month  the 
Everett  and  Athenseum  issued  papers,  called  TJie  Bud  and 
The  Gem,  after  the  custom  of  the  Loganian,  whicli  had  long 
published  The  Collegian.  They  were  strictly  private,  how- 
ever, and  furnished  opportunity  for  satire  and  criticism  of 
the  authorities.  The  papers  and  other  exercises  were  subse- 
quentl}^  reviewed  by  an  anonymous  critic.  On  the  18th  of 
11th  month,  1862,  President  Gummere,  b}^  invitation,  read 
an  original  poem  before  a  public  meeting  of  the  Everett 
Society. 

On  the  evening  of  1st  month  27th,  18G3,  tlie  annual  address 
before  the  Loganian  was  delivered  by  the  Vice-President, 
Richard  Thomas  Jones,  of  Philadelphia,  whose  untimely 
and  lamented  death  probably  led  to  his  father's  munificent 
bequest.  His  subject  was  "  The  Literary  Genius  of  America." 
Next  day  the  usual  Junior  exhibition  took  place,  and  vaca- 
tion followed. 

On  2d  month  27th  of  this  year  Argand  gas-burners  were 
introduced  at  the  college — a  step  toward  more  light. 

About  this  time  the  school  of  Dr.  Lyons,  which  had  long 
been  conducted  opposite  the  Haverford  Station,  was  removed 
to  a  new  building  beyond  White  Hall.  The  Managers 
thought  of  renting  the  old  property,  but  were  glad  to  learn 
that  tenants  had  been  secured,  who  were  not  likely  to 
be  o])jectionable.  They  also  decided  to  take  efficient  meas- 
ures to  prevent  intrusion  on  the  college  grounds  by  boarders, 
and  more  especially  their  nurses  and  other  servants. 


civil.   WAK    ri:i;i<>ii.  31'} 

Tilt'  Aliiiiini  Association  liavin^  i-Iiuii^^imI  itsliini'of  nifot- 
iiig  to  I'all,  ill  tli«'  liopf  of  st'cuiiii;;  u  larger  utteiulanc**,  this 
feature  of  coinint'iicenieiit  season  was  missing  in  the  sunuiur 
of  18* ■>.'>.  The  usual  meeting  of  tlu'  Loganian  was  luM  7th 
month  7th.  with  orations  i»y  inemhers  of  tla-  Junior  an<l 
Sophomore  Classt's  antl  a  <iialogue  hy  tW(j  Freshmen.  At 
the  conclusion,  the  Seniors,  according  to  a  somewhat  time- 
honored  custom,  were  dragged  by  other  students  antuiid  the 
old  magnolia  tree  in  the  farm-wagon.  As  usual  they  made 
farewell  spt-eches,  into  which  it  was  then  possible  to  throw 
much  enthusiasm,  owing  to  the  news  that  was  coiiiin^r  over 
the  wires  as  the  smoke  lifted  from  (Jettysbur;^. 

Next  day  a  ela.^^s  of  six  was  graduated.  Larger  than  its 
predecessor,  it  was  smaller  than  the  average  of  recent  years, 
but  took  high  rank  for  scholarship.  At  the  sauje  time 
Clement  L.  Smith  of  the  class  of  LSdij,  since  l)ean  of  Har- 
vard University,  obtained  the  degree  of  A.M.,  which  then 
re(iuired  a  well-written  Thesis,  although  some  colleges 
were  conferring  it  on  any  graduates  of  three  or  five  years' 
standing. 

The  Catalogue  of  l8<l.">-4  recorded  sixty-one  students,  ami 
the  college,  after  a  lapse  of  two  years,  was  practically  full. 
This  result  was  very  largely  ilue  to  President  ( iummere.  But 
four  names  appeared  in  the  Faculty,  to  which  was  addi'd 
tiuit  of  an  Instructor  in  Drawing,  but  they  were  names  of 
which  any  college  might  be  |)roud.  The  I'resident  was 
u.s«iste<l  l)y  the  veteran  professors.  Dr.  Swift,  and  Thomas 
Chase,  with  the  addition  of  Clement  L.  Smith,  who  had 
l>€en  pursuing  his  studies  at  Harvard  since  graduating  at 
Haverford. 

Th«' ensuing  .Maiiiigrf-'  lleport  stilted  tiuit"The  studies 
of  the  several  departinmts    have    thus   been  pursued  under 


314  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

professors  who  have  possessed  the  confidence  of  the  Board 
and  the  love  and  respect  of  the  students.  The  studies  re- 
quired for  admission  to  the  Freshmen  Class  have  been 
advanced,  the  Introductory  or  Academical  Class  has  been 
abolished,  and  the  proportion  of  students  who  complete  the 
full  course  and  graduate  at  the  college  has  considerably 
increased."  And  in  speaking  of  financial  results:  "They 
will  be  found  to  be  more  favorable  than  has  usually  been 
the  case." 

The  Senior  Class  consisted  of  twelve  members  and  occu- 
pied three  study-rooms,  two  of  which  were  in  the  west  end 
of  the  basement  of  Founders'  Hall,  and  the  other  consisted 
of  the  small  apartment  opening  into  the  present  dining-room 
from  the  north. 

Much  interest  was  manifested  at  this  time  in  the  re-elec- 
tion of  Governor  Curtin — known  as  the  War  Governor — the 
State  having  been  carried  against  the  Administration  the 
preceding  year. 

On  10th  month  24th  the  alumni  met  amidst  congratula- 
tions over  the  hall  in  process  of  erection. 

On  11th  month  6th  the  Managers  recorded  their  belief 
that  the  railroad  station  on  the  college  premises  afifects  in- 
juriously the  dicipline,  and  desired  that  it  be  removed  to 
some  contiguous  lot :  and  at  their  meeting  in  the  follow- 
ing month  steps  were  taken  for  building  fences  and  gates, 
and  adopting  stringent  rules  against  intrusion,  to  secure 
the  privacy  of  the  lawn,  which  was  becoming  a  public 
square  for  boarders  in  the  vicinity,  and  especially  nurses 
and  servant  girls,  to  stroll  in. 

Toward  the  end  of  the  year  Harrison  Alderson,  a  min- 
ister from  Burlington,  N.  J.,  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Managers,  spent  some  weeks  at  the  college.     A  committee 


ClVir.    WAIC    I'KKInl..  315 

of  tilt-  <^uartrily  Meeting,  including  William  ainl  Tlionias 
Evans,  also  attentled  meetings  at  the  Meeting  House. 

Twelfth  month  23cl  was  very  cold  when  the  Twenty-ninth 
Pennsylvania  Regiment  stoj)pe(l  near  llaverfonl,  and  forty- 
tive  soldiers  were  given  breakfast  at  tiie  college.  They  were 
returning  after  two  years  in  the  field. 

On  2d  month  "(th,  Istlj,  the  Managers  decided  that  gradu- 
ates of  Haverford  School  nniy  take  the  degree  of  A.M.  They 
al.'io  adopted  an  address  to  the  Faculty,  in  which  they  (k^pre- 
cated  tlie  introduction  of  "  books  of  an  iniidel,  immoral,  or 
otherwise  injurious  tendency,  of  everything  whicii  tends  to 
promote  a  military  spirit,  ulutlicr  in  tlic  form  of  addresses 
or  papers,  directly  or  indirectly  advocating  war.  or  the  prac- 
tice of  cheering  conjpanies  of  soldiei's  as  they  pa.ss  along  in 
the  railroad  cars,  the  display  of  pictures  in  their  dormitories 
inconsistent  with  the  position  of  the  college  as  under  the 
control  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  the  advocacy  of  views 
in  regard  to  religion  and  morals  among  the  students  incon- 
sistent with  the  established  views  of  Friends,  and  concluded 
that  all  matters  issued  by  the  students,  whether  notices  for 
meetings  of  any  kind  or  any  essays  or  poems,  or  whatever 
else  published  as  coming  from  or  connected  with  Haverford, 
nmst  first  be  submitte<l  to  tln'  Principal  f(»r  his  approval. 
They  disapprove  of  advi-rtising  commencements,  exhibi- 
tions, etc.,  in  the  i)ul>lic  papers."' 

Little  newspaper  work  had  been  indulged  in.  but  this 
etFort  to  stop  it  soon  bore  the  usual  fruit.  On  3d  month  30, 
the  North  American  of  Philadelphia,  the  <»nly  daily  paptr 
taken  by  the  college,  publishe*!  the  announcement  that  Dr. 
Paul  Swift,  of  Haverford,  had  lately  «liscov»'red  a  very  ex- 
plosive compound,  an«i  was  contident  that  it  would  prove  a 
substitute  for  gunpowder,  that  could  be  produced  at  half  the 


316  llISTom"    OF    ]IA\  KKI'OKI)    cniA.VMK. 

cost  of  the  article  then  in  use.  On  the  1st  of  4th  niontli 
a  notice  for  agents  who  wouhl  sell  Dr.  Swift's  gunpowder  was 
seen  posted  at  the  station. 

In  the  history  of  the  college  Dr.  Swift  is  very  conspicuous 
as  a  man  of  marked  per.sonality.  He  compelled  students  to 
think  as  few  have  ever  succeeded  in  doing.  To  the  dull  or 
indolent  this  discipline  was  invaluable.  His  use  of  epithets 
was  unliiuitod.  and  many  a  student  was  obliged  to  listen  to 
a  very  unflattering  description  of  himself  or  to  advice  that 
was  extremely  irritating.  A  student,  who  could  not  tell  the 
meaning  of  pachyderm,  was  told  by  the  Doctor,  touching 
his  forehead  witli  his  finger,  "  Better  be  a  pachyderm 
than  be  thick  up  here."  His  dislike  of  broken  furniture 
was  intense,  and  many  a  dilapidated  chair  was  hurled  by 
him  from  the  window.  A  student  met  the  Doctor  carrying 
a  large  stick,  and  asked  why  he  carried  such  a  heavy  one. 
The  Doctor  answered,  "Why?  Latin;  Cur:^"  No  student  in 
his  department  was  ever  known  to  fail  at  biennial  exami- 
nations. He  delighted  in  the  text,  "  But  wisdom  is  justified 
of  her  children." 

The  class  of  '64  eftected  an  organization,  and  Edward  H. 
Coates  delivered  an  address  after  Loganian  exhibition,  7th 
month  r2th,  over  the  iv}',  which  had  been  planted  some  days 
before. 

On  the  same  day  the  following  record  appears  on  the 
Managers'  minutes:  "An  opportunity  now  offers  of  placing 
the  study  of  several  branches  of  natural  science  in  charge  of 
a  young  Friend,  who  has  devoted  a  vigorous  intellect  and 
unusual  talent  of  scientific  investigation  to  those  pursuits, 
and  who  is  free  from  any  taint  of  materialism.  We  believe 
that  under  his  teaching  our  students  may  lay  deeply  the 
foundation  of  a  sound  knowledge  of  natural  science  without 


10  R.     10A.TJT.     PiWIKT. 


rivil.    WAK    l'i:Kliii).  317 

the  danjjcr  that  ttx*  t»ttin  atteixls  this  pursuit  uii<l»r  inlhi- 
ences  adverse  to  a  simple  faitlj  in  ("hristian  truth.' 

This  "  youiip  Friend,"  KdwanI  1).  Copt-,  afterward  rose  to 
be  one  of  the  most  distin^^uisiitil  scientists  in  America,  of 
worhl-wide  reputation.  lie  is  still  amon^  us,  in  the  vigor 
of  middle  life.  Tiie  great  numl)er  of  animals  discovered, 
de.»<crii)e(l  and  named  by  him.  amounting  to  some  l.KKl  liv- 
ing and  extinct  species,  succinctly  attest^s  liis  achievement 
in  natural  science.  Some  of  these  were  uni<jUe  and  remark- 
able forms,  and  many  of  them  were  new  in  genus  and  order 
also.  He  characterized  ten  or  more  new  orders  of  fishes, 
the  subdivisions  of  the  order  of  batrachia.  several  divisions 
of  the  lizanls  antl  snakes,  one  order  of  extinct  reptilia.  and 
several  extinct  mammalian  orders,  and  originated  a  sys- 
tematic analysis  of  the  dentition  of  nuimmalia. 

The  nuiterial  thus  obtained  has  been  the  basis  of  additions 
to  the  higiier  generalizations  of  l)iology  in  the  fields  of 
classification  and  evolution. 

His  written  contributions  to  paheontology  and  zoology 
have  been  voluminous,  involving  immense  labor.  Most  of 
them  have  been  the  dry  and  technical  productions  of  a  man 
of  original  research.  Although  gifted,  beyond  most,  with  a 
play  of  language  and  imagery  which  nnide  his  writings  of 
a  popular  kind  very  entertaining,  he  has  looked  disparag- 
ingly U|)on  such  writings,  and  devote«l  himself  conscien- 
tiously to  deeper  studies.  Of  these,  have  luen  piiblislnfl  in 
large  (juarto  with  illustrations: 

Volume  IV  of  "Report  of  the  l'.  S.  (Geological  an<l  Cieo- 
graphical  Surveys  West  of  tiie  lOOth  Meridian,  uiuler  ('apt. 
Cf.  M.  Wheeler;"  Paheontology  of  New  Mexico. 

Volumes  II  and  III  of  "  Ke|Mirt  of  the  U.  S.  Geological 
Surveys  of  the  Territories,  under  V.  V.  Haydeii " — the  first  on 


318  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGP:. 

the  Vertebrata  of  the  Cretaceous  Formation  of  the  West, 
and  the  second  on  Tertiary  Vertebrata  of  the  West. 

In  octavos:  "The  Origin  of  the  Fittest,"  Appleton  &  Sons. 
"  The  Batrachia  of  North  America,"  "  Bulletin  of  the  U.  S. 
National  Museum,"  No.  34. 

And  he  has  at  this  time  in  the  hands  of  tlie  publisliers  a 
"Text-book  of  Vertebrate  Pakeontology,"  pp.  1,000,  and  a 
"  Text-book  of  Evolution,"  Walter  Scott,  London,  pp.  300. 

To  these  must  be  added  a  large  number  of  contributions 
to  the  learned  societies,  memoirs  and  papers  of  scientific 
importance. 

Latterly  his  pen  has  ])een  engaged,  more  largely  than  at 
an  earlier  stage  of  his  career,  upon  the  discussion  of  psy- 
chical evolution  and  other  phases  of  metaphysics.  Perhaps 
the  number  of  distinctions  conferred  upon  Professor  Cope 
by  learned  bodies  bears  the  best  testimony  to  the  estimation 
in  which  his  abilities  and  learning  are  held  by  men  of 
science.  Besides  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  conferred  on 
him  by  Haverford  College,  he  received  that  of  Ph.D.  from 
the  ancient  University  of  Heidelberg,  on  the  occasion  of  its 
five  hundredth  anniversar}'. 

He  has  been  elected  member  of  seven  learned  bodies  on 
this  continent  and  in  Europe,  corresponding  member  of 
eight  others,  honorary  member  of  the  Belgian  Society  of 
Geology,  Pakeontology  and  Hydrology,  and  Foreign  Corre- 
spondent of  the  Geological  Society  of  London. 

As  might  be  inferred,  Professor  Cope's  knowledge  is  not 
limited  to  his  chosen  field  of  palaeontology,  but  is  extensive 
in  tlie  whole  range  of  the  natural  sciences. 

Dr.  Cope  is  a  grandson  of  Thomas  P.  Cope,  who  bore  so 
conspicuous  a  part  in  the  origin  and  maintenance  of  the 
school,  and  the  son  of  Alfred  Cope,  also  for  some  time  a 


(  IVII     WAR    I'KKIOK.  ^>in 

Manager,  a  man  of  scliolarly  Uistes,  Iraniiiig.  |>ul)lic  spirit 
and  benevolence. 

Professor  Cope's  education,  altliougli  liberal,  was  not  re- 
ceived at  college.  After  leaving  the  Friends'  Select  .School 
in  IMiiladelphia,  he  was  instructed  by  private  tutors,  one  of 
wlu»in.  Dr.  Joseph  Thomas,  his  in.structor  in  the  Classic 
languages,  and  one  of  llaverford's  earliest  teachers,  bore 
testimony  to  his  remarkable  facility  for  linguistic  ac»|uire- 
nient.  Most  of  the  Professor's  intellectual  ac(iuisitions, 
honors,  and  stores  of  knowledge,  were  the  result  of  his  own 
unaided  efforts.  At  this  writing,  he  occupies  a,  professor- 
ship in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  commencement  on  7th  month  13,  iMIl,  was  a  mem- 
orable one.  The  class  numbered  eleven,  the  largest,  with 
one  exception,  ever  graduated  until  then,  and  the  diplomas 
wen-  awarded  for  the  first  time  from  the  |>latform  of  .Mumiii 
Hall.  Tin-  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  was  conferred  at  the 
same  time  on  Edwanl  I ).  ( 'ope,  in  consideration  of  his  scien- 
tific attainments  and  reputation,  and  he  was  appointnl 
Professor  of  Natural  Science.  The  class  had  entered  llaver- 
ford  on  the  eve  of  an  unprecedented  conflict  of  arms  on 
many  a  Ijloody  tirjd — the  greatest  Civil  War  of  history. 
During  four  years  it  had  been  sheltered  by  the  friendly 
walls  of  the  college,  and  now  went  out  to  striiggh-  with  the 
world  as  a  better  day  was  dawning  on  our  country. 

The  Managers,  at  this  time  of  inflation  in  tiie  currency 
of  the  country,  raised  the  charge  for  l)oard  and  tuition  to 
the  still  modest  sum  of  $:ir»()  per  annum.  William  Weth- 
eraM,  of  Uockwood,  Camida  W.,  a  Krienil  who  had  a  repu- 
tation as  a  strict  disciplinarian,  was  appointed  Suj>erinten- 
dent,  and  Samuel  J.  (tum mere's  title  was  at  the  .same  time 
change*!  from  I'rincipal  to  President. 


320  HISTOKV    OF    IIAVEKFOIM)    COLLEGE. 

Cricket  began  to  flourish  apace,  and  the  collegians  were 
no  longer  content  with  contests  among  thenaselves.  Owing 
to  the  efforts  of  W.  I>.  Broomall,  a  cricket  team  was  in 
18G2  brought  over  from  Media,  and  defeated  by  the  Dorian  ; 
but  the  score  of  the  match  is,  unfortunately,  lost.  On 
r)tli  month  7th,  l.S(»4,  Haverford  played  the  lirst  match 
against  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  The  kindness  of 
an  eye-witness  has  furnished  the  followinii;  reminiscences: 
"  Wistar  and  Vail  did  the  bowling.  The  former  was  a 
round-arm  bowler,  with  a  good  pace  and  very  accurate,  but 
rather  uniibrm  in  his  style,  and  therefore  less  dangerous  to 
those  who  were  accustomed  tohini  than  to  those  who  played 
against  him  for  the  first  time.  Kound-arm  bowling  was 
then  by  no  means  universal,  and  was  very  much  dreaded 
b}^  all  who  had  had  no  experience  with  it.  The  rules  did 
not  permit  the  hand  to  be  raised  above  the  slioulder,  and 
this  made  the  l)all  come  from  a  point  very  distant  from  the 
straight  line  between  the  wickets.  There  was  either  a  rule, 
or  perhaps  only  a  practice  with  some  umpires,  that  a  bats- 
man should  not  be  put  out  leg-before-wicket  with  this  kind  of 
bowling,  on  account  of  the  difficulty  of  determining  whether 
the  ball  would  have  been  stop})ed  if  it  had  been  pitched 
directly  from  one  wicket  to  the  other.  A  left-handed, 
round-arm  bowler  was  peculiarly  valuable  in  those  days. 
By  standing  on  the  left  side  of  the  wicket,  he  could  make 
his  delivery  fatal  to  all  but  veterans.  Ya'\\  was  a  left- 
handed,  but  not  a  round-arm,  bowler.  His  pace  was 
medium,  but  he  seemed  to  be  able  to  put  a  good  twist  on 
the  ball  and  pitch  it  wherever  he  pleased.  In  fact,  there 
was  great  uncertainty  as  to  what  it  would  do  after  it  left 
the  ground,  and  we  always  played  it  with  great  caution. 
It  was  generally  considered  that  the  L^nivcrsity  had  more 


•  IVH,    WAR    PERIOD.  321 

good  bowlers  tijan  we  liad,  but  their  fielding  was  not  as 
good.  Their  umpire  was  Beauveau  Borie,  and  ours  was 
E<lward  Starr.  The  game  was  played  in  the  meadow,  partly 
Ix'causi'  it  was  not  con.«!idered  proper  to  u.se  the  gnjund 
u|>on  which  we  j»ractised,  and  jmrtly  because  that  ground 
MOW  covered  by  Barclay  Hall)  wa.s  somewhat  obstructed 
by    trees.     .  They   (the    University)   gave   us   the 

game  and  surrendered  their  ball.  In  those  days  a  ball  suit- 
able to  use  in  a  match  cost  eigiit  dollars.  If  you  pai'l  Miiy 
less  tlian  that  it  was  likely  to  come  to  pieces." 

Another  alumnus  adds  to  these  facts  the  following  addi- 
tional information  :  "  I  remember  how  exultiint  we  were 
that  we  were  going  to  play  the  University.  I  think  it  was 
the  first  inter-collegiaie  match  for  Haverford,  and  how  ex- 
uberantly exultant  we  were  when  we  won  the  game  !  While 
ijo[>eful  before  the  match  we  were  not  a  little  anxious,  for 
our  eleven  of  that  year  was  not  so  strong  as  it  had  been 
before  we  lost  George  Mellor,  of  'G2,  the  best  all-around 
player  of  my  time,  and  Horace  (I.  Lij)j»incott,  also  of  '02, 
and  (leorge  M.  Coates,  of  'G3.  Before  that  time,  when  the 
Dorian  played  with  any  outside  club,  it  had  been  its  habit 
f'»  call  into  its  service  its  old  good  players  who  had  left,  but 
we  pluckily  detennine<l  to  depend  on  ourselves.  The  game 
wa«  playtnl  down  in  the  meadow,  and  we  did  what  we  could 
by  rolling  to  make  a  good  crease, and  thought  we  had  quit€ 
a  presentable  one.  We  were  stronger,  more  athletic,  more 
used  to  active,  outdoor  life,  than  the  University  fellows; 
and  I  think  we  owed  our  victory  to  our  staying  jKiwers 
more  than  to  our  skill,  for  my  recollection  is  that  they  out- 
{(layed  us  at  first,  but  got  fagged  Ixfore  the  aft<rno<in 
was  over,  and  did  not  play  so  carefully  Ujward  the  last. 
They  went  to  the  bat  first,  and,  darkness  coming  on  before 

21 


322  lIISToltY    OF    IIAVERFORD    rOLLEGE. 

their  second  imiiiig  was  over,  agreed  that  the  game  should 
be  decided  on  the  first  inning,  and  gave  us  their  ball.  After 
the  game  was  over  we  gave  them  a  supper  at  Arthur's,  with- 
out permission  of  the  Faculty,  which  we  were  afraid  to  ask, 
and  were  quite  sorry  when  President  Samuel  J.  Gummere, 
whom  we  all  loved  and  respected,  came  to  our  Senior-rooms, 
and,  in  his  mild  way,  told  us  that  out  of  respect  to  him  we 
should  have  asked  his  permission  to  be  absent  from  the 
evening  Bible  reading.  A  reproof  from  him  was  more 
effective  than  any  actual  punishment  could  have  been." 
The  complete  score  of  this  first  game  with  the  University 

follows : 

University. 

First  inning.  Second  inning. 

J.  Hoflnian  c.  Garrett  b.  Vail.   .    .    0       b.  Wistar 1 

AV.  S.  Armstrong  c.  &  b.  Wistar    .     7       b.  Ashbridge 3 

H.  Magee  b.  Vail 22       not  out  ....  5 

G.  Oaknian  b.  Asbbridge    ....    2       not  out 3 

C.  E.  Mor-an  (Capt.)  b.  Ashbridge  0 

C.  Evans  run  out 3       run  out 2 

S.  Hays  b.  Wistar 0 

F.  Beasley  b.  Wistar    .  ...    3       b.  Ashbridge .9 

J.  C.  Sims  1).  Ashbridge 4 

J.  Morgan  c.  Cooper  b.  Vail  ...     1       b.  b.  w.  b.  Wistar 3 

T.  Mitchell  not  out 4       b.   Wistar 0 

Bves 5        C 

Wides _9        _1 

Total       60  Total 27 

60 

Grand  total ....  87 

Haverford. 

Randolph  Wood  (Capt.)  b.  Hoffman 0 

W.  .\sblirid<;e  run  out 3 

A.  Ilavilaud  b.  Oakman 0 

E.  L.  Scull  b.  Oakman 0 

A.  Garri'lt  b.  ('.  E.  Morgan 7 

M.  Longstretli  b.  ('.  ll.  Moigan 3 

C.  C.  Wistar  b.  Evans 24 

B.  A.  Vail  c.  Armstrong  b.  Magee 2 

Geo.  Smith  b.  w.  b.  Evans 12 

A.  C.  Thomas  b.  Evans 0 

H.  M.  Cooper  not  out 5 

Byes 20 

Leg  bves  .    .            3 

AVides 9 

No  balls _1 

Total 89 

Of  this  score  62  were  singles. 


(ivii.  WAK  iKiimi).  323 

Meanwhile  football  was  attractinj^  attention,  and  we  timl 
in  Vie  Gem  for  '••tli  lunntli,  istl't,  an  artitie  wliicli  tells  ns 
nuK-li  concerning  it.  It  is  worthy  of  (|uotation,  ami  thus 
begins :  "Among  the  various  scientific  aiul  other  aniuso- 
inent^  of  the  students  of  Ilavcrford  College,  none  i)erhaj)s 
gives  one  the  same  amount  of  healthy  exercise,  in  a  given 
time, as  a  good,  hearty  game  of  scrub  football.  1  speak  of 
a  scrub  game  because  it  is  the  method  in  which  tootliall  is 
played  almost  entirely  here;  and  a  regular  game,  although 
there  is  a  considerable  amount  of  benefit  to  be  derived  from 
it  where  it  is  properly  played,  is  much  too  apt  to  exhaust 
the  players  so  greatly  that  the  advantage  very  frequently 
becomes  a  mere  matter  for  speculation.  \\  ho.  let  me  ask. 
wishes  for  a  better  amusement,  after  he  has  grubbed  out 
his  morning  lesson  with  much  labor,  tribulation  and  weari- 
ness of  the  flesh,  than  to  play  a  gooil  game  of  football  for 
a  quarter  or  half  an  hour  before  the  bell  rings  for  recitations 
to  begin?  I  consider  myself  safe  in  answering, '  No  one.' 
Cricket,  baseball,  the  gymnasium,  etc.,  are  very  good  in 
their  way.  and  a  considerable  amount  of  benefit  may  accrue 
from  their  exi.stence  to  the  one  using  them;  but  where  a 
person  wants  a  lot  of  exerci.se,  an<l  has  only  a  few  moments 
to  get  it  in,  I'll  venture  he  will  hardly  be  satisfied  waiting 
on  the  field  for  his  turn  at  the  bat.  No,  sir,  he  wants  to  j)lay 
on  the  principle, '  every  man  for  himself,'  an«l  then  if  he  don't 
get  what  he  is  in  want  of,  it  is  his  own  lookout:  he  has  no 
one  to  blame  but  him.self.  Unless  he  purposely  avoids  it, 
he  cannot  remain  anywhere  on  the  football  field  for  five 
minutes  when  a  pair  of  good  footballs  and  an  enterprising 
crowd  are  on  the  same,  without  getting  at  least  one  oppor- 
tunity for  a  good  kick ;  and  then  the  pride  he  feels  when  he 
has  made  a  good  catch  and  mount,  and  has  br.n  the  means 


324  IIISTOKY    OF    IIAVERFOUD    COLLEGE. 

of  fooling  half  u  dozen  or  a  dozen  expectant  hoofs  drawn 
back  to  meet  the  much-longed-for  and  equally  much-abused 
ball  half  way,  and  send  it  on  the  wings  of  the  wind  in 
some  other  direction  !  With  wliat  zest  he  puts  his  under- 
standing in  the  way  of  some  ardent  but  unsuspecting  pur- 
suer, and  with  what  satisfaction  he  sees  him  in  the  act  of 
measuring  five  feet  six  inches  more  or  less,  on  the  soft  and 
dewy  sod ! 

"  How  kindly  he  reaches  aloft  and  catches  a  fly-ball  instead 
of  putting  to  that  trouble  someone  who  has  not  the  elevated 
position  that  he  enjoys  !  With  what  pleasure  he  hears  it 
echo  against  the  ribs,  back  or  pantaloons'  seat  of  some  fellow- 
student,  or  go  crashing  madly  in  headlong  career  through 
the  serried  stove-pipes  of  the  alumni  !  How  complacently 
he  plays  a  tattoo,  with  toes  and  heels  on  the  shins  and  other 
appendages  of  a  too  eager  crowd,  all  intentl}^  endeavoring  to 
misuse  and  abuse  the  harmless  and  much  enduring  ball, 
and  sees  half  a  dozen,  more  or  less,  unfortunates  shy  out  of 
the  melee,  take  their  seats  at  a  distance  from  the  scene  of 
action,  with  a  downcast  and  melancholy  expression  of  coun- 
tenance, to  rub  their  tibias  and  the  neighboring  parts.  But 
the  crowning  pleasure  of  all,  to  our  player's  mind,  is  when 
the  aforementioned  alumni — stove-pipes  and  all — join  in  the 
tumultuous  throng,  endeavoring  to  reawaken  the  enthusiasm 
they  felt  in  the  game  when  they,  too,  were  Haverford under- 
graduates, and  he  can,  unobserved,  let  his  hand  drop  with  its 
entire  weight  on  the  aforementioned  head-covering,  there- 
by driving  it  incontinently  over  the  eyes  and  ears  of  the 
unfortunate  alumnus,  giving  him  a  vivid  insight  into  the 
beauties  of  astronomy,  and  producing  a  most  decidedly 
striking  sensation.'' 

From  the  fact  that  Haverford  is  a  Friends'  College,  and 


civil.  WAK  I'liiiiii).  325 

t!je  well-established  belief  of  Frientls  tlini  war  is  uinliris- 
tian  and  indefensible,  it  ^vould  not  be  expected  that  numy  of 
her  sons  took  part  even  in  the  great  eonllict  with  the  slavery 
rebellion.  Neverthek'ss  there  were  instances  in  which  the 
testimony  against  slavery  proved  tot)  strong  for  that  against 
war,  and  a  few  in  which  Haverford  men  attained  important 
rank  in  the  army.  Of  tluse  was  Brigadier-CJeneral  Isaac.!. 
Wistar,  who  was  early  in  the  war  Lieutenant-Colonel  of 
United  States  Senator  Baker's  Regiment  of  California  Vol- 
unteers, and  when  the  <listinguished  commander  fell  at 
Ball's  Bluff — liimself  severely  wounded  in  the  same  dis- 
astrous engagement — became  Coloiul.  Afterward  rai>fd  to 
the  rank  of  Brigadier,  he  was  at  one  time,  while  in  com- 
mand on  the  peninsula,  very  near  etlecting  the  capture  of 
the  enemy's  caj)ital,  by  a  daring  dash  with  his  brigade,  at 
a  time  when  Richmond  was  weakly  defended  on  the  j)enin- 
sulaside.  At  least  two  others  held  the  rank  of  Colonel;  one 
of  these  was  James  S.  Perot,  who  commanded  for  a  time  one 
of  the  Corn  Exchange  Regiments,  from  Philadelphia,  but 
never  .';aw  actual  .service ;  the  other  was  Norwood  Penrose 
Ilallowell,  who  took  his  commission  as  Lieutenant-Colonel 
of  the  famous  Fifty-fourth  Massaclnisetts  Regiment,  un«ler 
the  brave  Colonel  Shaw.  This  was  one  of  the  lirst,  if  not 
the  first,  colored  regiment  enlisted,  and  service  in  it  was  a 
peculiarly  dangerous  service,  owing  to  the  embittered  feel- 
ing of  the  Confederate  Army  toward  the  enlistment  of 
negroes  by  the  United  States.  Colonel  Shaw  fell  in  one  of 
the  first  engagements — the  courageous  attack  on  Fort  Wag- 
ner— and  *'  Nod.  Hallowell,"  as  we  called  him.  then  rai.sed 
and  commanded  the  Fifty-fifth  Mas.'^achu setts  Regiment. 
James  M.  Walton,  who  u.sed  to  be  known  as  "  Mouse, "  owing 
to  his  small  size  and  agility  when  in  the  Preparatory  School, 


326  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLE(iE. 

also  fought  bravely  as  Captain  on  the  Carolina  coast.  These 
were  all  Philadelphians,.  by  birth  and  early  career.  There 
was  also  handsome  "  Dick"  Chase,  who  fell  by  a  rebel  bullet 
in  Tennessee,  while  serving  in  the  Anderson  Cavalry,  just 
after  he  had  recited  to  a  companion  some  lines  of  Tenny- 
son, which  seemed  to  imply  a  premonition  of  his  approach- 
ing fate;  and  there  were  others — alas  I  that  any  of  them 
should  fill  a  soldier's  grave. 


ciiArTi:!;  xii. 
GOV'l-RNiMENT    AT  AKM  S    l.l-NCiTH.  18(^-72. 

Knowlenlgc  conies,  hut  wisdom  lingers,  and  lie  liears  a  Indt-n  hri-M^t. 
Full  of  sad  txperience.— TknnYson. 

Tmi:  jxiwor  to  con  tVr  degrees  was  iu<|uir«'<l  I'V  tlic  Corpom- 
tion  in  lS.'>t');  but  it  is  not  by  leaps  and  bounds  that  a  school 
becomes  a  college,  and  the  period  on  whicii  it  thtn  entered 
may  well  bear  the  name  of  the  time  of  transition.  The  at- 
mosphere of  a  boarding-school,  swept  by  zephyrs  of  approval 
or  storms  of  wrath  from  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  hung 
for  long  years  about  the  college.  Changes  that  occurred 
were  in  the  direction  of  more  liberty,  of  broader  views  in  the 
matter  of  culture  and  academic  discipline;  but  the  reforms 
came  as  if  of  their  own  volition,  and  not  through  the  lixed 
policy  of  a  controlling  power  moving  on  delinite  lines  of 
progress.  Moreover,  even  this  quiet  evolutionary  process 
was  crossed  by  unfortunate  disturbing  causes.  The  war,  it 
is  true,sent  few  echoes  into  the  peaceful  walks  of  Ilaverford, 
but  the  etlects  of  the  war  mad*'  themselves  felt  in  n»any 
ways.  Indeed,  to  one  who  looks  at  the  dilliculties  with 
which  the  college  was  forced  to  contend  for  two  decades,  the 
wonder  does  not  lie  in  the  fact  that  II:iverford  fell  into  mi.s- 
fortuncs,  but  rather  in  the  vitality  which  enabled  her  to 
surmount  them.  An  epoch  of  transitional  adjustment  is 
what  we  are  called  upon  to  record. 

The  new  year  began  under  the  most  cheering  auspices. 

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328  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKKFORD    COLLEfip:. 

The  President,  after  living  for  two  years  in  the  college  build- 
ing, with  entire  cliarge  of  the  discipline  as  well  as  of  the 
business,  in  addition  to  his  duties  as  teacher,  gave  over  the 
government  to  William  Wctberald,  the  new  Superintendent, 
and  took  up  his  abode  in  the  stone  cottage  not  far  from 
Maple  Avenue.  The  Faculty  was  strengthened  by  the  ap- 
pearance of  Professor  Edward  D.  Cope,  whose  appointment 
in  the  spring  we  have  noted  in  the  Department  of  Compara- 
tive Zoology  and  Botany.  Clement  L.  Smith  was  still 
"Assistant  Professor  of  Classics  and  Mathematics" — a  wide 
range,  it  is  true,  but  not  exceptional  for  the  minor  colleges 
of  that  time.  Men  shipped  in  those  days  as  able  seamen, 
ready  to  "  hand,  reef  and  steer;"  the}'  were  not  restricted  to 
pulling  a  single  rope.  Dr.  Paul  Swift  taught  "Moral,  Politi- 
cal and  Natural  Science ;" — morals,  politics,  and  one  is  fain 
to  say  nature,  might  all  have  learned  from  him  something 
to  their  advantage.  Thomas  Chase  did  brilliant  work,  as  of 
old,  filling  the  whole  place  with  a  certain  academic  zeal. 
Everything  seemed  to  be  ready  for  active  development  all 
along  the  line.  Such  an  atmosphere  of  hopefulness  and 
progress  was  the  more  encouraging,  seeing  that  the  war  had 
reached  the  acutest  stages  of  its  disastrous  influence  on 
household  life.  The  price  of  board  and  tuition  had  been 
raised.  The  studies  were  uniform,  with  no  margin  of  choice ; 
whatever  else  was  done  by  such  an  arrangement,  it  certainly 
made  the  college  compact  in  its  organization.  Examina- 
tions were  still  biennial,  and  were  preceded  by  a  long  "private 
review." 

Other  arrangements  of  the  college  economy  remained  as 
before.  Elizabeth  B.  Hopkins,  stately,  autocratic,  not  with- 
out her  favorites,  but  ruling  with  undisputed  sway,  "con- 
tinues," says  the  Report,  "  to  discharge  with  great  efficiency 


OOVEUNMKNT    AT    ARMS    I.INfJTH.  .'529 

the  ilutifs  of  Matron."  It  lias  Ikih  the  priviiego  of  some  of 
us,  in  tally  yoiitli,  to  look  upon  this  cxct'lk'nt  hidy,  wlien 
she  drove  in  state  to  make  her  domestic  arran;;einent.s  in  tlie 
neighhorhood  or  Imply  in  the  city.  A  nnm-servant  (was  he 
not  called  Triah,  and  was  he  not  successor  of  Luke  Bruce, 
generally  known  as  "Broke  Loose?"),  sable,  dignified,  com- 
petent ;  a  earria;:;e,  faded  and  something  past  the  prime,  hut 
redolent  of  gentility;  a  iiorse,  "  Charlie."  successor  to  the  un- 
terrilied  'Merry,"  now  degraded  to  the  hase  uses  of  Tommy 
Kelly,  and  driven  in  a  cart — and  "Charlie,"  too,  was  neither 
heauteous  nor  fleet; — all  tlii<.  though  humble  of  nuiterial, 
was  undoubtedly  in  the  grand  style.  The  red-j.ainted  wooden 
gate  still  swung  at  the  turn|)ike  entrance,  and  to  j):iss  that 
portal  unpermitted,  whether  to  carry  the  gaping  lioot  to 
Snob's,  or  to  venture  into  madder  currents  of  the  great 
world  in  Athensville,  was  to  heap  deductions  on  one's  head 
and  risk  a  summons  to  the  i)ar  of  justice.  The  orchard  was 
in  uU  its  glory,  and  the  eider-press  worked  not  solely  in  the 
interests  of  college  vinegar.  Who  does  not  remember  the 
little  kegs  kept  in  those  dingy  blue  cu[)boards  of  the  old 
washroom?  The  sports  were  cricket  and  football,  with 
spasms  of  basei)all.  "  Ice-cream  "  still  slumbered  uninvente<l 
in  the  brain  of  its  founder,  great  King,  of  '00,  as  yet  a  strip- 
ling in  the  pines  of  Carolina.  "Boll  "  Kay  had  just  come, 
and  was  entering  on  his  memorable  career  :  as  yet  he  only 
made  gas,  a  sad  waste  of  his  abilities;  later  came  the  splieed 
cricket-bats,  the  croquet  mallets,  and  the  long  catalogue  of 
his  useful  manufactures. 

Moreover,  there  was  Alumni  Hall.  How  pagan  and 
Worldly  it  looked  I  How  proud  we  were  of  our  "  Chaj)el."  as 
a  lady  called  it,  who  first  .saw  it  from  the  Haverford  Koatj, 
and  asked  her  companion  Iiow  long  it  was  since  the  Kpisco- 


330  HISTORY   OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

palians  had  bought  the  college?  But  our  pride  in  the  ex- 
terior was  nothing  to  the  sense  of  progress  which  tilled  our 
hearts  when  we  saw  and  enjoyed  the  interior.  How  pleasant 
to  sit  in  the  library,  with  a  cheery  fire  in  the  open  grate  at 
one's  feet,  and  tlie  shelves  all  about  one — to  have  De  <^uincey 
or  Carlyle  for  the  mere  stretching  out  of  one's  hand  ;  pleasant 
withal  to  muse,  in  the  interval  of  two  brave  sentences,  on 
the  infelicities  of  the  old-time  reader,  on  the  poor  den  which 
held  the  college  librar}',  or  the  little  box  where  the  Loganian 
custodian  used  to  deal  out  lighter  literature  at  noon  of 
Seventh  day.  Seriously,  this  matter  of  a  library  where  one 
could  "  read  through  the  fingers,  "  as  Coleridge  says,  taking 
down  book  after  book,  lingering,  leaving,  returning  as  one 
pleased,  instead  of  the  week  spent  over  a  single  volume 
laboriously  selected  by  catalogue — this  was  progress  of  the 
first  order,  and  more  than  anything  else  made  for  the  repu- 
tation of  Haverford  College  as  a  place  where  students  ac- 
quired sound  notions  of  literature. 

This  reputation  still  holds  in  places  whither  old  Haver- 
fordians  have  brought  the  love  of  books ;  but,  at  the  present 
writing,  a  zeal  for  "  departments,"  the  necessity  for  procuring 
special  treatises,  and  other  causes,  have  sadly  marred  the 
workings  of  our  library  in  regions  of  poetical,  critical  and 
miscellaneous  literature.  The  fire  burns  no  longer  in  the 
grate,  and  the  generous  marble  of  the  fireplace  feels  no  more 
slippered  feet  at  forbidden  altitudes ;  steam  from  the 
machine-shop — fatal  and  hideous  symbol — warms  the  room, 
and  men  throng  the  alcoves  of  biology  or  chemistry  ;  and 
the  Philistines  are  upon  thee,  good  old  library !  Of  what 
use  is  an  o})en  grate,  save  to  waste  coal ;  and  of  what  use  is 
poetry  or  criticism  but  to  waste  time  ? 

The  Faculty,  however,  did  not  intend  in  all  respects  to 


•  iOVERNMENT    AT    AI;m's    IKNiiTII.  331 

sUiiul  Upon  tliose  "old  wtiys"  which  tht*  propla't  .hivmias 
assures  us  are  "  the  best. "  In  tho  matter  of  tests  for  scliolar- 
ship  they  tleciiled  to  follow  tho  lead  of  other  eollej^es;  and 
early  in  this  autuin!i  of  1.SG4  they  recommended  the  suhsti- 
tution  of  annual  for  hiennial  examinations.  The  Managers 
wiiv  not  yet  willing  to  make  the  change;  whereupon  the 
Faculty  revised  its  whole  plan  of  grading,  and  organized  a 
system  of  marks  for  daily  recitations.  Further  evidence  of  the 
eminently  conservative  character  of  the  Managers*  legisla- 
tion is  their  mes.sage  to  the  Faculty,  recommending  that  "no 
Freshman  or  Sophomore  shall  sit  up  later  than  nine  o'clock 
at  night,  and  no  student  whatsoever  later  than  tin."  Fur- 
thermore, the  same  Managers,  through  their  Committee 
on  Instruction,  sent  certain  elaborate  rules  for  the  guidance 
of  the  Senior  Class,  in  the  exercise  of  this  slender  range  of 
privileges.  The  so-called  "  secret '' societies — the  Athenaeum 
and  l-^vcrctt — cause  much  concern  to  the  iJoanl,  and  that 
body  is  at  one  time  fain  to  legislate  the  two  associations 
out  of  existence.  The  Faculty  interposes,  and  comes  to  the 
rescue  with  a  simple  set  of  rules,  which  tiie  societies  are 
bound  to  observe,  and  so  the  awful  mysteries  of  the  mathe- 
matical room  or  the  old  collecting-room  jirocied  through 
their  ancient  and  emulous  round.  We  need  not  d»lay  to 
mention  tho.se  minor  troubles  which  eclipsed  the  gayety  of 
Sophomores,  nor  the  detection  of  Freshmen  in  such  crimes 
as  the  cutting  of  a  bench,  with  the  fine  of  fifty  cents  impo.sed 
l)y  unanimous  vote  of  the  Faculty.  We  must  proceed  to 
chronicle  the  great  disciplimiry  crisis  of  which  sundry  hints 
and  echoes  linger  in  the  Faculty  minutes  of  10th  month  V.Hh 
and  21st,  l.S»U.  But  how  little  these  puny  records  tell  us 
of  the  great  convulsions — how  little  we  .see  of  the  mighty 
struggles  of  the  Superintendent,  of  the  notes  and   niessiiges 


332  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 

sent  hurrying  to  the  city,  of  Managers  speeding  swiftly  to  the 
college — this  one  from  hi.s  dinner-table,  that  one  from  his 
ofRce — of  the  great  conclave,  Managers  and  Faculty  in  full 
otticial  solemnity,  of  the  twenty-seven  Sophomores  ushered, 
one  after  the  other,  singly,  into  the  multiplex  presence,  and 
there  put  upon  the  witness-chair  to  answer  a  converging  fire 
of  questions — how  little,  indeed,  do  the  slender  records  tell 
us  of  this  intrepid  combination  to  discover  who  threw  the 
apple  that  hit  a  professor  in  the  study-room,  and  who  had 
sown  the  seeds  of  that  general  refusal  to  take  notes  of  a 
certain  lecture !  "  What  was  it  all  about  ?"  is  a  question 
which  the  historian,  bafHed  by  his  meagre  and  confused 
materials,  is  unable  to  answer  in  any  satisfactory  way  ;  but 
it  was  doubtless  a  famous  victory  for  the  Superintendent — a 
barren  victory,  to  be  sure,  seeing  that  it  went  far  to  cut 
down  the  twenty -seven  Sophomores  to  the  fourteen  Juniors 
of  the  ensuing  autumn — but  none  the  less  a  triumph  for  the 
friends  of  order.  Throughout  the  year  these  unpleasant 
outbreaks  tell  a  tale  of  harshness  on  one  side  and  discon- 
tent on  the  other ;  evidently,  with  all  his  excellent  traits  of 
character,  the  minister  of  internal  affairs  was  not  a  persona 
grata  among  the  students. 

It  was  another  sort  of  meeting,  of  which  no  record  is 
made  upon  the  books,  when  Faculty  and  students  bent  joy- 
less steps  into  the  collecting-room  one  April  morning,  and 
the  President  read  in  solemn  tones  the  Psalm  beginnine: 
"  Fret  not  thyself  because  of  evil-doers,"  and  venerable  Dr. 
Swift  stood  up  to  speak  of  shadowy  crimes  which  had  lurked 
in  our  older  political  annals,  and  Chase  and  the  others 
spoke  out  more  passionate  grief,  and  the  rows  of  silent  youth 
felt  pressing  about  them  the  heavy  omens  of  the  death  of 
Lincoln.     Different,  too,  was  this  from  the  jubilation  a  few 


(iOVKRNMKNT    AT    AKM's    I.KN(iTJI.  333 

days  l)etore,  wluii  tar-barrels  Ma/A'd  in  the  North  (Jrove, 
and  on  the  unsteady  phitforni  young  orators  roared  patriot- 
ism, and  hoarse  throats  cheered  tliein  to  tlie  eclio,  because 
Ricliniond  Inid  fallen.  When,  a  little  later,  the  corpse  of 
the  murdered  rrt'sithnt  was  brought  along  the  railroad, 
students — unblameil,  oiu-  is  fain  to  believe,  of  Faculty  or 
Managers — had  ilrap«'d  in  heavy  i)lack  hangings  that  gro- 
tesque little  box  wliith  served  for  a  station, and  (he  under- 
graduates stood  there  with  bariMJ  heads  as  the  funeral  train 
went  by, 

80  passed  the  year,  closing  in  the  shadow  of  great  events; 
the  reconstruction  of  the  South  ojieninu  on  the  country  as 
a  problem  of  the  first  nuignitude,  anil  in  our  little  corner 
of  the  land  another  task  of  reconstruction  busying  honest 
brains  that  hail  to  solve  the  problem  how  to  make  a  genuine 
college  of  this  heterogeneous  material.  Hut  at  least  one 
sign  of  good  augury  cheers  us  as  the  year  goes  out.  The 
Faculty  refuse  to  recommend  for  the  master's  degree  a  j>er- 
son  who  offers  a  thesis  which  they  deem  below  the  standard  ; 
and  they  atUrm  their  doctrine  "  that  high  merit  should  be 
demantled  in  the  dissertations  themselves,  independent  of 
our  conviction  of  the  fitness  of  the  applicant  to  receive  the 
degree."  Brave  words,  Faculty  I  Your  trumpet  gives  no 
uncertain  sound  in  this  regard,  and  that,  too,  at  a  time 
when  the  colleges  of  the  country,  with  n()t  so  many  e.xci'j)- 
tions,  were  bestowing  the  once  honored  and  honorable  degree 
on  any  graduate  who  could  wait  three  years  and  j>ay  cash. 
In  18()0  a  .somewhat  different  test  found  the  same  rugged 
virtue,  the  same  jealousy  for  the  honor  «'f  a  Haverford  de- 
gree. Two  Englishmen,  with  an  appalling  list  of  «|ualifioa- 
tions  and  backed  by  certain  high  and  mighty  friends,  apply 
for  tiie  degree  of  LL.D.     Each  of  the  candidates  has  done  a 


334  HI.STUKY    <>K    HAVERFORD    COLLKfiE. 

bit  of  literary  work ;  excuses  and  rewards  are  both  forth- 
coming ;  but  the  Faculty,  greatly  to  its  honor,  simply  holds 
to  its  invariable  rule  "  that  no  honorary  degree  shall  be  rec- 
ommended to  ])e  granted  on  personal  application." 

A  pleasant  incident  about  this  time  was  the  presentation 
to  the  library,  by  certain  members  of  Flounders  Institute, 
Ack worth,  England,  of  a  copy  of  the  "  Codex  Sinaiticus,"  the 
earliest  known  MS.  of  the  New  Testament,  printed  in  fac- 
simile by  order  of  the  Czar,  in  18G2.  This  was  followed  a 
little  later  by  the  gift  of  a  fac-simile  of  the  "  Codex  Vaticanus," 
by  J.  Bevan  Braithwaite. 

Auspicious  in  its  beginning,  stormy  in  its  progress,  the 
year  1865  closed  ohne  Sang  und  Klang,  and  with  its  lapse 
Dr.  Paul  Swift  and  Elizabeth  Hopkins  severed  their  long 
and  honorable  connection  with  the  college.  Dr.  Swift,  who 
})robably  resigned  because  conscious  tliat  his  powers  were 
weakening,  died  in  the  following  year.  Dignit}',  the  flavor 
of  old  times,  of  statelier  manners  and  more  formal  ways, 
marked  their  walk  and  conversation.  "With  their  departure 
Haverford  grew  modern ;  prosperity  may  visit  her  borders 
as  never  before ;  but  in  vain  shall  we  look  for  "  the  grace  of 
a  day  that  is  dead,"  and  expect  to  see,  except  in  dreams,  the 
Haverford  of  Charles  Yarnall,  memorable  and  courtly  man; 
of  Paul  Swift,  teacher ;  of  Elizabeth  Hopkins,  the  matron 
by  divine  right:  howbeit,  there  arc  many  of  us  who  are 
glad  that  our  recollection  stretches  back  so  far. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  we  walked  very  lightly  over 
the  pitfalls  of  that  disciplinary  crisis,  and  left  the  whole  mat- 
ter to  the  capable  hands  of  the  Committee  on  Instruction, 
whom  we  saw  hurrying  o'er  the  stony  streets  on  their  way  to 
Haverford.  The  discipline  of  the  past  year  certainly  left 
something  to  be  desired ;  but  we  must  not  consider  it  too 


<iOVERNMKNT    AT    AKMS    I.KNt.Tll.  335 

curiously.  A  inure  ainl)iti()us  writer  ini^lit  ilescril)e  it  in 
terras  of  a  shipwreek,  and  liriish  up  a  liiu-  or  two  of  liis 
".Kneid,''  to  tell  how  many  souls  went  down  into  tiie  deeps 
of  expulsion  or  suspension  or  withdrawal,  and  how,  when  the 
nutuinn  term  began, a  few  appeared  swimming  in  the  vasty 
sea — only  two  Seniors,  but  fourteen  Juniors  out  of  the 
twenty-seven  that  set  sail,  thirteen  Sophoinorcs,  and  just 
eight  Freshmen — a  pitiful  thirty-seven  in  all  I  Still,  the 
quality  was  good.  One  of  these  two  Seniors  is  now  head  of 
his  department  in  the  -Johns  Hopkins  University.  The 
fourteen  .Juniors  were  known  as  the  cla.ss  of  '«)7  ;  and  their 
leader  of  that  day  now  conducts,  in  gay  «lefiance  of  a 
heavy  handicap  from  fortune,  one  of  the  best  anil  most 
successful  schools  in  the  whole  country.  Do  not  laugh  at 
the  eight  Freshmen,  either  :  that  is  the  beginning  of  '<)9 — 
as  fine  a  class  as  Ilaverford  ever  saw.  SurHtnn  cnnla,  ye 
thirty-seven,  and  we  shall  nuike  history  yet  ' 

Old  faces  are  gone,  too,  besides  these  that  an'  mentioned. 
Thomas  Kimber,  the  elder,  had  died,  and  a  minute  of  the 
Hoard,  Sth  mo.  1"),  1804,  suitably  records  his  connection  with 
Ilaverford  from  its  beginning,  and  the  valuable  services 
which  he  rendered  to  it.  Professor  C.  L.Smith  has  gone  to 
Gottingen  ;  but  tlwre  is  a  new  man  in  his  jtlace,  John  II. 
Dillingham,  a  Harvard  graduate,  who  has  taken  the  colle- 
giate prize  inlJrcek,  and  otherwise  distinguished  himself 
as  a  self-denying,  successful  student.  Toward  the  middle  of 
the  year,  William  Wetherald,  the  Su|)erinten«lent,  also  goes 
his  way;  and  the  new  tutor,  -I  11.  I>illingham,  reigns  in  his 
stead.  Ti»e  President, Samuel  J.  Gumniere,  who  had  received 
the  honorary  degree  of  M.A.  from  Brown  I'niversity,  resuiuj-s 
charge  of  the  books  and  accounts.  The  n«w  matron  is 
Kdith  Collins. 


336  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Faculty  and  the  thirty-seven,  meanwhile,  intend  to  take 
all  steps  forward.  The  former  secures  the  adoption  of  its 
rejected  proposal,  and  from  this  year  annual  examinations 
are  substituted  for  the  ancient  biennial ;  this  was  done  in 
the  spring  of  186G.  Already  in  the  Fall  of  1865  another 
great  innovation  had  been  made,  and  the  study  of  modern 
languages  now  formed  a  part  of  the  required  course  in 
Haverford  College.  As  for  the  thirty-seven,  did  they  not 
organize  a  good  cricket  eleven  and  boldly  grapple  with  the 
newly  formed  Merion  Club?  Unfortunately,  there  were 
more  serious  adventures:  in  the  course  of  the  winter  a  gas- 
meter  under  the  stairs,  by  the  dining-room,  exploded  and 
injured  several  students.  Still  it  was  a  good  year,  and  all 
did  good  work.  The  Keport  of  the  Managers,  written  in 
4th  month,  1866,  while  it  mentions  the  reduced  number  of 
students,  maintains  a  cheerful  tone.  A  thesis  is  received 
from  Joseph  G.  Pinkham,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  "63,  and 
is  found  to  be  a  most  admirable  piece  of  work  ;  indeed  its 
merits  would  find  recognition  even  in  these  da3'S,  when  the 
spectre  of  Original  Research  has  stalked  into  our  very  kin- 
dergarten. In  short,  the  year  was  active,  and  not  without 
decided  marks  of  progress. 

In  this  progress,  cricket  had  its  share.  An  essay  written 
in  the  autumn  of  '65  gives  us  a  charming  insight  into  the 
condition  of  the  game  at  this  time.  Modern  bowlers  will 
read  the  following  sentences  with  amusement: 

"  It  used  to  be  a  matter  of  wonder  how  the  batsman  never 
seemed  to  make  any  great  exertion  ;  the  ball  seemed  to  hit 
the  bat,  then  dart  away  to  some  distant  part  of  the  field  with 
lightning  speed,  while  the  batsman  just  seemed  to  meet  it 
with  his  bat.  Wonderful  it  was  until  we  learned  that  play 
in  cricket  did  not  consist  in  letting  drive  furiouslv  at  the 


•  inVKRNMKNT    AT    AUM's    I.KNiiTH.  '^31 

hall,  as  it'  to  drive  it  l)ry()iitl  tlir  Ixiiiml  of  vision;  thai  a 
good  position  of  the  hat  ha«l  nimh  to  (h»  with  its  direction 
and  speed.  Nor  does  howling  consist  nicnly  in  delivering 
a  hall  so  that  it  will  if  uninterrupted  strike  the  wicket. 
The  use  of  it  is  this:  the  closer  a  hall  strikes  to  the  hatsinan 
hefore  it  rises,  the  less  tiim-  he  has  to  Judge  it,  without 
which  he  cannot  play  frt-ely.  The  spin  on  the  hall  causes 
it  to  rise  much  (piicker  than  it  wt)uld  otherwise  do,  and  this 
enahles  it  to  strike  closer  to  the  hat." 

It  was  in  the  spring  of  '»)0  that  Merion  playi-d  its  maiden 
ganu'  against  Ilaverford.  The  match  wjts  played  on  the 
former  cluh's  old  grouml,  and  the  Dorian  h(»wlers  were  L. 
Haines,  of  '09,  and  W.  T.  Dorsey,  of  '«)7.  These  underhand 
twirlers  were  j)itted  against  the  fast  round-arm  of  K.  Wil- 
liams, whose,  to  them,  peculiar  howling,  cond)ined  with  the 
etlects  of  a  howl  of  claret-punch,  worke<l  the  defeat  ot 
Ilaverford 's  representatives. 

The  March  numher  of  The  Gem  for  ISHO  speaks  thus  of 
this  ganu' :  "  (.)ne  tine  Saturday  afternoon  in  early  summer, 
ahout  two  years  ago,  the  first  eleven  of  Dorian  might  have 
heen  seen  treading  the  pike  with  lirm  and  confident  foot- 
steps. Armed  with  numy  hats  and  halls,  gloves,  pads,  etc., 
they  were  indeed  a  formidahle-looking  hand.  .Mas!  ere  night 
cast  its  nnintle  on  the  silent  earth,  how  changed  wa.**  their 
aspect  I  The  fiery  ilart  of  the  eye,  expecting  an  «'asy  and  cer- 
tiiin  victory,  was  replaced  hy  the  determine*!  and  downcast 
looks  of  «lefent ;  the  warlike  tramp  was  rej>laced  hy  the  .strag- 
gling shutllc  of  a  retreating  army.  On  every  side  w»re  the 
signs  of  a  hattle  fought  and  lost.  Thus  did  the  Dorian  ap- 
pear after  their  match  with  the  Merion." 

Once  more  did  these  rivals  meet,  and,  alas!  with  the  s^une 
success.      This  second  game  was  played  in  the  autumn  of 


338  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKlIFoKI)    (  Ol.LEGK. 

'66.  The  Dorian  scored  45  and  30  ;  Merion  50  and  37  for  6 
wickets.  No  one  on  either  side  reached  double  figures, 
though  the  extras  footed  up  to  20  for  Haverford  and  32  for 
Merion,  the  Dorian  presenting  tlieir  opponents  with  12  wides 
in  the  first  inning.  It  was  in  this  game  that  Howard  Com- 
fort made  that  famous  seven  hit,  so  indicative  of  the  jirow- 
ess  of  our  predecessors. 

"  But.  lo  !  the  scene  changes ;  now  the  banner  of  the  Dorian 
is  seen  above  the  smoke  of  battle,  clear  and  victorious ;  the 
Merion  conquered  and  driven  from  the  field,  the  Sopho- 
mores" (a  mistake)  "of  the  University,  the  Young  America, 
Germantown,  and  finally  the  University  itself  are  forced  to 
yield  to  the  superior  prowess  of  the  Dorian." 

Indeed,  the  spring  of '67  was  a  very  successful  one.  A\'itli 
it  begins  the  second  period  in  the  history  of  Haverford 
cricket.  Flannel  uniforms  made  their  appearance.  Here- 
after a  team  was  organized  each  year,  and  a  series  of  matches 
played.  Cricket  became  the  acknowledged  spring  game,  a 
position  it  has  ever  since  maintained.  It  is,  of  course,  im- 
possible to  describe  in  detail  the  many  games  played,  and 
we  must  content  ourselves  with  a  glance  at  its  varying  sea- 
sons of  prosperity  and  adversity.  Great  games  there  have 
been,  over  the  memory  of  which  we  may  longer  pause. 

These  were  the  da3's  when,  as  has  been  remarked,  the 
ability  of  a  fielder  to  hunt  in  the  long  grass,  and  plunge  into 
the  creek  after  a  ball,  was  as  highly  prized  as  is  a  quick 
pick-up  and  accurate  return  to-day. 

Haverford  cricket  and  Haverford  cricketers  ranked  high 
by  this  time  in  the  estimation  of  the  college,  as  an  essay 
in  The  Gem  of  this  autumn  clearly  shows.  It  is  entitled 
"  Remarks  on  Haverford  College,"  and  speaks  thus  of  the 
new  student :     "  Soon  he  discovers  that  his  studies  are  not 


k 


<.o\  KUNMKNT    AT    AUMS    I.KNciTll.  o3l» 

very  ditlicult,  ami  instead  i»l"  liaviii^'  U)  study  so  hard  Ik*  has 
plenty  of  time  on  his  hands,  and  in  most  cases  lie  disposes 
of  it  on  tlie  ericket-tieUl ;  this  he  does  (hiy  afti'r  day,  and 
finally  he  becomes  such  a  good  player  of  the  game  as  to  Im- 
put  on  the  first  eleven  of  the  Dorian  Cricket  Clul).  Then 
what  honors  will  atten«l  him  I  In  a  nnitch  with  some  other 
club,  down  go  the  enemies' stumps,  or  he  may  make  a  drive 
for  six,  and  then  what  a  swellinL,'  lie  feels  within  hiiu!" 

Another  essay  in  The  Bud  of  this  year,  entitled  "Our 
National  (Jame, "  tells  us  that  "a  little  excitement  helps 
the  baseball  player ;  he  is  nerved  (especially  if  his  IJetsy 
Jane  is  present)  to  make  ditticult  catches,  and  when  his  turn 
comes  at  the  bat,  to  send  the  ball  far  over  the  fielders'  head>. 
But  if  the  cricketer  should  become  excited,  and  thinks 
more  of  making  a  good  score  suddenly  than  of  patient  and 
careful  playing,  he  is  very  apt  to  swipe  at  a  ball  which 
coolly  takes  his  wicket."  Then  comes  a  mournful  remark 
about  tiie  rival  game.  "  Here  at  llaverford,  where  so  many 
have 'cricket  on  the  brain,'  is  spirit  and  care  in  baseball 
wanted,  and  I  see  little  hope  of  improvement.' 

Vague  traditions  are  afloat  concerning  an  invention  of 
this  time.  It  occurred  to  .some  genius  that  a  very  de- 
sirable object  would  be  attained  if  tiio  cricket  ball  could 
Ix'  made  to  strike  inthesiime  place  at  will.  A  catapult  was 
therefore  thought  of,  which  by  careful  mani|iulation  couhl 
be  made  to  bowl  on  any  spot,  and  thus  the  practising  of 
driving,  cutting,  forward  playing,  etc.,  be  greatly  facilitated. 
Hut  the  plan  came  to  naught:  the  catiipult  refused  to  work. 
Nonetheless,  Haverford  cricket  continued  to  triuni|>li. 

Another  year  brings  even  better  omens.  There  are  eight- 
een new  students  entering  in  the  Fall  of  18(5^,  five  of  them 
Sophomores.    Moreover,  think  that 'r»7, '«tn  and  "7'>.  cln«e«.  of 


340  HISTORY    OF    JIAVEKFUKD    COLLEGE. 

peculiar  ability,  are  all  in  college  together.  With  such  a 
combination  what  things  are  not  within  our  reach?  In- 
deed, one  fact  is  soon  evident;  in  the  way  of  discipline,  this 
year  has  a  fine  record,  and  is  singularly  free  from  internal 
troubles.  The  report  of  the  Managers  for  the  year  remarks: 
"  It  is  believed  that  in  many  important  particulars,  the  col- 
lege has  rarely,  if  ever,  been  in  a  more  satisfactory  condition 
than  at  present.  A  steady  effort  is  maintained  to  keep  the 
standard  of  thoroughness  in  the  instruction  up  to  the  highest 
point,  and  in  all  respects  to  keep  pace  with  what  is  valuable 
in  the  progress  of  the  age  in  literary  and  scientific  pursuits. 
The  disei])line  of  the  college  is  in  a  satisfactory  and  whole- 
some condition." 

Small  matters  claim  the  attention  of  the  Faculty — "  eating 
of  nuts  and  fruit  in  the  library,"  and  the  "assuming"  of 
"  indecorous  attitudes.  "  It  is  gratifying  to  learn  that  proper 
legislation  on  these  matters  was  effected  early  in  the  winter 
term.  Similarly  trivial  concerns  fill  the  Faculty  records 
throughout  the  year,  indicating  that  happy  course  of  life 
which  makes  almanacs  rather  than  history.  Modern 
students  could  hardly  conceive  what  a  ripple  was  made  on 
the  surface  of  the  college  existence  when  the  Sophomores  of 
that  year  were  allowed,  as  a  special  mark  of  favor,  to  go  to 
Philadelphia  and  sit  for  a  class  photograph — provided  an 
officer  should  accomj)any  them.  Some  of  us  rememl)er  how 
these  innocent  trips  contributed  to  academic  hilarity.  In 
those  old  days  there  was  always  something  rakish  and  allur- 
ing in  an  expedition  to  the  city.  Even  the  serious  young 
man  from  the  A\'est — the  Great  West — would  cock  his  hat 
and  smile  roguishly  to  himself  as  he  set  out — he  felt  himself 
such  a  man  of  the  world.  In  other  respects  this  year  is  not 
unlike  its  predecessor.     Charles  Yarnall,  the  veteran  Secre- 


«i«»VKKN.MKNT    AT     VKM's    I.KNt.TH.  oil 

tary  of  the  Boanl  of  Mana<;ri>.  resigned  his  phicc  to youngir 
hands.  Owing  to  iUness,  I'rofessor  Cope  was  forced  to  with- 
draw from  active  instruction,  ami  at  the  opening  of  the 
second  term  his  place  was  taken  hy  Alhert  K.  Leeds,  since 
Professor  at  Stevens'  Institute,  Ilohoken.  A  new  feature,  in 
addition  to  the  regular  re(iuircd  work  in  Ahxjern  Languages, 
is  the  announcement  ol  the  Catalogue  that  instruction  is 
ott'ered,  to  those  who  desire  it,  in  "  Italian,  Sj»ani>Ii  and  Ilr- 
brew."  This  department,  liowever,  does  not  seem  to  have 
hetn  unduly  crowded.  Again,  we  find  a  new  required  study 
announced  for  this  year — Anglo-Saxon — it  is  put  down  for 
the  Sopliomores.  Seeing  that  a  college  president,  many 
years  after  tlie  date  of  which  wi-  write,  named  Anglo-Saxon 
along  with  Icelandic  and  'Quaternions,  as  "  an  intellectual 
luxury,"  it  is  safe  to  .'^ay  that  here,  as  elsewhere,  Ilaverford 
showed  a  gratifying  tendency  to  lead  rather  than  follow 
in  the  paths  of  scholarly  progress.  Ilaverford  did  not,  like 
so  many  colleges  of  the  day,  enforce  by  precept  and  ex- 
ample that  doctrine  which  Skeat  has  .so  happily  defined  as 
"  the  belief  that  it  is  the  business  of  everybody's  neighbor  to 
know  .something  of  early  English."  Not  only  study  :  there 
was  brave  reading.  Many  books  were  this  year  added  to 
the  store  of  the  college;  while  the  Loganian  Society  con- 
tinued to  supply  that  jtoetieal  and  critieal  literature  which 
is  spread  across  the  nortlu'rn  end  of  our  library.  The  buy- 
ing of  these  books  was  twice  blessed  :  it  blessed  tin-  committee 
that  selecte<l,  and  the  wider  throng  that  read.  The  names 
of  these  books  are  an  abiding  memorial  of  the  good  taste 
and  soun<l  and  critical  sense  of  the  young  men  who  acted  as 
"purveyors"  to  the  collegiate  appetite  for  reading.  Nor 
are  we  to  feel  any  less  pride  in  tiic  literary  work  of  the 
student."*   Mx  -Imwii    in  Tf"   Collriflnn.  Thr  Bud,  or  Thi   Gnn. 


342  HISTORY    OF    HAVERKORD    COLLEGE. 

("  Collegian,"  to  be  sure,  is  good ;  but  it  was  depressing  to 
writis  for  such  meaningless  and  tinsel  names  as  the  other 
two.  Why  not  have  said  outright  "  P'riendship's  Garland/' 
and  "Duty's  Offering?") 

Manuscript  work  always  looks  amateurish,  and  print 
saves  many  a  reputation  that  handwriting  would  have 
lost ;  but  even  through  the  boyish  scrawl  or  the  character- 
less monoton}'  of  the  would-be  copperplate,  one  catches  a 
genuine  hint  of  Arcadia.  From  the  western  windows  of 
Alumni  Hall  there  are  fine  bits  of  landscape;  and  here  and 
there  some  Senior  has  set  down  a  record  of  his  glimpses  from 
the  neighboring  library.  Often  enough  it  is  only  the  con- 
ventional Arcadian  scene  ;  niaiserie  of  criticism  in  the  harm- 
less sense,  shallow  thinking  on  deep  subjects,  or  a  desperate 
bit  of  rhyming.  Odes  of  Horace  are  done  into  a  halting, 
stuttering  English,  that  makes  one  feel  afresh  the  true  great- 
ness of  the  Roman;  and  poor  Heinrich  Heine's  "Lorelei"'  is 
stretched  upon  a  rack  of  agony,  which  causes  her  creator's 
"  mattress-grave  "  in  Paris  to  seem  by  contrast  the  couch  of  a 
Sybarite.  These  things  are  inevitable.  But  there  are  better 
signs  of  the  intellectual  life.  There  is  a  paper  on  "  English 
Metres  "  running  through  three  numbers  of  The  Collegian 
for  1804-65,  which,  in  its  sympathetic  touch,  its  thorough- 
ness, its  grasp  of  the  subject,  merits  decided  praise.  This 
is  by  a  student.  A  member  of  the  Faculty  contributes  from 
time  to  time  articles,  either  on  current  topics  or  else  of  a 
retrospective  nature.  "  The  Late  War  in  Europe"  is  one 
sort,  "Recollections  of  American  Orators"  is  another,  in 
which  one  hardly  knows  wlietlier  tlir  lucid  style  or  the 
clear  thinking  is  more  to  be  admired.  Another  member  of 
the  Faculty — the  inimitable  neatness  of  his  handwriting 
betrays  him — contributes  now  and  then  some  genuine  bits 


GOVKKNMKNT    AT    Ai:MS    l.KSt.TII. 


343 


oi"  Inn.  An  essay  (Hi  "  1  hits,"  stnl  as  correspondence  from 
•  Manhattan. "  culkMl  out  great  lau|j;liti'r  and  applause  w  lien 
it  was  read  to  the  amiable  gatlierin*; — jirofessors'  wives  on 
the  si«le  bench,  Faculty  and  graver  menibers  on  the  Kresli- 
man  seats,  and  looser  gentry  gathered  in  the  unwonted  free- 
dom of  tlie  upper  rows.  The  writer  waxes  violent  against 
hats,t]iinks  them  the  oll'spring  of  vanity,  and  linds  that  the 


CLASSICAL   IIECITATIONKOOM. 


■'(Jreek  and  K«»man  w»)rd  for  hat  is  derived  from  T^Tdnvfn, 
to  expand  or  «»«7/;"  lience  the  vanity  of  tlie  stove-pi|>e. 
Also  it  was  a  tiglit  silk  hat  that  made  Cicero  cry  out 
"O  temporal  O  mores!" — 'O  rny  temph'sl  ()  more  ease!" 
We  lauglied  at  these  things,  gentlemen  of  to-day,  and  maybe 
you  think  us  easily  pleased.  "  In  dress  a  hat  goes  a  great 
Wii\ .  I -iiKM-iallv  nn  a  windv  dav  '     Ynn   do  not  «mile.  |»er- 


344  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORL)    COLLKGE. 

haps,  at  that?  We  roared.  And  it  please  you,  too,  we 
would  not  exchange  our  liberal  ga3'ety  for  this  dyspeptic 
simper  now  in  fashion.  But  The  Collegian  had  more  solid 
fare.  "Is  a  man  bound  to  obey  law.s  which  conflict  with 
conscience?"  There  is  a  subject  for  thee,  "  man  of  morals  !" 
Or,  not  as  a  problem,  but  in  the  categorical  imperative,  we 
have  "Do  the  Right,"  three  stanzas  of  it  in  beautiful  hand- 
writing and  intricate  metre.  "The  Originality  of  Genius," 
"Fact  and  Fiction,"  "  True  Chivalry,"  "Means  of  Navi- 
gation," all  in  a  little  month!  Here,  as  somebody  ob- 
serves in  Dickens,  "  Here's  richness  I''  Nor  do  we  fail  to 
find  a  hint  of  that  spirit  which  betakes  itself  to  written 
words,  not  because  it  will,  but  because  it  must,  of  that  spirit 
which  may  sin  a  hundred  times  and  ways  against  every  law 
of  composition,  and  yet  is  sure  of  our  pardon,  quia  multum 
amarit.  Something  of  this  spirit  seems  to  lurk  in  certain 
verses  on  the  "  Brevity  of  Life,"  from  the  Spanish.  The 
title  is  suspicious;  the  thought,  the  suggestion,  the  expe- 
rience, all  are  meagre  enough  ;  the  style  is  conventional  ; 
but  we  feel  like  reading  the  lines  again,  and  there  is  tire 
in  them.  Has  the  fire  gone  out  by  this  time,  or  is  it 
gathering  fuel,  or  what  of  it?  Who  is  "  Olen,"  the  maker? 
Has  he  joined  the  great  march  of  which  he  sings? — 

AVhere,  genile  Spring,  are  nil  thy  brilliant  floweis? 

Thy  golden  fruits,  say,  ardent  Summer,  where? 
What  hand  has  rohlied  the  favored  Autumn  bowers 
Of  gifts  so  fair? 

Gone  are  they,  with  their  varied  beauty,  hiding 

In  nothing's  deep  abyss  tlieir  wealth  and  sheen  ; 
The  seasons  and  their  dearest  tribute  gliding 
Almost  unseen. 

Come  back,  "  Olen,"  whoever  thou  art,  and,  as  the  angel 
said  to  Caidmon,  sing  us  something  I     By  this  time  it  should 


•  iOVKRNMKNT    AT    ARMS    I.KNt.TII.  345 

l>(.'  Worth  tlu-  lleal•in;,^  AiujIIjit  ol"  tlifsi-  iiu-tricul  <;i'nlk'- 
inin  lias  a  sonnet  to  Wliittier,  wliicli  begins  almost  in  the 
same  niaimtr — 

I  le  tliiindereil  nt  ()|>preA.<<ion'H  castle-Kate, 

As  fearli«s»  a>i  the  truth  is  and  as  strong, 
Till  all  tlu-  atu-iciit  Imttleinents  of  wrong 

Trenihletl  as  though  they  heartl  tlie  voire  of  fate. 

Tlie  rest  is  silence  ;  liowheit  the  l)eginning  is  very  brave. 
The  poet  si»;ns  himself  "  Echo.''  What  is  it  in  the  opening 
lines  which  applauds  the  select  it  )n  Z  Hut  this  is  to  considiT 
too  curiously.  No,  we  cannot,  after  all,  maki-  very  miuh  »>f 
these  higlier  flights;  the  win;^'s  llutter  in  very  obvious  imi- 
tation, and  fail  to  give  us  that  sense  of  freshness  which,  for 
good  or  ill,  our  .sid  world  is  always  demanding  in  literary 
work.  For  this  reason  we  shall  make  only  one  complete 
selection  out  of  these  pages,  not  from  the  grand  oM  masters, 
— say  tlu-  I'aculty — n(»t  from  tlu-  bards  sublime,  like 
"  Oltn  "  and '•  Hcho,"  but  rather  from  a  writer  who  knew 
precisely  what  he  had  to  say,  and  said  it  with  a  genial 
audacity  that  warms  an  old  llaverfordian  to  the  pMjtsof  his 
heart.  Notice  the  tine  free<lom  of  the  narration,  the  rollick- 
ing independence  of  style  and  metre'  Ami  then  the  sub- 
ject I  The  Dorians,  the  first  eleven  of  the  college,  have 
l)eaten  the  Merion  First  by  one  of  tho.se  .scores  that  they 
were  wont  to  roll  up  in  the  late  sixties.  Let  our  ban!  tell 
tlie  story  in  his  perfervid  lines.  If  it  is  not  as  Homeric  an 
affair  as  hath  ever  yet  been  writ  down,  then  may  we  never 
more  taste  Shanghai. 

.Mkriojc  C  C.'s  I>kkkat  hy  tiik  !><>rian  ('.  C. 

I>a.<tt  autumn,  wlu-ntlie  days  were  Inng, 

.Vml  we  were  well  on  practice  hent, 
The  Merion  thought  our  strength  was  shorn 

.And  a  |>mud  challenge  to  us  sent. 


346  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOKD    COLLEGE. 

So  lip  they  came,  triumphant  <iuite, 
Thinking  imw  they'd  liavesome  fun  ; 

But  though  hearts  were  bold  and  hopes  were  l)right, 
Mistaken  youths!  tliey  were  outdone. 

The  cnptains  tossed  the  penny; 

The  Merion  won  and  sent  us  in, 
Not  thinking  we'd  make  many; 

But  a  game's  lost  by  a  spin. 

The  bowler  bared  his  brawny  arm, 
As  thro'  us  he  would  send  alarm  ; 

The  umpire  cried — "  AH  Rrady  ?  " 
Our  captain  to  his  men  said  "  Steady  I' 

The  bowler,  tongue  in  cheek,  and  1  all  in  hand. 
Took  si.x  crooked  steps,  and  then  a  siand. 

As  if  he'd  shake  the  s'ery  land. 

And  tried  to  burst  his  cricket  band. 

Oh,  how  our  wickets  fell  at  Hrst ! 

And  hard  it  was  our  fears  to  quell ; 
But  with  our  captain  doubts  dispersed, 

For  then  our  runs  began  to  tell. 

The  Merion  then  went  in,  and  out, 

For  Congdou,  our  captain,  he  did  bowl. 

Who  is  indeed  a  strong  redoubt 

When  in  the  game  he  puts  his  soul. 

For  quick  as  lightning  went  the  ball  ; 

Down  fell  their  wickets  like  grass; 
As  'fore  a  whirlwind  boweth  all, 

They  bowed  'oefore  the  Dorian  blast. 

The  Dorian  springs  to  the  bat  once  more, 

And  it  did  credit  to  its  fame, 
It  played  as  I  hope  'twill  play  evermore, 

And  come  out  winner  all  the  same. 

"  Quick,  field  that  ball,  you  rascal — fly  I  " 
For  Comfort  had  sent  one  over  the  run  ; 
It  siiot  like  an  arrow  against  the  sky, 
Lit  up  by  a  gleam  of  the  setting  sun. 

"A  four-hit!  Ah,  how  hard  the  Dorians  die! 
Ah  me  !  will  they  ever  all  get  out  ?" 
And  the  bowler  gives  a  weary  sigh  : — 
"  Another  four  ?     Oh,  how  they  shout ! " 


iioVKKNMKNT    AT    AKMS    I.KNtilfl.  347 

At  la.st  the  Klorioii.s  pime  Ih  ilonc  ; 

Then  feather  nxiud  tin-  tirtil  cloven. 
7Vi»ir  sii>re  stands  at  l>ut  si-venty-one, 

Anil  ir«    linve  Itealen — l»_v  ninety-«evt*n. 

The  Merion  i-upluin,  with  (li)wncn>*t  eyejt, 
Presents  the  coiuinerol  hall,  then  erieH  : 
■•  Three  rheers  for  the  Dorian  I  IIi|i-hi|>  hiinali  I '" 

Anil  we  cheer  tin-  Meriim  three  tifnes — '"  lln/JUih  I" 

For  thus  was  endett  a  niinDmi'  ^arne; 

l?iit  if  they  ihalleni;e  us  once  more, 
Let  lis  trust  their  fate  will  Ik'  the  same, 

And  aj;ain  we'll  heat  them,  a-  uf  yore. 

Tliat  is  certainly  as  line  a  ballad  as  ''  .Ii)lninie  Armstrong," 
or  any  of  them.  It  keeps  its  eye  on  the  ol>ject,  and  that, 
as  Matthew  Arnold  tells  us,  is  the  main  thing;  besides, 
apart  from  its  higii  intrinsic  merit,  does  it  nut  make  the  old 
IIavorf(»rdian  forget  the  fugacious  years  that  part  him  from 
liis  prime,  and  cause  iiim  to  say  with  Sir  IMiilij)  Sidney,  that 
his  heart  is  "  moved  more  than  with  a  trumpet." 

Tlie  minutes  of  the  Managers  for  the  next  year  were  filled 
with  measures  of  economy.  Retined  j)etroleum  was  substi- 
tuted for  lighting  gas;  the  annual  charge  was  again  raise<l, 
tiiis  time  to  §375;  washing  was  charged  extra ;  stationery 
at  retail  j)rices.  The  Bojinl  objecte<l  to  Class  Day  exercises, 
regarding  the  commencement  performances  as  "  sufficient." 

Wilt  n  '<>7  took  its  leave,  although  many  strong  nun  went 
with  it,  matters  continued  to  run  smoothly,  an<l  the  auspices 
were  good.  The  Managers  tell  the  Faculty  that  the  con- 
dition of  the  college  is"  hopeful  and  gratifying."  A  minute 
of  the  Faculty  rejoices  in  "the  present  happy  exemption 
of  the  college  from  partial  stu<lents."  Henry  Hartshorne, 
M.D.,  an  old  graduate,  a  warm  friend  of  the  college  and 
long  a  member  of  the  lioard  of  Managers,  is  made  Pro- 
fessor of  Organie  Siiinr.-  and   Philnsopliv      .\s  his  time  is 


348  HISTORY    (IF    JIAVKKFORD    (( »1.LKGE. 

still,  to  some  extent,  engaged  elsewhere,  Albert  K.  Leeds 
continues  to  give  instruction  in  chemistr3\  The  late  Sopho- 
mores have  gained  two  in  number  for  their  Junior  year — a 
pleasant  contrast  to  the  usual  losses.  It  is  with  this  year 
that  the  cricket  eleven  surpassed  all  previous  records.  The 
Faculty  minutes  of  9th  month  12th,  1807,  announce  that 
all  the  students  are  present  except  Congdon,  "  who  is  on  his 
way  from  England  ; "'  and  they  might  have  added,  "  with  a 
choice  experience  in  cricketing."  He  had  seen  professional 
playing,  was  bringing  back  fresh  ideas,  and  soon  gave  a 
new  tone  to  the  game  at  Haverford.  Indeed,  to  see  Haver- 
ford  cricket  in  those  days  was  worth  a  long  journey  ;  op- 
})onents  went  down  before  our  attack  like  ripe  grain ;  the 
University  and  the  Merion  were  alike  unable  to  handle  our 
bowling  or  to  perplex  our  batsmen.  D.  F.  Rose,  of  '70,  sec- 
onded Congdon  with  the  ball,  and,  when  in  good  form,  had 
a  pace  up  to  that  time  unknown  at  Haverford.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  when  outside  matches  were  revived,  both 
our  bowlers  against  the  Merion  eleven — L.  Haines,  of  '60,  and 
W.  T.  Dorsey,  of  "67 — knew  only  the  ancient  underhand  de- 
livery. Against  Haverford  was  the  fast  round-arm  of  R. 
Williams,  and  we  were  beaten  by  it — and  by  certain  other 
causes  long  held  in  memory.  Then  Congdon  learned  the 
new  art;  and  finally  in  Rose  we  had  a  bowler  born  as  well 
as  made.  Among  the  Freshmen  (71)  J.  Hartshorne  was 
already  a  cricketer ;  and  R.  Winslow  soon  showed  us  where 
to  look  for  a  successor  to  Rose.  Indeed,  the  Freshmen  had 
their  own  eleven,  and  in  the  spring  of  1868  played  several 
smaller  clubs  of  Philadelphia.  For  the  rest,  H.  Cope  did 
good  work  in  the  slips;  the  graceful  and  vigorous  driving  of 
C.  Wood  ('70)  is  already  immortalized  in  the  ballad  just 
given.     But  let- the  graver  muse  pause  a  moment  to  chron- 


(iOVKRNMENT    AT    AKM's    I.INdTII.  349 

icK'  '■  I'an  >"  ^ivat  hit  lor  seVfii  ;  tlu'V  b«)wU*<l  liiiii  a  short- 
hop  to  leg,  ami  lu-  litUMl  it  shetT  out  of  thr  oM  crfase  in  the 
meadow,  across  and  over  both  fences  of  Ilaverford  Hoad  ; 
seven  runs  it  netted  and  was  a  famous  wliack.  Soon  after 
that  the  Cluh  moved  uj)  to  its  j>resent  grounds,  then  much 
smaller  by  reason  of  the  ganlen  hedge.  What  days  those 
were!  In  long  afternoons  of  Nhiy  to  watch  the  shadows 
falling  over  the  turf,  alternating  with  wide  strips  of  sunlight; 
to  see  the  loiterers  drifting  up  to  the  iron  bench  under  the 
maples,  and  the  players  alert  in  the  field;  to  hear  the  sharp 
click  of  the  bat,  the  shout,  the  laugh — tine  sights  these  and 
fine  sounds.  Uut  to  be  in  it,  and  of  it :  to  feel  the  spring  of 
your  bat  as  the  ball  flew  oil",  skimming  the  short  turf  in 
cleanest  fashion,  good  for  two  surely,  and  if  you  j)Ut  the  last 
pound  of  pressure  on  your  legs,  a  safe  three-  this  was  the 
<|uintessence  of  mortal  bliss.  Tell  men  of  that  day  about 
their  laziness  in  college,  they  smile  ;  tell  of  wasted  oppor- 
tunities, of  evil  behavior  to  instructor,  of  general  unworthi- 
ness,  they  reck  not;  but  forg«'t  to  chronicle  them  among 
the  cricketers,  among  them  that  fought  for  Ilaverford  be- 
tween the  wickets,  and  you  shall  straightway  witne.'^s  a 
noble  rage. 

Cricket  was  not  the  only  game.  This  same  autumn  of 
18<>7  a  baseball  nine  came  over  from  Westtown  and  played 
our  nine  a  match,  in  which  the  score  and  the  excitement 
were  equally  tremendous,  Ilaverford  winning  by  44-431 
This  was  in  the  Westtown  vacation.  Karly  in  November 
our  nine  tisks  the  Faculty  for  leave  to  play  a  return  match  at 
Westtown — but  in  vain.  Ha.«<eball,  however,  was  kept  in 
its  place.  It  is  very  jtleasant  to  find  next  spring  a  st«rn 
refusal  from  the  Faculty  in  answer  to  a  petition  for  leave  to 
subscribe  to  Vie  Ba»cball  Players'  Chronicle. .  Thanks,  good 


350  iiistoi;y  of  havekfokd  collkge. 

Faculty  I  It  must  liave  been  somewhere  about  this  time, 
moreover,  that  King  and  certain  otlier  kinch-ed  spirits  in- 
vented the  game  of  "  Ice-Cream."  The  origin  of  the  name 
is  buried  in  gloom.  But,  fortunately,  although  it  is  now- 
forgotten  at  Haverford,  and  though  bushes  spread  sadly  on 
the  crease  by  the  old  arch,  and  not  one  of  Boll's  bats  is 
left — even  in  the  museum — nevertheless  Ice-Cream,  the 
comprehensive  and  simple  game  of  Fall  and  winter  and 
early  spring,  keeps  an  eternal  youth  in  the  memory  and 
the  record  of  its  patrons.  It  is  purely  a  Haverfordian  pro- 
duction. It  ministered  to  our  gayety,  our  liealth,  our  profi- 
ciency in  cricket.  A  game  of  Haverfordians,  by  Haver- 
fordians,  and  for  Haverfordians,  it  merits  a  conspicuous 
place  in  Haverford  history.  The  genesis  of  the  game  is  not 
hard  to  describe.  Certain  men  of  '69  and  other  classes, 
mostly  from  the  tribe  of  Them-that-Dig,  being  convinced  of 
the  need  of  active  exercise,  but  jealous  of  the  time  demanded 
by  cricket,  and  mindful,  too,  of  its  long  winter  sleep,  set 
about  the  invention  of  a  game  that  could  even  bid  defiance 
to  a  light  snoAv.  They  procured  a  solid  rubber-ball ;  ob- 
tained from  Boll  a  pine  bat,  in  one  piece,  flattened  slightly 
in  the  lower  half,  and  looking  like  the  missing  link  betwixt 
baseball  and  cricket ;  took  solemn  possession  of  the  ground 
between  the  old  carpenter  shop  and  a  board  fence ;  })laced 
against  the  board  fence  three  sticks,  in  manner  of  a  wicket, 
and  were  ready.  The  bowler  sent  his  ball  as  fast  as  he 
could  (underhand)  with  intent  of  hitting  the  wicket.  The 
batsman  struck  the  ball,  and  ran  to  the  carpenter  shop, 
touching  the  closed  shutters  with  his  bat.  A  third  man  in 
the  field  threw  the  ball  at  the  said  shutters;  if  he  anticipated 
the  batsman,  and  aimed  well,  the  latter  was  out,  and  the 
bowler  went  in,  batsman  took  the  field,  and  third  man  went 


(jnVKKNMI.NT    AT    AKNl's    LKNCTH.  351 

to  bowl.  That  was  all.  What  fmi  tliey  «;ot  out  of  it  in  tlu« 
coKl  afternoons!  How  rapitl  ami  .«^iin|>h'  and  full  of  genial 
racket  it  all  was  I  In  a  year  or  .so  tliure  were  Ice-Cream 
crea.ses  against  all  good  blind  walls — both  sitles  of  the  old 
arch,  for  exanij)le — and  now  the  very  name  of  it  has  van- 
ished utterly  from  the  ways  of  Ilavt-rford. 

But  let  the  pendulum  swing  back  to  the  intellectual  side 
of  college  life.  Science  had  its  votiiries;  and  a  later  writer 
in  The  Studcut  records  that  the  meteoric  siiowers  of  1807-S 
*'  were  observed  with  a  great  ileal  of  interest  by  the  Junior 
and  Senior  Classes  at  Haverford,  an<l  a  large  number  «>f 
meteors  were  mapped.'  In  tlie  winter  of  this  year, 
Everett's  collection  of  books  was  moved  to  the  public  li- 
brary, but  not  all.  Who  docs  not  remember  the  two  closets 
near  the  mathen)atical  class-room,  in  which  the  societies 
kept  tlieir  alleged  "  archives  " — in  reality  a  mass  of  novels  ? 
After  the  proper  and  .^etlate  volumes  of  travels,  the  essay, 
the  poem,  had  been  carried  out  to  Alumni  Hall,  there  re- 
mained this  surreptitious  hoard.  Just  the  same  state  of 
things  heM  in  the  Athenaeum  archives.  We  were  not  sup- 
po.xetl  to  len«l  our  books  to  members  of  the  other  society, 
but  we  dill  it.  Athemeum  men  traded  "  Midshipman 
Easy  "  for  "  Guy  Livingstone,"  and  the  Everett  youth  had 
"Tom  Jones''  to  barter  for  "  Pickwick."  Hut  infinite  pains 
against  detection,  my  masters  I  These  "archives"  were 
8Uppresse<l  a  few  years  later;  but  during  their  active  career 
they  were  most  industriously  studie<l.  Shall  we  connect 
with  these  archives  a  mysterious  rule  of  tiie  Faculty,  ful- 
minated 6th  month  22d,  1808:  "  No  .stmlent  shall  keep  liis 
desk-cover  raised  unnecessarily  during  study  hours '.'' ''  It 
was  a  rule  for  Private  lieview — that  dreadful  bore — three 
hours  at  a  stretch  in  the  lazy  June  mornings:  and  were- 


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HISTORY    OF    IIAVKHFORD    CoLLECiK. 


collect  that  these  desk-covers  shaded  many  a  "  Nickleby  " 
or  "Vanity  Fair,"  where  the  book  was  supposed  to  be 
"  Analytical  Geometry  "  or  "  Paley."  Such  shadows  do  we 
pursue. 

Discipline  holds  mild  sway  during  this  year.  A  triumph 
of  liberal  ideas  may  be  noted  in  a  resolution  passed  by  joint 
vote  of  Managers  and  Faculty,  in  which  the  old  bounds 
are  abolished,  so  far  as  walks  are  concerned,  although  the 
rule  against  entering  any  house,  or  the  like,  still  holds  as 
before.  Moreover,  as  the  Faculty  points  out,  the  permission 
expires  with  sunset.  Two  students  are  caught  in  the  act  of 
attendance  at  a  dancing-class,  and  are  sorrowfully  but 
sternly  dealt  with.  But  these  are  slight  ripples.  Pleasant, 
finally,  is  it  to  notice,  near  the  close  of  the  year,  an  anony- 
mous gift  to  the  corporation  of  §5,000.  Honor  to  the  man 
whose  faith  in  Haverford  took  such  unquestionable  shape ! 
A  year  later,  Ann  Haines  left  §3,000  to  the  college — the 
income  of  the  fund  to  be  applied  to  the  increase  of  the  pro- 
fessors' salaries ;  so  that  each  of  the  four  had  §50  added  to 
his  annual  compensation.  Encouraged  by  these  gifts,  the 
Managers  appointed  a  committee  to  endeavor  to  increase  the 
endowment  and  pay  off  the  del)t — the  old,  old  story. 

The  new  year,  1808-6J),  opened  well.  It  is  curious  that 
the  four  classes  now  in  college  contributed  an  average  of 
thirteen  graduates  each  to  the  alumni  list — fifty-two  in  all : 
'69  gave  twelve,  70  and  71  each  thirteen,  and  '72  fourteen. 
The  Faculty  was  unchanged,  although  a  new  department, 
"  Moral  and  Political  Science,"  was  created  and  assigned  to 
Profes.sor  Dillingham.  One  of  the  first  official  acts  of  the 
Faculty  was  to  assign  the  "  Senior-room  "  on  the  usual  con- 
dition. "  The  door,"  say  the  Managers,  who  made  the  ar- 
rangement with  ])aiiiful  minuteness  of  detail,  "  is  to  be  with- 


«.OVEI!NMKNT    AT    AKMS    I.KN<iTll.  353 

out  means  of  faslettinc;,  excopt  its  onUiuuv  latili."  W-ry 
good,  gen tk'iiU'M  '  l>i<l  vc  lU'Vrr  iM-ar.  iK-icluiiKf.  *>(  a  Kail- 
pencil  thrust  just  uhove  tlu*  latch,  answering  all  purposes? 
Our  worthy  Suju'rinteiuKiit,  at  least,  gathered  some  expe- 
rience iVoni  that  device.  The  Senior-room,  by  the  way, 
surely  «leserves  a  line  or  two  tVoni  our  luite  mcro.  The  three 
lower  classes  sat  in  the  old  study-room — a  fairly  pleasant 
hall,  with  the  double  row  of  wimlows — Freshmen  grouj)etl 
about  the  feet  of  the  war<ler  from  the  Faculty,  Sophomores 
on  middle  ground,  and  Juniors  at  the  remote  eastern  en<l  ; 
each  man  of  the  latter  class,  by  traditional  right,  entitle«l  to 
the  whole  of  a  double  desk  and  tlif  use  of  an  extra  chair  for 
his  feet.  It  was  plea.sant  to  escape  immediate  watch  of  the 
Professor,  pleasant  again  to  slij)  into  those  remoter  seats  and 
elevate  an  untrammelled  foot;  but  wild  was  the  throb  when 
one  left  the  room  forever  and  entered  Senior  freedom. 
There  were  other  rights  and  privileges  for  the  highest  class. 
In  our  tlay,  the  Senior-room  had  a  "bunk"  let  into  the  wall 
and  curtained — a  tine  strategic  point  for  unlawful  games. 
.\gain,  in  the  short  five  minutes'  recess,  at  eleven  o'  the  fore- 
noon, the  Senior  Class  was  entitled  to  a  lunch  of  pie;  and 
precedent  established  a  single  Senior's  allowance  at  ninety 
degrees  of  the  circumference.  Four  pies  to  a  class  of  thir- 
teen gave  three  extra  pieces,  usually  retained  by  the  "scaven- 
ger," or  class  dej»uty,  who  fetched  the  lunch  from  the  kitchen. 
We  regret  to  say  that  this  '*  luncheon  "  was  abolished  by 
act  of  Faculty,  7th  month  2')th,  1S72.  A  cruel  slander  had 
l)ecn  spread  to  the  eirect  that  the  act  was  brought  about 
through  the  too  great  love  of  pie  nuinifested  by  the  class  of 
'72.  We  find  that  a  minute  of  the  Faculty  praises  'OO  in 
the  highest  terms  for  **  tln-ir  general  neatness  and  good 
order"  in  the  care  of  this  Senior-nK)ni ;  so  that  they  doubt- 
23 


354  insToitv  of  iia\i:i;i<)|;I)  (OLLVJiK. 

less  ate  their  pie  witli  good  coiiseienee.  It  was  not  al\va3'S 
thus.  However,  the  good  example  set  by  the  Seniors  w^orked 
throughout  the  mass.  A  joint  meeting  of  the  Managers  and 
Faculty  records  the  feeling  that  "  the  college  was  generally 
in  a  condition  highly  satisfactory."  The  Freshmen  (in  the 
second  term)  fourteen,  Sophomores  fifteen.  Juniors  fifteen. 
Seniors  twelve — an  excellent  distribution,  as  well  as  a  de- 
cided increase  in  numbers.  Again,  however,  the  system  of 
managing  the  discipline  through  a  person  on  the  spot  as 
adviser,  and  a  committee  in  Philadelphia  as  executor, 
brought  forth  bad  fruit,  and,  aided  by  one  or  two  cases  of 
ill-timed  severity,  went  far  to  ruin  the  college  in  the  follow- 
ing years.  Not  men,  but  a  system,  must  be  held  accountable 
for  these  troul)les. 

While  such  strong  classes  as  '69  and  70  were  both  in  col- 
lege, they  exercised  a  wholesome  inliuence  upon  the  rest. 
70,  left  alone,  was  not  quite  able  to  stem  the  tide  of  youthful 
spirits  which  llowed  along  witli  72 — a  nmcli  slandered  class. 
They  were  young,  turbulent,  I'idiculous  ;  but  they  were  not 
bad  at  heart.  As  Sophomores  they  certainly  made  noise — 
there  were  nineteen  of  them.  Only  six  Freshmen  entered, 
the  other  six  new  students  joining  72.  Tliere  must  have 
been  a  little  spirit  of  "  rushing  "  in  the  air.  A  minute  of 
the  Faculty  protests  against  the  custom  of  hazing,  "  wliicli  is 
causing  many  to  avoid  entering  the  Freshman  Class.'"  How- 
ever, as  the  Faculty  about  this  time  admitted  "The  Works 
of  Shakespeare  "  as  a  book  fit  for  the  Athenaeum  Library,  we 
must  not  hold  thcni   too  closely  to  account   for  wishing  to 


'  The  Faculty  reconiiiiended  tlie  dismissal  of  four  members  of  the  class  of 
'72,  wlio  persisted  in  the  practice  of  rushing  Freshmen,  and  were  ringleaders 
in  certain  other  outrages.  Match  games  of  cricket  witli  clubs  from  elsewhere, 
on  the  lawn,  were  about  the  same  time  forbidden. 


•  iOVEKNMKM    AT    ARMS    LKXCJTil.  ll'ht 

abolish  ancient  rights.  Eviilcntly,  U>u,  tlu-  bublding  youth 
of  72  begat  a  yearn inj;  for  older  stutlents  and  sedater  ways. 
In  a  minute  sent  to  the  Manaj^ei-s,  the  Faculty  set  forth  tin- 
hijjh  cost  of  board  an<l  tuition  at  Ilaverford  College,  a  price 
which  semis  young  men  to  other  institutions,  and  de|>rives 
Ilaverford  of  the  presence  of  members  of  our  own  Society,  of 
high  character  and  ability,  but  unable  to  pay  such  rates. 
They  recommend  the  establishment  of  a  fund  which  shall 
pay  part  of  tiie  expenses  of  these  young  men.  leaving  about 
$200  per  annum  for  them  to  raise  by  their  own  ellbrts.  Much 
stress  is  lai<l  on  the  good  which  this  body  of  earnest  young 
men  would  exert  Uj)on  the  moral  tone  of  the  college.  Kvi- 
dently  the  Faculty  feel  desirous  of  nuiking  strong  efforts  to 
j>ut  the  welfare  of  llavirford  on  a  liiiner  basis.  In  a  rt-- 
nuirkable  luitiute  they  advocate  the  a<lmission  of '' female 
>tu«lents,  ,  ,  .  should  any  way  open  tlu-refor."  They 
hiy  down  a  definite  plan  of  '"co-education."  There  is  to 
be  full  e<|uality,  "  the  girls  going  through  as  advanced  a 
coui-se  of  study  as  their  brother-students,  and  as  nearly  the 
same  with  them  as  certain  elective  changes  with  reference 
to  subjects  better  suited  to  the  female  mind  or  sphere  may 
allow."  Hut  this  was  not  to  be.  Fair  plan  of  the  two 
Quaker  souls  with  but  a  single  thought,  two  hearts  that  beat 
as  one — 

"  Ilchui'  «lirh  (tott,  es  wiir'  r.ii  wlum  ifewcsen! 
Ik-liiit'  ilich  (init,  es  hat  niclil  sollcii  m-'m  I  " 

The  plan  fell  in  the  Board  of  Managei's,  pigeon-holed  in 
committee.  Nevermind;  if  we  cannot  have  one  reform, 
we  will  have  another;  an<l  the  spring  of  1870  saw  the  first 
regular  Yearly-Meeting-Weck  vacation.  Notwithstanding 
the  fears  of  the  Faculty,  the  Managers,  six  weeks  later,  again 
raised  the  charge  for  board  and  instrurtiou.  now  to  $\'2'k 


350  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

But  the  matter  of  discipline  looms  up  in  a  more  threat- 
ening fashion.  In  the  closing  weeks  of  1870,  the  Faculty 
"  agreed  to  sit  in  the  Meeting  for  worship,  after  the  begin- 
ning of  next  term,  on  a  side  seat,  to  be  placed  along  the 
northern  wall  of  the  Meeting  House,  at  a  right-angle  with 
the  students'  seats,  if  the  Managers  and  Monthly  Meeting's 
Committee  on  Property  approve.'"  This  was  never  carried 
out,  but  its  meaning  is  clear.  In  another  minute  the  case 
of  a  certain  Sopliomore  is  brought  up.  He  has  been  very 
"frivolous,"  and  is  put  on  trial  for  another  term,  to  see 
"  whether  his  irregularities  pi'oceed  from  childishness  or 
contumacy.''  In  truth,  my  captain,  these  be  bitter  words. 
The  Managers  ordered  at  this  commencement  that  the  exer- 
cises should  all  be  in  the  English  language,  except  the 
Diploma  and  such  orations  as  the  Faculty  might  sanction  in 
Latin  or  Greek. 

Contrary  to  the  record  of  })reccding  years,  the  minutes  of 
the  Faculty  during  1870-71  teem  with  chronicles  of  disci- 
plinary small-beer,  and  display  a  spirit  of  pettiness  and 
triviality  in  the  conception  of  college  government.  Pecca- 
dilloes of  little  moment  are  recorded  with  solemn  iteration, 
reported  to  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  considered  in 
both  bodies,  and  decided  with  infinite  splitting  of  hairs. 
Every  case  of  discipline  is  a  triangular  duel,  the  poor  cul- 
prit, however,  getting  his  shots  from  ])otli  the  otlier  parties. 
All  this  hurt  the  college.  A  trivial  question,  asked  in  rapid 
undertone,  arouses  no  remark  ;  shouted  through  a  speaking- 
trumpet,  it  becomes  ridiculous.  Cases  of  disorder  were  met 
without  any  sense  of  perspective.  Some  wild  spirits  went 
out  larking  one  evening  in  October,  1870,  and  probably  by 
way  of  expressing  their  love  of  their  Alma  Mater,  made  a  fire 
out  of  certain  fence-rails :  suspensions  and  expulsions  were 


»;oVKKNMKNT    AT    AUMS    I.i;N<iTH.  357 

tlnvateiietl.  Tin-  ollV-inJtr.s  were  .st-ul  utl',  ami  then  taken  l>afk 
a^ain.  Meanwhile  cricket-matclies  being  forhiiMen  with 
outside  clubs,  athletic  sjioits  languished;  intluential  nu-n 
were  fewer  and  less  active,  especially  in  the  u|>jK'r  classes. 
Ilavcrford  life  was  not  what  it  had  been  in  the  days  of '«»9 
and  'To.  This  new  year  saw  few  outward  changes.  Henry 
Wood,  of  V)9,  who  had  acted  as  tutor,  left  the  college,  an«l  his 
place  was  taken  by  <  >livrr  (J.  Owen,  of  '7<>,  as  ''Assistant  Su- 
perintendent and  Tutor  in  .Vncient  Languages  and  Kthics." 
a  large  berth  to  be  tilled  by  a  fresh  graduate.  There  were 
titty-one  students.  The  Junior  Class  of  '72  numbered  twenty 
— the  largest  Junior  Class  ever  in  college  up  to  that  time.  In 
the  course  of  the  year,  however,  two  of  its  members  walked 
not  in  the  ways  of  wi-dom,  and  were  sentenced  to  exile. 
Expenses  were  heavy  and  ab.sorbcd  all  the  fund.  "No 
student,"  says  the  Report  of  the  Managers  for  this  year,  "is 
at  the  college  gratuitously  during  the  present  term.'  \'ain 
etlbrts  were  made  to  raise  an  adet|uate  endowment — say 
seventy-tive  to  a  hundred  thousand  dollar-.  These  eHbrts 
were  "  reluctantly  abandoned."  and  so  was  an  attempt  to 
raise  a  sub.scrij)tion  for  live  years  of  three  thousand  dollars 
per  aunnm.  However,  a  year  later,  some  of  the  Managers 
"and  a  few  other  interested  friends  of  tiie  college,"  paid  the 
debt  which  had  accumulated  for  some  years  and  lutw  reached 
eighteen  tiiousand  dollar.  To  these  "Managers  and  inter- 
ested friemls,"  the.«<e  true  friends,  who  again  and  again  stood 
between  our  college  and  blank  extinction,  be  undying  hon«»r 
from  every  son  of  Haverford  I 

Meanwhile,  strange  oniens  shook  the  college  from  tin)e  to 
time  with  vague  alarms.  Doubtless,  comets  were  in  the  sky. 
and  strange  birds  perched  U|>on  the  cupola,  boding  no  good. 
It  is  on  record  that  a  party  of  '72,  looking  for  meteors  one 


358  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

November  night,  saw  instead  mysterious  signs  and  tokens: 
so  weird  was  the  working  of  these  mysteries  that  some  of 
the  youths  could  not  appear  at  the  morning  meal,  tlie  terror 
gat  such  hold  upon  tliem.  It  was,  moreover,  no  canny  busi- 
ness, which,  breaking  all  precedent,  sent  the  entire  Fresh- 
man Class  into  the  Everett  Society;  never  before  had  this 
important  matter  been  decided  by  a  class  vote.  Finally, 
the  full  meaning  of  these  signs  and  oracles  was  seen.  Two 
events  shook  the  college  to  its  foundation,  and  nearly  ended 
its  life  then  and  there.  In  the  first  onl}'  the  .Juniors — 
72 — were  concerned  ;  the  second  was  the  work  of  all  the 
youth,  save,  haply,  a  timorous  remnant.  Let  us  hear  the 
words  of  the  Superintendent  in  his  report  of  the  Faculty 
meeting. 

"  A  meeting  was  called  on  account  of  a  violation  by  the 
Junior  Class  of  Rule  13  of  Chapter  IV  of  the  Laws  of  the 
College,  in  that  they  had  caused  to  be  printed  invitations  to 
the  Junior  exhibition,  programme  of  exercises  and  other 
matter,  without  first  obtaining  the  approval  of  the  Supeiin- 
tendent,  and,  after  having  been  reminded  by  him  of  the 
rule  and  of  the  importance  of  simplicity,  had,  generall}', 
circulated  the  unauthorized  matter  by  mail,  much  to  the 
detriment,  it  is  feared,  of  the  institution.  Therefore  the 
Faculty  were  united  in  recommending  to  tlie  Committee 
on  Instruction  that  the  Junior  exhibition  of  the  present 
year  be  indefinitely  postponed.'' 

A  fac-simile  of  this  invitation  would  ])robably  convince 
any  one  that  the  terrible  and  crushing  judgment  of  the 
Faculty  was  entirely  righteous.  An  engraved  invitation. 
Haunting  the  unhallowed  appellation  "  February,"  bold  and 
plain;  a  "Committee  on  Invitations,"  printed  in  painfully 
extended    list:  worst  of  all,  a  very  hideous  pink  card,  on 


•  iuVEKNMKNT    AT    ARMS    I.KNOTH.  35t» 

which  certain  ycllou-lettcivcl  words  aminuiiced  tlie  suljject.s 
of  the  orations — such  was  tlic  head  and  Irnnt  of  '72's  otVcnd- 
in»;.  Ih' it  jurinittc«l  to  <|uesti«>ii  ihr  wisdom  ot"  tlie  sentence. 
Mindful  of  the  abject  hideousness  of  the  pink  and  yellow 
card,  it  would  seem  a  hetter  decision  luul  the  Faculty  sinijdy 
expelled  the  whole  ('ommitt«e  on  Invitations.  At  any  rate, 
'7J  had  no  .lunior  »xhihition.  The  historian  grieves  to  tell 
how  recklessly  the  class  received  its  sentence.  They  gave  a 
round  cheer  for  things  in  general,  kicked  up  their  heels 
over  the  relief  from  an  unjtKasnnt  duty,  and  went  oil"  to 
have  a  rollicking  vacation. 

I)arker  shadows  envelop  the  .second  catastrojdie.  It  would 
ask  an  epic  poet  to  sing  aright  the  waging  and  the  woes  of 
that  terrible  pillow  tight  between  the  first  and  second  floor — 
a  cond)at  that  wrapped  the  discipline  of  the  college  in  dis- 
grace and  strev.ed  the  corridors  with  heaps  of  feathers.  The 
Superintendent  was  away  that  night,  and  left  the  discipline 
in  charge  of  a  gentleman,  long  of  limb.  l»ut  somewhat  short 
of  sight.  The  legcntl  run-  that  a  special  committee  of 
stutlents  followed  him  about,  and  blew  out  his  candle  as  fa.st 
as  he  could  light  it;  but  this,  as  Herodotus  would  say,  we 
leave  to  the  learned.  Undoubtedly,  this  shameful  and  tles- 
perate  pillow-tight,  with  its  evidence  of  a  deplorably  low 
moral  tone  among  the  youth  of  the  college,  gave  the  com/)  de 
grace  to  whatever  faith  the  .Managers  still  retained  in  the  old 
system  of  govrning  the  students  at  long  range.  A  meet- 
ing was  held,  changes  took  j)lace  in  the  Board — by  which  the 
college  lost  some  faithful  and  valued  advisers — an<l  after 
much  deliberation  a  mw  arrangement  was  efFected.  The 
Managers  turned  over  the  business  and  the  conduct  of  the 
college  to  three  members  of  the  Faculty,  who  undertook  to 
carry  on  the-nm.'  u-nk  ms  1i.f..n'.  but  on  their  own  responsi- 


;iGO  HISTOliY    OF    HAVKRKOKD    COLLEGE. 

bility  and  with  practically  unlimited  j)Ower.  The  change 
was  in  one  sense  permanent.  So  far  as  the  business  venture 
is  concerned,  the  Managers  have  resumed  responsibility,  and 
the  plan  of  the  partnership  has  vanished  ;  but  tlie  main  feat- 
ure of  the  change — the  transfer  of  the  government  from  a 
Committee  of  the  Board  to  the  President  and  Faculty — has 
never  been  forgotten. 

From  that  time  it  has  l)een  possible  to  give  a  definite 
personal  character  to  the  aims  and  system  of  college  work. 
The  agreement  of  tlie  three  })artners  was  signed  at  the 
college,  5th  month  10th,  1871,  and  went  into  effect  with  the 
autumn  term.  The  agreement  of  these  partners  with  the 
Haverford  School  association  was  made  Gth  month  14t]i  of 
the  same  year.  Both  are  recorded  in  full  in  the  minutes  of 
the  Faculty,  under  the  date  of  9tli  month  13th.  All  appoint- 
ments of  professors  are  to  be  made  by  this  Faculty,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Board.  Moreover,  the  Faculty  is  to 
Iiave  "  control  over  all  admissions,  suspensions,  dismissals 
and  the  discipline  of  the  college."  Admissions  on  the 
l'\in(l  must  be  approved  by  the  Board.  The  partners  have 
a  pecuniary  interest  in  the  success  of  the  college ;  and  the 
first  year  they  are  not  to  bear  any  part  of  a  possible  loss. 
The  college  is  to  be  conducted  on  the  lines  laid  down  by 
its  founders ;  but  admission  need  not  be  confined  to  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Friends.  The  agreement  is  to  con- 
tinue five  years.  So  far,  so  good.  The  weakest  part  of  the 
arrangement  is  the  vagueness  of  responsibility  for  the  dis- 
cij)line.  Still  the  plan  was  a  great  improvement  on  the  old 
method,  and  considered  as  a  transition  from  the  old  system 
to  the  new  may  be  regarded  as  having  been  successful.  The 
most  noted  alteration  of  the  previous  order  lay  in  the  at- 
tempt to  make  more  prominent  the  "  family  "  character  of 


(iOVKRNMKXT    AT    AKMS    I.INtiTII.  3<"»1 

the  |»luct".  'I'lif  I'risiilcnt  reluctantly  lelt  his  cottage,  and 
took  up  (luarters  in  the  eastern  en«l  <»f  the  rolie^e  liuild- 
ing.  Financially,  too,  the  new  arrangement  proved  better 
than  its  friends  had  hoped.  Actual  |)ro(its — according  to 
the  terms  of  the  agreement — were  divided  with  the  corpo- 
ration;  the  latter  receiving  for  tlir  year  ending  in  1.S72  the 
sum  of  §212.08. 

The  year  1S71-72  opened  well.  The  Faculty  was  strength- 
ened hy  the  addition  of  I'rofes.sor  IMiny  Earle  Chase.  A 
proper  account  of  his  valuable  services  to  llaverford  will  be 
foun<l  elsewhere,  but  it  may  be  recorded  here  how  thoroughly 
the  students  appreciated,  from  the  very  start,  the  singularly 
winning  character  of  the  man  as  well  as  the  generous 
knowle<lge  of  the  scholar.  There  wen*  fourteen  new 
students. 

One  of  the  earliest  aci>  <it  the  Faculty,  under  this  new 
charter,  was  the  virtual  sanction  of  cricket-matches;  these 
had  been  forbidden  for  some  time.  In  1S68  the  Faculty  ha<l 
refuse«l  a  request  of  tiie  All-America  Twenty-two  to  allow 
.1.  H.  Congdon  to  play  against  the  English  eleven.  Not 
long  afterward,  the  right  to  play  matches  with  any  out- 
side eleven  had  been  withdrawn  from  the  I)orian  C.  C. 
Notwithstanding  this,  an  eleven  had  been  formed,  which  in 
the  summer  of  isTl  played  twi>  nuitclics — one  at  Wynne 
Wood  against  tlie  Merion  (1st  eleven),  an<l  one,  after  com- 
mencement, against  the  (Jernuintown  (2d  eleven — though 
s«'Vcral  niendxrs  of  tiie  Hrst  eleven  took  part).  In  both 
games  Haverford  was  overwhelmingly  victorious.  This 
revived  eleven  of  the  Dorian,  after  an  interval  of  inactivity, 
was  made  up  of  I.  Ilartshorne  (Captain),  Wm.  I'enn  Kvans 
(who  made  the  top  .score  at  ( Jermantown).  W  II  llain»'s, 
C.  S.  Taylor  and  l{.  Win>j|o\v  (bowler),  <»f  '71  ;   K.  Ashbridge 


362  HISTORY    OF    HAYEKFOKD    COLLKGE. 

(bowler),  F.  B.  (Uimmere,  and  A.  F.  Huston,  of  72;  J.  C, 
Comfort  and  J.  M.  Fox,  of  73  ;  and  Bangs,  of  74.  Thus  did 
cricket  again  lift  its  head  at  Haverford.  In  1872  permis- 
sion Avas  given  to  play  on  our  own  grounds,  and  since  then 
the  annual  matches  have  taken  place  with  unbroken  regu- 
larity. At  the  present  writing,  there  is  prospect  of  brill- 
iant work  by  the  Haverford  eleven. 

The  year  ended  under  good  auspices,  except  for  the  death 
of  William  Barker  Chase,  of  the  graduating  class,  son  of 
Professor  P.  E.  Chase.  A  singularly  pure  and  resolute 
character,  Chase  had  made  no  slight  mark  on  the  college 
record,  and  had  proved  himself  a  good  scholar,  an  active 
member  of  his  class,  and  one  of  the  most  untiring  sup- 
porters of  the  societies.  His  papers  in  The  Collegian  and 
The  Gem  show  decided  ability.  Another  loss  was  that  of 
Edward  Peitsmeyer  of  the  Junior  Class,  who  was  drowned 
at  Cape  May  shortly  after  the  close  of  the  summer  term.  A 
German  by  birth,  he  had  shown  the  national  traits  of 
thoroughness,  amiability  and  energy. 

The  little  bell  that  so  long  hung  over  the  back  entrance 
of  Founders'  Hall,  and  was  rung  b}'  a  chain  |»assing  through 
the  window,  and  reached  from  the  first  landing  on  the  stair- 
case, was  for  a  long  time  ridiculed  on  account  of  its  size, 
sound,  and  other  eccentricities.  The  ringing  was  done  b}'  a 
student,  frantically  darting  out  of  the  study-room  when  the 
clock  struck,  leaping  up  several  steps  at  a  time,  giving  the 
I)roper  number  of  "  pulls,"  and  flying  down  again  to  seize 
liis  books  and  follow  his  class  disappearing  through  the  west 
door  of  the  study-room. 

To  Joseph  H.  Wills,  of  '08,  belonged  the  credit  of  agitat- 
ing the  subject  of  getting  a  new  bell,  collecting  subscriptions 
among  the  officers  and  students,  getting  estimates,  and  bear- 


OOVKKNMEXT    AT     VKM's    I.KNi.TII.  3<»3 

iiig  tlif  usual  ri<liculi'  ol*  oilk-ge  wurkrrs.'  A  nu't'tiug  was 
ht'ld  ill  the  collection-room  to  further  the  cause,  which  was 
supported  in  several  speeches;  the  hunlm  of  all  Wring  the 
same,  that  tlu-  new  1»»11  ought  to  come  ami  must  be  had. 
The  best  point  was  maile  by  a  Professor,  who  eonclu<K'd  his 
remarks  by  saying,  "  We  ought  to  do  all  wi-  eouM  tospn-ad 
the  reputation  of  the  place  for  sound  learning."  April  l.'», 
1JS»)7,  the  bell  arrivi'd,  embellislK'd  with  suitable  inscription, 
and  was  mounted,  well  arranged  both  for  stiokt-ringingand 
rotary  swinging,  and  it  continues  U)  summon  classes  to 
every  recitation  or  meal. 

In  the  Association  of  the  Alumni  \«iy  littU*  seems  to 
have  transpired  from  IstJ.")  to  1S73,  beyond  routine  matters, 
tinkering  at  the  Constitution  and  lly-Laws,  and  tin-  adjust- 
ment of  tiie  extra  claim  made  jiv  (lie  liuildcrs  i»f  Ahnnni 
Hall. 

Members  were  elected,  and  each  year  brought  its  list  of 
losses  by  death — some  notable  ones — as  Richard  T.  .buies, 
the  polished  ami  amiable  oidy  son  of  him  whose  great  be- 
(juests  afterward  enriched  Ilaverford  :  l>r  I'dward  Khoads, 
who  had  already  made  his  mark  as  a  talented  young  physi- 
cian; I.saac  8.  Serrill,  twice  orator;  Jos.  W  AIdri«'h,  twice 
Professor. 

At  one  of  the  meetings  it  was  resolved  that,  as  a  part  of 
the  sUuxling  order  of  exerci.ses,  an  essay  or  address  should 
be  rea<l,  at  the  public  meeting  next  following  his  gradu- 
ation, by  a  member  of  the  graduating  chuss;  the  exercise  not 
to  oc'cupy  more  than  ten  minutes. 

The  young  graduates  appear  to  imve  decliiie<l  the  oppor- 

'  Wills  was  also  the  firnt  amalritr  photographer  in  18^7-68,  in  the  cUrs  of 
long  ex|H»mT!»,  wet  plate<,  hiacki*ne<l  lingen,  dreiiHrul  ixinntanil  other  tribiila- 
lioos  inriilent  to  arti»tir  pionei'm. 


364  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

tunity  thus  afforded  them,  and  the  object  was  accomplished 
a  few  years  later  under  the  stimulus  of  a  gold  medal. 

A  special  committee  was  directed  to  consider  what  meas- 
ures the  Alumni  Association  could  adopt  to  increase  public 
interest  in  or  promote  the  efficiency  of  the  college,  and  re- 
port to  a  called  meeting  of  the  Association  to  be  held  in 
Philadelphia.  Accordingly,  in  the  12th  month  of  the  same 
year,  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  Hall  of  the  Philadelphia 
Dental  College,  when  the  committee  presented  a  report  on 
the  subject  of  their  appointment.  The  suggestions  con- 
tained in  it  elicited  considerable  discussion  on  the  state  of 
the  college.  Some  members  favored  the  passage  of  a  reso- 
lution requesting  that  the  Alumni  Association  have  an 
official  representative  in  the  Board  of  Managers,  and  others 
that  a  certain  small  number  of  the  Board  should  annually 
retire,  and  their  places  be  filled  by  men  selected  from 
among  recent  graduates.  No  definite  action  was  taken,  as 
it  appeared  that  the  majority  present  were  in  favor  of  tak- 
ing no  steps  beyond  the  expression  of  a  desire  that  the 
views  of  the  alumni  be  represented  in  the  management  of 
the  college. 

The  seventeenth  annual  meeting  was  held  on  the  1st  of 
7th  month,  1873,  according  to  the  decision  of  a  committee 
appointed  the  previous  year,  with  })ower  to  alter  the  time 
of  gathering  if  deemed  advisable. 

Certain  members  were  ordered  to  take  into  consideration 
"  the  publication  of  a  volume  composed  of  selections  from 
the  various  orations  which  have  been  delivered  before  the 
Association,  and  such  other  college  and  society  exercises  as 
in  their  judgment  shall  fitly  represent  the  culture  of  the 
institution.'' 

This  committee  at  the  next  meeting  reported  adverselv, 


<iOVERN.MKNT    AT    AKMS    I.KNdTH.  OOO 

as  ill  tluir  jiKlgment  tlu-  available  material  was  not  sullicient 
either  in  amount  ov  value  t<»  warrant  tin-  labor  ami  expense 
necessary  to  accomplish  tlif  «'n»l  in  view.  The  etlbrts  of  the 
members  of  the  Association  to  obtain  essays  for  cash  prizes, 
either  from  their  own  member><  or  the  undergrailuates,  ha<l 
been  almost  uniformly  unsueeessful.  In  some  years  no  ex- 
ercises were  otl'ered,  and,  in  others,  those  presentetl  were  n<»t 
considered  worthy  of  tlu>  award.  In  1><7.",  it  was  resolved 
to  present  the  un«ler^raduates'  prize  in  a  new  form.  An 
Annual  Committee  on  Pri/.e.s  was  appointed,  to  award  a 
gold  medal,  not  le.-!s  than  .S">0  in  value,  open  t»i  members  of 
the  Senior  and  Junior  Chissts.  The  regulations  provide 
that  the  competitors  shall  appear  before  a  committee  of 
judges,  and  tli«'  jiri/.c  !•»•  awarded  to  the  essay  showing  most 
skill  in  the  composition,  an<l  elocutionary  excellence  in  the 
delivery.  The  successful  competitor  is  to  be  known  as  the 
"Alumni  Medallist,"  and  to  deliver  the  oration  before  the 
alumni  at  tluir  annual  puldic  meeting.  The  gold  medal  is 
a  beautiful  specimen  of  the  goldsmith's  art.  and  represents 
the  Alumni  Hall  and  Founders'  Hall,  surroundetl  with  the 
college  motto  and  suitable  devices  and  inscriptions.  This 
prize  has  awakened  lively  interest,  and  each  year  several 
competitors  have  appeared. 

As  .soon  as  infornuition  was  received  that  the  erection  of 
Barclay  Hall  was  contemplated,  the  Association  appointed 
representatives  from  nearly  every  class,  and  all  parts  of  the 
country,  to  aid  in  raising  the  necessary  funds,  and  to  second 
the  efforts  of  the  Managei-s  in  improving  the  condition  of 
the  college.  The  meeting  held  in  1870,  as  a  step  in  this 
direction,  pas.se<l  the  following  resolutions: 

*'  lUsohcil,  That  the  Alumni  A.^sociation  of  Haverfitrd  Col- 
lege tender  to  tbr  iiiannL'«iiM  nt   of  the  college  their  hearty 


366  !!IST<)i;V    OF    HAVKKFORD    CULLKGE. 

confidence  and  support,  their  sincere  congratulations  on  the 
founding  of  the  new  liall,  and  their  desire  that  the  policy 
of  the  Managers  to  reduce  the  present  rates  of  charge  may 
be  carried  out  at  an  early  day. 

"  Resolved,  That  a  committee  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
chair  to  correspond  with  the  alumni  generally,  and  collect 
such  statistics  in  regard  to  the  general  interests  of  Haver- 
ford  as  they  may  be  able  to  obtain,  and  report  to  the  next 
meeting  of  the  alumni," 

To  serve  under  these  resolutions,  Charles  E.  Pratt,  Boston, 
Mass.,  Charles  S.  Taylor,  Burlington,  N.  J.,  and  William  H. 
Hubbard,  Morrisville,  Ind.,  were  appointed. 

Tliis  committee  prepared  a  circular,  which  was  sent  to 
each  of  the  alumni,  setting  forth  the  object  of  their  appoint- 
ment, and  asking  for  replies  to  the  following  questions  : 

"  How  many  Friends  in  thy  vicinity  are  taking  a  colle- 
giate course  of  education,  and  at  what  colleges? 

"  How  many  are  desiring  to  take  such  a  course,  and  are 
fitting  for  it,  or  are  prevented  by  want  of  means?  What  is 
the  prevailing  sentiment  among  Friends  in  thy  vicinity  in 
respect  to  collegiate  education? 

"  How  generally  and  how  adequately  are  the  claims  of 
Haverford  College  known  and  understood  there,  and  what 
is  thought  of  them  and  it  ? 

"If  exception  is  taken  or  fault  found  with  Haverford  Col- 
lege (its  management,  opportunities,  etc.),  what  is  the  tenor 
of  it? 

"What,  in  thy  opinion,  can  be  done  by  the  alumni,  or  the 
Faculty,  or  the  Managers,  to  make  Haverford  College  better 
known,  better  worthy  of  support,  better  filled  with  fitted 
students,  better  in  its  training,  better  endowed,  etc.  ?  " 

The  answers  received  in  reply  to  this  circular  were  care- 


GOVKRNMKNT    AT    AI;m'>    LKXGTH.  367 

fully  coin|mred,  jiihI  the  result  embodied  in  a  n  port  made 
to  the  aunual  meeting;  in  1877.  This  report  is  a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  history  of  the  eoliej!;e,  full  of  interest  to 
every  •ijraduate  and  friend  of  edueation  in  the  Society,  and 
contains  many  suggestions  for  the  future  action  of  its  inter- 
ested friends.  As  such,  and  as  a  record  of  the  zealous  in- 
terest of  the  Alumni  Association,  expressed  in  the  faithful 
labors  of  the  committee,  the  report  is  insertetl  entire. 
"The  committee  appointed  at  the  annual  meeting  in  187«> 

•  to  correspond  with  the  alumni  generally,  and  collect  such 
statistics  in  regard  to  the  general  interests  of  Ilaverford  as 
they  may  he  able  to  obtain,  and  rrjxtrt  to  the  ntxt  meeting 
of  the  alumni,'  respectfully  report  as  follows  : 

'•  Early  in  the  autumn  of  last  year  we  addresseil  a  circular 
letter  of  inquiry,  a  copy  of  which  is  appended  hereto,  to  each 
of  the  living  alumni  whose  address  could  be  a.scertained, 
and  to  a  few  known  friends  of  the  college,  not  alumni,  and 
also  to  each  of  the  Managers  and  Faculty. 

"  These  letters  were  sent  under  ret  urn -request  envelopes, 
and  twenty-one  were  returned  to  us  by  the  mail  service  unde- 
livered ;  to  the  remainder  we  have  received  thirty  replies, 
in  which  only  three  or  four  furnish  anything  like  statistics. 
From  these  and  such  sources  as  are  at  hand,  we  can  only 
report  that  in  many  places  the  claims  of  Haverfonl  have  not 
been  ade(|uately  known  or  appreciated,  while  in  some  they 
are  utterly  misunderst«)od  ;  that  collegiate  education  of  the 
higher  sort,  in  some  parts,  even  among  Friends,  is  not  ap- 
preciated, and  is  even  thought  harmful,  an<I  in  other  parts 

*  is  such  as  to  give  but  little  encouragement;'  on  the  otiier 
hand,  it  is  the  fact  that  in  many  places  only  limitation  of 
means  prevents  the  sons  of  Friends  from  taking  a  course  at 
Ilaverford,  while  many  with  the  best  manly  spirit  are  work- 


3G8  JIISTOKY    OF    HAVEKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

ing  their  way  through  a  preparatory  course,  and  will  event- 
ually pursue  the  academic  where  they  can  best  accomplish 
it.  These  instances,  as  they  come  to  our  knowledge,  are 
more  numerous  in  the  East  and  South.  The  apathy  and 
misapprehension  exist  mostly  in  the  Middle  and  Western 
States. 

"  Our  correspondence  has  been  somewhat  more  fruitful  in 
suggestions,  as  will  ai)pcar  from  the  extracts  which  are  ap- 
pended hereto,  and  which  are  copies  of  the  material  parts  of 
all  the  letters  of  suggestion  or  of  criticism  which  we  have 
received. 

"  These  letters  are  all  of  them  deserving  of  consideration 
many  of  them  written  by  men,  whose  names,  if  given,  would 
be  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  the  experience  and  the  earnest 
good-will  of  the  waiters ;  hence  we  have  thought  it  better  to 
let  them  be  heard  here  in  their  own  language. 

"  The  (with  one  exception)  unanimous  approval  of  the  col- 
lege and  its  management,  after  condemnation  had  been  so 
freely  invited,  is  very  gratifying  to  the  committee  ;  while  it 
is  equally  gratifying  to  find  that  so  many  are  not  sim})ly 
acquiescing  in  the  present  status  from  mere  indifference, 
but  are  with  active  interest  planning  and  inciting  or  assist- 
ing toward  the  future  improvement  and  development  of  this 
generous  mother  of  their  earlier  youth  and  deserving  child 
of  their  later  manhood. 

"  From  the  extracts  mentioned,  it  will  appear  that  the  most 
frequent  suggestion  made  is  the  need  of  more  dissemination 
of  information  concerning  the  college — more  advertising.  It 
is  recommended  that  not  only  advertisements  should  be  in- 
serted in  suitable  papers  and  periodicals,  but  that  other 
means  should  be  resorted  to,  as  that  a  brief  publication 
should  be  issued  and  circulated,  articles  be  communicated 


tJoVKUN.MKNT    AT    AUM's    UN*.!!!.  3»)9 

to  /■'//' /<-/.n"  /i''(<V*/  ami  otlii'T  pajMrs,  (liifitly  or  iiKlirt'ctly, 
making  the  colU'tje  known;  that  a  pamphlet  with  rnjjiav- 
in^s  woultl  be  suitable:  while  one  proposes  that  frieiuls  of  the 
collej^e  should  visit  the  various  nieetinj^s  of  Friends  for  the 
puri)Ose,anil  there  set  forth  the  claims  of  Ilaverfonl ;  another 
Would  have  each  alumnus  constitute  himself  a  committee 
of  one,  to  see  to  it  that  from  his  own  vicinity  one  student  is 
sent  to  Haverford  each  year. 

"That  the  eftbrts  of  the  Faculty  to  raise  the  stamlard  of 
scholarshij)  are  appreciated,  is  shown  by  the  frequent  rirom- 
mendation  that  the  reijuirements  for  admission  be  raise*!, 
and  the  examinations  made  more  rigorous. 

"  (.)ne  thinks  that  the  charges  at  the  college  should  not  be 
re<luced,as  such  a  re«luction  would  be  a  confession  of  cheaper 
a<lvantages.  and  the  higher  price  of  tuition  j)erhajts  makes 
it  seem  the  place  for  men  of  ample  means  to  send  their  sons  ; 
but  a  number  of  other  alumni  have  expressed  their  «lesire 
that  the  price  of  tuition  ami  the  expense  of  living  at  tiie 
college  may  be  reduced,  so  as  to  bring  them  belter  within 
tlie  reach  of  those  of  less  j»ecuniary  ability,  but,  as  often 
hapiK?ns,  of  more  intellectual  and  moral  advantage  to  the 
college,  and  whose  education  is  so  often  much  better  used 
for  the  benefit  of  the  community. 

"Other suggestions,  in  order  of  their  fre<iuency,  are  :  That 
more  professors,  lecturers  and  assistants  are  needed — the  lat- 
ter to  take  much  of  the  drill  and  drudgery  off  from  the  hands 
of  the  professors — so  that  they  may  have  more  time  and 
energy  for  the  higher  work  ;  that  professorships  should  Ih» 
endowed  ;  that  the  professorships  should  Iw  letter  paid  ;  that 
more  scholarships  beestablishetl ;  that  a  j»reparatory  <lepart- 
nient  be  added  :  that  in  the  charges,  tuition  be  separated  from 
lx)ard,  and  student-  be  allowe<l  to  live  where  they  choose; 
•J4 


370  1IIST(H;Y    ok    lIAVKKrOKD   C()I.LK(iK. 

that  female  students  should  be  admitted:  that  an  age  limi- 
tation be  adopted,  so  that  none  shall  l)e  graduated  at  younger 
than  nineteen  years  of  age;  that  the  religious  meetings  and 
worship  should  be  made  more  consistent  with  the  high 
eharacter  of  the  Society's  teaching  and  claims;  that  the 
teaching  and  discijdine  of  the  college  should  be  entirely  in 
the  hands  of  the  Faculty  ;  that  such  a  policy  should  be  pur- 
sued as  that  Haverford  may  raise  its  own  replenishment  of 
Faculty.  Two  think  the  religious  influence  unfavorable, 
but  not  from  any  knowledge  of  what  it  is  now  ;  one  thinks 
Haverford  education  is  '  superficial  and  dilettante  ; '  another 
says,  '  llaverfoi'd  must  be  stripped  of  its  old-fashioned,  strict 
regulations.'  One  urges  that  the  course  be  made  i>urely 
English,  even  French  and  German  to  be  optional,  while  one 
regrets  that  the  scientific  course  has  been  established;  others 
however,  favor  the  scientific  dejnirtment,  and  say  that  the 
opening  of  it  is  and  will  be  appreciated  by  many,  particu- 
larly in  tlu'  \\\'sl  ;  while  others  are  earnest  that  the  classical 
course  shall  be  preserved  unimpaired  as  the  distinctive  feat- 
ure and  opj^ortunity  of  a  college.  A  suggestion  entitled  to 
much  weight  is  made  as  to  the  necessity  of  an  arrangement 
with  one  or  more  feeding  schools,  which  shall  make  a  spe- 
cialty of  fitting  students  for  entrance  at  Haverford.  To  this 
subject  o\'  ti-ibutary  schools,  as  well  as  to  many  other  sub- 
jects above  noted,  we  can  only  invite  the  attention  of  the 
Management  and  the  Faculty. 

"  During  the  year  which  has  elapsed  since  our  appointment, 
we  have  improved  such  opportunities  as  offered  for  conver- 
sation with  others  in  respect  to  the  interests  of  Haverford, 
and  have  also  been  deeply  interested  in  the  progress  and 
development  of  the  college  and  its  incidents.  The  excellent 
report  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  made  and  printed  during 


(i»»VEI{NMKNT    AT    AKM's    I.K\<iTH.  371 

the  acudeinical  ytnir  just  closed,  presents  nuiiiy  ot  the  obser- 
vations which  \vu  nii^ht  «»th«r\vise  not  omit,  ami  in  a  Itrtter 
manner  than  we  couhl  oti'er  thi-in,  especially  in  relation  to 
the  completion  of  liarclay  Hall,  the  present  condition  of  the 
college  classes,  and  its  statement  of  other  interesting;  facts. 
Of  the  latter  a  notieeahle  oiu-  is,  that  the  average  of  the 
Kreshnun.  in  a  class  of  fourteen,  was  nineteen  years.  We 
hope  the  report  has  a  wide  circulation. 

"The  last  ( 'atalocrue  of  the  college  has  added  interest  from 
the  very  creditable  '  examination  '  papei-s,  which  take  the 
place  of  the  usual  list  of  alumni,  ami  speak  well  for  the  high 
standard  of  scholarship  reijuired.  W'f  have  also  been  glad 
to  notice,  in  our  recent  visits  to  the  College  Library,  the  ex- 
cellence of  the  card  catalogue,  which  does  so  much  to  make 
the  resources  of  the  library  readily  available,  and  al.Mj  the 
valuable  acquisition  of  books  of  standard  value  to  the 
stutlent. 

•  Nor  can  we  neglect  to  express  the  general  ai)probation  of 
the  recent  im{)rovements  in  the  athletic  and  recreative  ad- 
vantages of  the  lawn  ;  for  not  only  the  unsurpas.sed  grounds 
for  the  healthful  and  tact-developing  game  of  cricket,  re- 
cently improved  and  fitted  l)y  such  generous  private  outlay, 
but  many  other  evidences  apparent  to  one  who  looks  for 
them,  make  it  clear  that  in  respect  of  resources  conducive 
to  bodily  health,  so  necessary  to  successful  scholarship, 
Haverford  is  peculiarly  rich. 

"  F^rora  our  op|)ortunities  abovt-  named,  we  are  able  to  re- 
port, with  some  degree  of  emphasis,  that  the  majority  senti- 
ment of  the  alumni  and  earnest  friends  of  this  college  an*  in 
favor  of  a  full  and  complete  required  curriculum  ;  and  that 
while  some  snudldegree  of  election  of  studies  may  l>e  allow- 
able (as  at  present),  yet  the  college  should  never  be  allowed 


372  HISTORY    OF    HAVHHFOKD    COLLEGi:. 

to  degenerate  to  the  level — either  in  the  method  or  the  matter 
of  its  course — of  a  scientific  scliool,  or  a  mere  preparatory 
department  for  the  Senior  year  in  larger  colleges.  The 
groundwork  of  culture  and  educated  success  cannot  be  laid 
in  anything  less  than  a  thorougli  academical  course  of 
study,  in  which  the  study  of  classical  languages  and  litera- 
ture must  hold  a  large  place.  Polite  learning,  liberal  cult- 
ure and  scholarly  attainments  cannot  well  be  based  on  any- 
thing less. 

"  The  professional  schools,  the  post-academical  courses  of 
the  universities,  and  the  various  other  opportunities  so 
multiplied  in  these  later  days,  must  be  relied  upon  for 
special  culture  ;  but  the  solid  foundation  of  finished  scholar- 
ship, as  well  as  the  campus  of  mutual  sympathies  and  in- 
tercourse of  scholars,  must  be  laid  in  the  broad  and  deep 
discipline  of  the  languages,  literature,  mathematics  and 
natural  sciences  of  the  past  as  well  as  the  present,  in  their 
well-balanced  proportion,  and  in  the  broad,  logical  and 
sesthetical  training  which  is  ac(iuired  only  by  such  studies. 

"  The  American  scholar  and  gentleman,  kuXo^  Kayado<;. 
has  not  full  seizin  and  possession  of  his  own  proper  heritage 
until  he  has  been  admitted  to  the  equal  fellowship  of  the 
scholars  of  Greece  and  Italy,  of  England  and  Germany,  in 
all  time,  and  has  familiarized  himself  with  the  thought  of 
the  world  in  the  original  languages,  in  which  it  has  its  or- 
ganic development.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that,  among  Quakerly 
institutions,  one  college  may  be  sustained  where  this 
scholarship  may  find  its  nurture. 

"The  question.  What  can  the  alumni  do  more  than  the 
Management  and  the  Faculty  are  already  doing  ?  is  not  for 
this  committee  to  solve.  We  have  endeavored  to  discharge 
the  duties  imposed  by  the  resolution  under  which  we  were 


t.uVKUNMKNT    AT    AKMS    I.KNtiTH.  'M'.i 

ii)>|>uinte*l,  ami  liavo  ii<»w  npoittMl  the  results  of  our  etl'orts. 
Tlien-  art'  two  tliiii;,'s,  liuw«'v«r,  wliirh  are  tertaiuly  witliin 
tlie  province  of  tlio  alumiii  to  executi'.  aixl  wliiili  wr  dtsire 
to  reeonnneiul. 

"  \\\'  CUM  but  rtiiiiiHl  till-  Associatitui  that  the  pre.stut 
Faculty  of  the  eolle<;e  is  too  small  in  uuiiiher,  and  is  erip- 
pU'<l  in  etticieney,  if  not  Ky  htint;  iiiadecjuately  paid,  cer- 
tainly by  excessive  requirements.  A  |>n>fcssoi"ship  should 
atford  sullicicnt  rcmun«'ration,  not  only  to  secure  the  best 
talent,  but  to  keep  it,  and  to  enabh'  the  incumbent  to  avail 
himself  of  all  the  facilities  for  increasing;  his  own  attain- 
ments, which  are  consistent  with  a  reasonable  devotion  to 
his  immediate  duties;  ami  it  sjiould  not  be  force<l  down  to 
the  graile  of  a  hard-worked  teachershij)  by  the  multiplicity 
of  cares  or  the  drudgery  of  drill  and  elementary  instruction 
reijuired.  The  model  professor  must  be  enabled  to  have 
his  special  lil>rary,  lal>oiatory,  or  other  instruments  of  urip;- 
inal  research,  his  intercourse  with  other  lirst  scholars,  and 
to  publish  the  results  of  his  own  original  labor  an<l  genius; 
he  must  be  a  fresh-flowing  fountain  of  learning  and  of 
inspiration.  The  model  college  must  have  these  professors, 
and  se«'  to  it  that  they  are  not  suppressed  by  overwork  and 
under-pay. 

'Such  professorships  ought  to  be  endowed,  so  as  to  be  in- 
dependent of  the  income  of  tuition  fees,  and  then  the  nuni- 
l>er  of  assistants  and  tutors  can  be  enlarged  to  relieve  them 
from  the  routine  work  and  elementary  «lrill.  The  endow- 
ment of  one  or  more  profi'ssorships  would,  in  our  opinion, 
be  an  imme«liate  help  to  IIav<'rford;  and  while  we  trust 
that  suitable  funds  may  be  established  in  due  time  l>y 
b<Hjuest,  we  recommeiul  the  founding  of  an  Alumni  I'ro- 
fesaorship  by  subscription. 


374  HISTORY    01'    HAVER  LORD    COLLEGE. 

"The  fact  is  obvious  that  these  are  peculiarly  times  of  ad- 
vertising ;  and  it  is  equally  obvious  that  Haverford  is  not 
and  has  not  been  extensively  advertised.  It  holds  a  posi- 
tion which  will  not  only  bear  a  wide  and  liberal  heralding, 
but  which  demands  it.  Full  of  interest  in  its  earlier  history 
and  later  development,  rich  in  its  interior  and  exterior  re- 
sources for  illustration  and  description,  and  abounding  in 
variety  of  personal  character  and  incident,  both  as  to  its 
past  and  present  officers,  friends,  instructors  and  patrons,  it 
should  have  a  written  history.  Such  a  history,  written  and 
edited  by  some  one  in  sympathy  with  the  corporation  and 
the  college,  with  opportunities  and  helps,  conceived  in  a 
liberal  spirit  and  executed  in  a  generous  manner,  could  not 
fail  to  be  of  great  interest,  not  only  to  the  large  and  increas- 
ing circle  of  alumni  and  friends,  but  also  to  the  Society  of 
Friends  at  large.  It  would,  in  our  opinion,  be  the  very  best 
kind  of  advertisement.  It  would  disseminate  such  infor- 
mation as  would  not  only  dispel  the  misapprehensions 
which  now  exist  in  the  community,  but  would  also  induce 
a  large  increase  in  the  number  of  students. 

"To  the  end  that  these  recommendations  ma}'  be  brought 
before  the  Association  in  definite  form,  the  committee  offer 
and  recommend  the  passage  of  the  appended  resolutions. 

Charles  E.  Pratt, 
Charle;s  S.  Taylor, 
Wm.  H.  Hubbard, 

(By  C.  E.  r.), 

Commitlee.'^ 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  four  be  appointed  to  con- 
sider the  subject  of  founding  an  Alumni  Professorship  at 
Haverford  College,  and  the  best  means  and  conditions  of 


GOVKRNMKNT    AT    ARMS    I,K\«iTH.  '»7.' 

establishing  tlu'  .siiiiie ;  ami  to  take  suhscription.s  fur  that 
purpose,  ami  to  report  at  our  luxt  aiinuul  meeting. 

liesoh't'd,  That  a  eonnuittee  of  live  be  apj)oiijteil,  with 
full  powers,  to  procure  the  preparation  and  publication  of 
a  ileseriptive  and  illustrated  History  of  Ilaverford  College, 
from  its  beginning  as  a  seho(»l  to  the  present  time,  as 
spi'idily  as  prarticable;  but  the  committee  are  instructed  to 
proceed  with  the  actual  publication  of  such  history  only 
with  apprt)val  of  the  Secretary  of  tlu-  Corp<^)ration,  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  iioard  of  Managers,  and  the  President  of  the 
Faculty,  before  reporting  to  this  Association. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  following  committees 
appointed  under  the  resolutions  : 

Committee  <>n  Alumni  /Vo/<'.s.sor.s/<//>. 
CiiAiti.Ks  IIautshokne,  Waltku  Wood. 

Charles  S.  Taylor,  Kkihkx  Haines. 

Crmiviittec  for  the  History  of  the  CoUefje. 
Bkx.i.  \'.  Mai:-m,  Cuaklks  11.  ri:ATT. 

Charles  Kokkkts.  V.  B.  (Jimmkuk, 

Hi>\\  Ai;l>  (  'oMl-OUT 


An  ohl  student  has  furnishe<l  the  following  interesting 
recollei'tions  of  tin-  period  from  \Si\{\  to  \s~{),  which  will  be 
appreciated  by  our  readers. 

It  was  about  ISOo  and  180<»  that  the  W  esltown  .set  first  be- 
came an  appreciable  atom  in  Haverfonl  life;  before  that 
only  one  or  two  Westtown  fellows  were  there  at  a  time. 
Since  then  Westtown  Board ing-School  has  generally  luul 
several  representatives,  and  such  as  came  direct  from  one 
place  to  the  other  were  apt  to  take  front  rank  in  their  studies, 
especially  in  mathematics.  In  cla.Hsics  they  were  usually 
backward. 

The  Junior  exhibition  in  IS'IO  attracted  nn  official  visit 


376  msTOKY    OK    HAVERFORD    COLLE(iE. 

from  Westtown.  Six  teachers  and  some  scholars  drove  over 
in  a  large  four-horse  sleigh.  In  the  Spring  of  1867  a  baseball 
mutch  was  played  witli  the  Westtown  Club,  at  Haverford, 
in  which  Haverford  was  victorious  by  a  score  of  44  to  43. 
It  is  but  fair  to  say  the  visitors  were  without  some  of  their 
best  men,  and  among  the  Haverford  nine  were  three  old 
Westtown  boys. 

Very  little  coasting  was  done  between  18<)5  and  1870,  and 
that  little  by  old  Westtown  scholars,  who  tramped  the  coun- 
try around  for  hills  and  never  wore  a  good  track. 

Eleventh  month  11th,  1867,  the  Seniors  and  Juniors  sat 
up  to  watch  for  meteors.  The  shower  began  about  4  a.m., 
and  the  watchers  then  rang  the  boll  to  rouse  the  rest  of  the 
college.  The  display  lasted  until  dawn,  in  spite  of  the  bright 
moonlight.  The  Ledger  and  North  American  contained 
long  accounts  of  the  observations  made  at  the  college. 

The  students  were  never  more  interested  in  astronomy 
than  when  classes  from  Longstreth's  or  Shipley's — schools  for 
girls — came  out  to  spend  an  evening  in  the  observatory. 
Happy  was  he  who  could  join  the  party  on  any  pretext; 
thrice  fortunate  the  student  invited  "  to  assist ''  the  Professor 
in  handling  the  instruments  and  making  explanations. 

In  previous  years  it  luid  been  a  custom  to  ring  the  small 
bell  to  usher  in  the  New  Year.  It  was  usually  done  by  the 
lower  classes.  On  New  Year's,  1866,  the  Junior  Class  having 
sufficient  weight  of  numbers,  prevented  it,  in  opposition  to 
the  rest.  On  New  Year's,  1867,  it  was  resolved  to  ring  the 
bell  vi  ct  annis,  and  elaborate  preparations  were  made,  but  a 
few  minutes  before  the  hour  Professor  Dillingham  appeared 
and  recjuested  us  to  give  it  up,  and  it  was  not  rung.  Next 
morning  he  thanked  the  students  for  their  gentlemanly  . 
consideration,  and   proposed  "  three  rousing  cheers  for  Old 


GOVKRNMKNT    AT    AKMS    I.KNt.TH.  377 

Ilaverfonl, "  which  were  ^iveii  witli  great  enthusiasm.  Since 
tlien  tijc  oM  custom  luis  been  frowned  down  hy  the  otlicers 
and  students  also,  and  any  ringitiLr  has  heen  done  l»y  indi- 
vidual concern. 

IIazinu, 
Called  "rushing''  in  llavcrford  slang,  was  mort-  talked  (if 
than  done.  On  the  tii-st  few  evenings  of  each  Fall  term 
the  Freshmen  ran  a  chance  of  finding  slat.s  gone  from  their 
beds,  or  similar  |Mtty  dispensations  to  en<lure.  These  were 
generally  j)robationary  trials.  If  any  wm-  so  unwise  as  not 
to  receive  these  attentions  with  grateful  ajipieeiation,  the 
chance  of  a  repetition  of  the  dose  was  increased. 

Nothing  of  a  serious  nature  was  done  between  '•')<■>  and  "7", 
excepting  in  one  instance,  when  a  Fnslmian,  who  waseon- 
sidercd  Id  have  conducted  himsi'lf  in  a  manner  particularly 
obnoxious  to  the  dignity  of  the  upper  classes,  and  l)id  defi- 
ance to  "  rushing,''  was  seized  one  evening,  carried  under  a 
hydrant,  and  well  dampened  from  head  to  foot.  The  spirit 
of  the  ancient  Friends  sustained  him,  f(»r  he  announced  dur- 
ing his  baptism  that  impudence  was  a  fast  color  and  would 
not  wash  out.  The  general  sentiment  of  the  better  and 
more  influential  stutlents  was  opposed  to  this  custom  in  any 
shape.  It  assumed  such  mild  forms,  however,  that  nothing 
was  done  and  not  much  sai«l  on  the  subject. 

The  following  anec«lotes  of  Dr.  Swift,  who  had  recently 
left  the  college,  were  current  in  our  day: 

"  I'll  give  thee  a  collegiate  degree — H.IV — Blundering 
Blockhead.' 

To  one  "  kept  in  "  he  said  in  deep  earnest,  "  What  I  smil- 
ing when  confined  on  a  charge  of  immorality?  Shocking 
depravity  in  one  so  young." 

On  seeing    a    boy    in    his    class    chewing    a    toothpick: 


378  HISTORY    OF    HAVKHFORD    COLLEGE. 

''  What's  that  boy  doing?  Chewing  a  goose-quill, and  only 
a  gosling  himself.  '" 

.  He  was  opposed  to  new-fangled  scientific  theories,  among 
whicli  lie  classed  evolution,  and  doubted  the  existence  of 
such  an  animal  as  the  gorilla,  and  when  students  referred 
to  the  fact  that  Professor  Cope  had  on  his  desk  a  plaster  cast 
of  a  gorilla's  head,  he  would  triumphantly  exclaim,  "Ah! 
what  purports  to  be  the  head  of  a  gorilla  I  " 

Seniors'  Christmas  and  New  Year's. 

It  was  the  custom  of  each  Senior  Class  occupying  the  cor- 
ner Senior-room  toward  tlie  library,  to  decorate  it  with  fes- 
toons of  evergreen,  composed  of  laurel  or  crow-foot.  For 
this  purpose  the  least  lazy  would  organize  Argonautic  expe- 
ditions for  emerald  fleece  to  the  woods  around  Morris's  dam, 
with  Mike  Gallagher's  mule  and  cart  to  carry  home  the 
spoil.  Then  class  mottoes  were  made  over  the  fireplace, 
which  the  class  of  '71  soon  afterward  made  beautiful  with 
new  slate  mantel  ornaments,  and  the  succeeding  classes 
almost  as  soon  ruined  by  bad  treatment. 

In  this  room  the  Seniors  were  accustomed  to  have  a 
watch-meeting  while  awaiting  the  arrival  of  their  graduat- 
ing year.  Refreshments  of  cake  from  home,  cider  from  the 
farmer's,  mince  pies,  spiced  oysters  (always  poor),  a  roast 
turkey  (ever  good),  tongue  and  fruit — a  portion  of  which  was 
wisely  sent  to  the  Superintending  Professor  up-stairs — 
made  the  hours  pass  pleasantly  until  the  time  came  to  usher 
the  year  in  with  class  song.  Next  after  the  New  Year  would 
appear  the  old  Professor,  who,  after  congratulations,  would 
suggest  an  immediate  retirement. 

The  Visits  of  Friends 
In  the  ministry  were  always  pleasant  events,  apart  from 
the  advice  and  instruction  given.     Among  them  occur  the 


GnVKKNMKNT    AT    A1:m's    I.KNiiTH.  379 

numes  of  (Jilbert  Conj^tloii  ami  Kli  Juius  'llic  latter,  osjk?- 
tiaily,  fioiii  fi'e4|Ui>ut  visiU  to  otiier  lauds,  was  UkW  of  interest- 
ing incidents,  auil  tlavoretl  all  discourse  with  a  «|nitt  Inmior 
that  paved  the  way  for  other  impressions. 

<  )n  one  occasi()n.  after  an  appointed  meeting,  he  showed 
us  a  horn,  such  as  l>avid  so  often  "  exalted  ;'"  bells  for  ladies' 
ankles;  cones  from  Mount  Lebanon ;  girdle  and  ink-jjorn  of 
the  scribe,  heavily  ornamented  in  Jewish  tiiste;  the  Book  of 
Kstlier,  a  roll  in  Hebrew  characters  on  leather,  wrapped  upon 
a  stick  ;  also  phylacteries,  which  he  "  fastened  upon  his 
lu-ad,  and  bound  as  a  frontlet  between  hi<  eyes,'"  as  Moses 
commanded. 

Class  Ks. 

Soon  after  entering  college  a  class  usually  selected  a  mott(» 
and  device,  an«l  a  full  set  of  otticers,  both  active  and  passive, 
including  orator,  poet  and  proj)het.  If  they  were  very  en- 
terprising, class  canes  were  adopti-d,  but  never  before  the 
Sophomore  year,  for  dire  is  the  wrath  nf  the  gods  against 
a  cane-carrying  Freshman.  For  one  class,  at  least,  a  uni- 
form cap  was  adopted.  There  was  little  or  no  antagonism 
between  classes.  The  small  number  of  students  and  the 
family  charaeter  of  the  institution  prevented  it.  Then  the 
cla.«'ses  were  divided  between  the  two  societies,  and  the  society 
feeling  was.  if  anything,  .stronger  than  ila.ss  feeling. 

These  two  natural  divisions  of  the  students  found  expres- 
sion in  matehes  at  cricket  and  basel>all.  and  also  to  .some 
extent  in  sustaining  the  Loganian  Society,  which,  being  a 
public  society,  was  u.se<I  as  a  parade-ground  for  the  l)est 
talent  of  the  private  societies.  The  best  exercises  of  the 
Athenipum  and  Everett  were  very  apt  to  reappear  in  the 
Loganian.  In  four  years,  l)etween  1S<;<;  an<I 'To,  tliere  wa.s 
never  but  one  attempt  to  fraterni/e  between  the  .\fli.ii;e\iiii 


380 


JliSTOUV    OF    HAVEKFORD    (  ULLEciE. 


and  Everett.  In  the  winter  of  '07  tlie  Everett  gave  an 
entertainment  to  the  Atlienajum  in  the  latter's  rooms — 
speeches  were  made,  songs  sung,  stories  told,  cakes  and 
lemonade  handed  around.  It  was  well  designed,  but  re- 
sulted in  rather  a  solemn  time,  and  was  never  repeated. 

Professor  (iummere's  Silver  "Wedding  was  celebrated,  1st 
month  9th,  1870,  in  a  way  very  satisfactory  to  the  students. 
Unknown  to  them  he  organized  a  surprise  supper  of  oysters, 


.MAi'i.i;  .\vi;m  K. 


cakes,  coffee  and  ice-cream.  When  we  went  down  into  the 
old  dining-room  he  stood  in  the  middle,  and  welcomed  us 
in  an  affectionate  speech,  saying  "  that  next  to  his  immediate 
relations  he  loved  us  best,  and  hoped  we  all  might  have  tlie 
pleasure  of  celebrating  our  own  silver  weddings  with  as 
much  happiness  to  look  back  upon  as  had  been  his  own  lot." 
The  students  regarded  Professor  Gummere  with  much 


(iOVKRNMKM     AT    AKM's    I.KNUTM.  381 

attV'Ction,  not  only  on  mcomit  «»l"  his  a*;*-,  l)Ut  l>ecausi'  liis 
gontlf  iiKiiuitis  ami  jU(li»io\i<  tnatiiu'iit  partook  so  i  nut- h  of 
the  j>atenial  oharacttT. 

Many  of  the  stiulent.s  lii;,'hly  a|)|»reciate<l  the  beauty  ol  tlie 
hiwn.  Ahijtle  Avenue  atronle'd  eonstant  joy,  tirst  in  tlie  deli- 
cate green  «)f  early  spring,  then  beneatii  gn-at  tents  of  suin- 
nu'r  foliage,  changing  to  tlu-  bright  glory  of  the  autiunii. 
Tiu'  old  seats  in  the  forest  trees  were  usrd  by  a  ft-w  adven- 
turous sj)irits,  but  were  soon  abandoned  as  dangerous,  and 
seats  built  in  two  of  the  i>urple  beeches. 

The  clamor  of  birds  in  spring  and  suninur  mornings, 
tilt'  long  peculiar  murmur  of  the  seventeen-year  locust,  in 
I'Stj^,  and,  above  all,  the  ^lory  of  the  April  moonlight  on  the 
snowy  blossoms  of  the  old  magnolia,  are  memories  that  have 
gladdened  many  a  later  year. 

<  )ne  (lay,  however,  in  the  spring  of  18t)7,  some  of  the  stu- 
dents found  seated  on  one  of  the  benches  on  the  lawn  a  pa- 
triarchal-looking man  in  the  garb  of  a  tramp,  lie  j>roved 
to  l>e  General  Daniel  Pratt,  who,  for  forty  years,  live<l  on 
charity,  spending  much  of  his  time  in  tramping  from  one 
college  to  another,  and  was  better  known  to  old  collegians 
than  some  of  their  own  profes.sors.  In  all  respect^s  he  was 
"peculiar,"  but  quiet  and  inoll'ensiv.  .  When  .some  greiit 
question  stirred  his  mind  he  would  become  much  excited, 
and,  in  attempting  to  express  his  ideas,  he  would  get  tangled 
all  up  in  great  words,  of  the  meaning  of  which  he  did  not 
hav<'  the  remotest  idea. 

nn  this  occasion  he  exj)res.sed  a  desire  to  address  the 
students.  Arrangements  were  made  by  the  Seniors,  and  at 
four  o'clock  all  gathered  in  good  order  in  tiie  old  collecting- 
room.  The  address  that  followed  contained  much  sound 
adviee,  .sensibly  expressed,  but  was  (dteii  obscured  bv  thr 
mists  that  would  roll  into  the  speaker's  brain. 


382  HISTORY    OF    HAVEHFOKD    COLLEGE. 

The  following  account  appeared  in  a  rhiladeli)liia  paper: 
Genehai.  Pratt  at  Havkklord  College. 

Where  is  the  man,  eitlier  lean  or  fat, 
Who  lias  not  heard  of  General  Pratt  7 

Last  week  there  appeared  and  lectured  at  Haverford  Col- 
lege the  "  Great  American  Traveller,"  Daniel  Pratt,  LL.D., 
D.B.,  and  perpetual  candidate  for  the  Presidential  chair. 
Crowned  with  a  hat  the  wars  have  seen,  while  the  other 
extremes  are  lost  in  a  pair  of  the  largest-sized  Government 
shoes — the  gift  of  General  Howard,  and  which  (so  the 
wearer  says)  have  been  bespoken  by  its  students  for  the 
Archives  of  Harvard  University — the  appearance  of  the 
General  is  eminently  "  seedy;  "  so  that  to  find  fit  source  for 
the  eminence  to  which  he  has  attained  it  is  necessary  to 
give  ear  to  his  refusal  to  be  adjudged  "by  his  cloth;  to 
remember  that " — as  he  otherwise  axiomatically  expressed 
it — "  we  can't  tell  how  far  a  toad  can  hop  till  we  see  him 
jump."  Daniel's  appearance  on  the  platform  was  greeted 
with  an  outburst  of  applause  that  for  two  hours  continued 
to  ebb  and  flow,  ending  with  a  flow  as  the  hat  was  passed 
round.  Speaking  concerning  "  The  Influence  of  the  Intel- 
lect on  Materialisms,"  the  lecturer  keenly  observed  that 
in  order  to  succeed  as  a  doctor,  a  lawyer,  or  a  minister, 
it  is  necessary  to  win  the  favor  of  the  fairer  sex  (for 
whom  the  Doctor  seems  to  cherish  a  profound  respect, 
although  his  devotion  to  the  sciences — so  he  says — has  left 
him  no  time  to  cultivate  his  emotions);  that  the  "Uni- 
versal Law  of  Repulsion  "  both  urges  "  the  hungry  man  to 
eat,"  and  the  frog  to  jump  from  water  that  is  too  hot 
for  him  ;  and  that  "  to  get  a  hog  to  enter  a  pen  we  must 
drive  him   the   other   way."     While  these  were  his   main 


CJOVKHNMKXT    AT    AK.MS    LKNcTII.  383 

jHjints,  the  woiulerfully  discursive  style  of  tin-  lecturi-r  a<l- 
initted  of  the  appropriate  iiitroduetion  of  divers  poems 
touching  upon  the  immortality  of  fame,  wiiieh.  with  \i\< 
usual  modesty,  he  cited  with  peculiar  gusto.  Of  these  the 
following  heautiful  ode  is  an  example: 

Sotiixl,  S4)iiiul  tlif  |iuM(lr<>iis  liuKH^ ; 

Ken<i  lilt'  welkin  with  your  flicers ; 
Se«,  net-  the  luifjhty  traveller, 

(Jreiit  haiiiel   I'ratt  appears  ! 

ilikch  i)ii  a  goriu^eous  I>ox  he  iiiuunt.'<, 

Whiwe  splendors  far  excel 
That   wondrous  tiih  of  storietl  fame, 

Where  Hiojjenes  did  dwell. 


Ho|)e  still  survives — great  I'ratt  may  yet 

Our  ctiuntry's  fame  pro«lure  : 
For  wa-  not  Komo.  imperial   Home,  preserved 

\\y  the  ca>klin>;  of  a  i;oo«e '.' 

The  lively  gesticulation  of  the  speaker  increases  the  elVect 
of  these,  especially  when  at  the  close  of  a  vei-se  that  lands 
him  in  the  "  Presidential  chair,"  he  is  so  enlivened  hy  the 
thought  as  to  vault  (shoes  accompanying)  over  the  back  of 
a  chair  that  stood  near  him;  or  in  the  delivery  of  another 
that  commences  with  a  reference  to  his  poetical  |H)Wers  in 
the  words:  "Let  Shakespeare  stand  behind  the  do(»r."  and 
emls  with  the  emphatic  declaration  that  there  has  not  lived 
his  equal  as  an  orator  since  the  death  of  Halaam's  ass. 

At  the  end  of  the  second  hour,  and  while  liis  ardor  was 
still  unabated,  "  our  speaker  "  was  interrupted  by  a  gentle- 
man to  whom  ha<l  been  assigned  the  honor  of  presenting 
him  a  certificate  in  evidence  of  his  having  been  elecU*d 
an  jjonorary  ghost  of  the  defunct  Kuethean  Association. 
This  was  received  witii  peculiar  grace,  and  having  been 
with  great  unanimity  nominated  for  the  next  Presidency, 


384  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKF«»KI)    COLLKGE. 

and  having  intimated  his  willingness  to  address  an  audience 
of  cultivated  Philadelphians  on  "  The  Ten-Billion-Dollar 
Intellectual  Balance  Wheel,"  he  set  out  to  ascertain  the  terms 
of  the  Academy  of  Music.  Believe  me,  reader,  that  as  to  the 
Queen  of  Sheba  of  Solomon,  so  to  this  of  Daniel,  not  the 
half  has  been  told. 

5th  month  9th,  1808,  the  la.st  year  of  this  j)eriod,  saw  the 
first  cricket  match  of  that  year.  It  was  played  against  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Ilaverford  won  with  ease, 
scoring  56  and  38  to  their  opponents'  24  and  40.  The  only 
man  on  either  side  who  reached  double  figures  was  Comfort, 
who  scored  10  (run  out).  This  game  was  played  not  in  the 
"  meadow,"  but  in  the  field  below  Woodside  Cottage.  A  large 
canvas  tent  was  erected  for  the  occasion.  Four  other  games 
were  played  this  spring  by  the  Dorians,  who  easih'  came  off 
victors  in  all. 

A  paper  is  still  preserved  by  one  of  the  alumni,  giving 
the  first  eleven  for  the  season  of  1868,  and  a  diagram  of 
their  positions  in  the  field. 

We  observe  that  there  are  no  drives  at  either  end  ;  we 
therefore  conclude  that  both  bowlers  are  fast.  This  being  so, 
the  absence  of  a  third  man  is  significant;  the  Haverfordian 
of  '68  cannot  have  been  proficient  in  cutting.  The  presence 
of  two  legs  is,  however,  not  unusual,  though  it  might  have 
been  expected  that  one  would  be  sharper.  Another  fielder 
is  emploj^ed  as  back-stop — a  refiection  on  the  ability  of  the 
wicket-keeper.  Lastly,  it  may  be  gathered  that  little  at- 
tention was  paid  to  the  fitness  of  individual  players  for 
certain  positions  in  the  field.  For  example,  short  slip  plays 
mid-on,  and  square  leg  plays  mid-ofF.  Nowadays  men  who 
are  suited  for  one  of  these  positions  seldom  take  the  other  ; 
but  what  clearly  proves  the  point  is  the  fact  that  the  fielders 


•  inVI  KN.MKNT    AT    AKMS    IKNi.TM.  385 

aiv  <livi«k'<l   into  jmirs  win.  cliiiii^'c  wiili  vm-\i  other  evi-rv 
over;  tlu'  whole  field  not  rliaiij^iii;,'  iiJ<lisrriminatelv. 

Moreover,  a  rii,Mcl  ImttiiiH;  onlrr  i^  ^'iven  lor  the  rleven, 
which  shows  that  the  taptaiii  ha<i  not  then  learned  the 
iuiportanee  of  watehinj,'  the  varyinj;  stages  of  the  game, 
and  sending  in  men  aceonjing  to  their  individual  batting 
iiualities. 


26 


CHAPTER  XIII. 
GOVERNMENT  BY  THE  EACULTY.    1872-70. 

It  seems  to  be  assumed  on  all  sides  that  Haverford  is  to  di- 
velop.  No  one  thinks  that  she  should  stand  still,  in 
morals,  scholarship,  material  eciuipment,  or  quality  and 
(juantity  of  results. — Pki:sidp:xt  Shakpj.ess. 


THK  iH'ADKANciLK 


In  1870  Haverford  Colletie  celebrated  her  fortieth  birth- 
day.    She  liad   at  last  grown   from  a  first-class  boarding- 

C'.sd) 


•  iOVKKNMKNT    l!V    Till:    FACULTY.  387 

sclioi»l  to  a  ivspectable  oollt*ge,  aiul  tliougit  she  liad  passed 
tlirougli  several  periods  of  <lepression  aiuI  one  apparent  col- 
lapse, Vet  now  jici-  prosj)eets  for  life  and  usefulness  were 
brighter  than  ever  before.  There  was  a  certain  renewed 
vigor  in  her  frame  which  coultl  not  fail  to  impress  those  in 
closest  contact  with  her,  even  if  its  outward  and  visible 
signs  did  not  manifest  themselves  until  a  late  period.  In 
the  course  of  four  decades,  even  in  so  conservativr  an  in- 
stitution as  llaverford,  conditions  ha<l  so  changed  as  to 
demand  new  regulations.  We  have  seen  that  in  1S71  the 
whole  matter  of  government  and  discipline  was  transferred 
to  the  Faculty  of  the  college — a  step  the  importance  of 
which  can  hardly  be  overestimated. 

The  old  principle  of  "  family  government  '  had  relaxed 
somewhat  in  its  severity.  Several  obnoxious  rules  had  been 
abrogated,  and  certain  privileges  granted;  yet,  as  compared 
with  other  American  colleges,  the  idea  of  self-government 
and  personal  liberty  had  as  yet  no  very  important  place  in 
theeconomyof  llaverford.  The  stu«lent  found  his  periods 
of  study,  sleep  and  recreation  clearly  delined  by  the  historic 
bell;  ami,  in  the  dining-room,  where  the  hours  for  breakfast, 
dinner  and  supper  were  "duly  observed,"  the  long  tables 
were  presided  over  by  those  in  authority — from  which  it 
will  he  seen  that  the  "guarded-education  "  theory  was  still 
held  in  honor.  At  the  same  time  the  strong  fraternal  feel- 
ing, which  has  always  been  a  distinguishing  characteristic 
of  llaverford,  had  by  no  means  abated. 

It  would  be  ditlicult  to  tind  an  institution  where  the 
student-life  was  so  genial  and  intimate,  and  where  the  con- 
ditions were  so  favorable  to  the  formation  of  friendships. 
Distinctions  between  the  ditlerent  cla.s.ses  were  hardly  recog- 
nized.    With  such  limited  mnnbers,  cla.ss  matches  could  not 


388  HISTOHY    OF    HAVKHI'OKD    C<)LLP:GE. 

result  ill  unfriendly  rivalry,  while  victories  over  a  '"  foreign 
foe  "  only  served  to  increase  the  feeling  of  general  good- 
fellowship  and  pride  in  the  Alma  Mater. 

Privatus  illis  census  erat  brevis, 
Commune  magnum. 

The  literary  societies,  to  one  or  more  of  which  every  stu- 
dent belonged,  also  formed  a  strong  bond  of  union.  But, 
perhaps,  the  most  important  among  the  influences  wdiich 
conduced  to  this  Haverford  Freemasonry  was  the  time- 
honored  study-room,  of  which,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  it 
was  so  soon  to  be  abolished,  brief  notice  may  here  be  per- 
mitted. Possibly  the  advantages  of  co-operative  study, 
under  the  iinmediate  supervision  of  an  instructor  and  in  a 
poorly  ventilated  room,  smelling,  as  a  Sophomore  gracefully 
remarked,  "like  a  soap  factory,"  w^ere  at  the  time  not  fully 
appreciated  by  the  average  Haverfordian.  Yet,  however 
irksome  it  might  be,  every  student  was  obliged  to  spend 
here  certain  hours  over  his  books.  There  was  no  help  for 
it.  Even  in  the  "  perfect  days "  of  springtime,  when  the 
"crow's-nest"  invited  most  irresistibly  to  its  airy  retreat,  the 
bell  sounded  unrelentingly.  Then  it  was  that  the  odious 
ban,  which  from  this  time  appears  almost  annually  on  the 
Faculty  records,  was  re-enacted :  "That  no  student  should 
be  excused  from  a  regular  study  collection  to  study  else- 
where ;  that  every  absence  from  a  study  collection,  not 
understood  by  the  officer  in  charge,  should  be  reported  to 
the  Superintendent,  and  that  the  usual  five  minutes'  recess 
at  11  A.M.  should  be  changed,  during  the  remainder  of 
the  term,  to  10  o'clock,  after  the  end  of  which  no  eating  of 
lunch  should  be  allowed  in  the  study-room." 

This  "  lunch  "  was  formerly  a  prerogative  of  the  Seniors, 
which  had  been  extended  to  the  whole  college,  but  the  dese- 


tjnVKUNMKNI     11^     TIIK    IA<  I  I.TV.  389 

cratioii  of  tlu'  study-room  thus  involvt-d  was  iiiuir  apimieiit 
than  real,  tor  tlit-  famous  pies  were  imleed  worthy  of  the 
place.     For  once  Plato  and  Kpicurus  were  at  peace. 

Hut  .study  was  not  the  only  purj)ose  that  this  room  suh- 
served.  Here  the  forces  were  marshalled  for  those  soul- 
thrillinj^  debates  with  whith  the  walls  of  the  present 
«lining-room  so  often  rtsoundrd.  litre,  too,  ahout  the 
glowing  stove,  imagination  tried  her  holdest  Mights,  whih- 
the  Freshman  was  shut  out  from  the  eharme«l  circle,  till  he 
had  earned  admi.«<sion  l>y  a  song.  Here,  as  nowhere  else, 
tile  students  learned  to  respect  each  other's  personality. 

The  following  resolution,  adopted  (?i  hy  the  students  for 
the  sake  of  preserving  good  order  and  keeping  cushion  hos- 
tilities within  due  hounds,  are  taken  from  TIic  Collegian  of 
this  period : 

liesolved,  That  if  any  person  he  stru<k  l>y  a  »u<hioii  lit- 
is not  allowed  to  tliidw  more  than  six  in  rrtiirn — donhle 
the  number  at  a  l-'reshman.  If  the  j)erson  that  threw  it  hi- 
not  conveniently  near,  he  will  not  be  allowed  to  hit,  in 
return,  more  than  four  unoffending  stutlents — double  the 
number  of  Freshmen.  <  )n  no  account  will  more  than  ten 
cushions  be  allowed  to  describe  j)aral)olas  at  one  time. 
Chairs  are  not  to  be  used  as  missiles  until  all  cushions  are 
exhausted. 

This  may  seem  like  unfair  discrimination  against  the 
Freshmen,  but  it  must  be  reinemberetl  that,  at  this  time, 
very  benigiited  views  were  generally  entertained  with  regard 
to  their  proper  treatment,  although  llavrrftud  in  this  re- 
spect held  a  jK)sition  far  in  advance  of  most  colleges.  Here 
hazing  was  a  very  mihl  ordeal.  It  consistetl  merely  of  the 
blanket  rites  in  the  gymnasium,  and  a  few  other  harmless 
ceremonies,  deemed  necessarv  to  show  the  newcomers  their 


390  HISTOKY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

relative  inferiority  and  teach  tlieni  due  respect  for  author- 
ity. This  year  especially,  they  were  treated  with  extreme 
consideration.  The  Sophomores  had  among  their  number 
a  disciple  of  Lucretia  Mott,  a  great  admirer  of  Lowell  and 
Whittier,  those  champions  of  the  weak  against  the  strong, 
into  whose  "mores'^  the  "studia'^  of  Dyniond  had  entered 
and  borne  fruit.  With  him  for  their  Nestor,  they  deter- 
mined not  to  maltreat  the  Freshmen,  simply  because  they 
were  Freshmen,  but,  as  long  as  they  remained  civil,  to  leave 
them  unmolested — to  which  purpose  they  steadfastly  ad- 
hered, even  in  spite  of  provocation  that  almost  shook  their 
faith  in  its  wisdom.  But,  instead  of  introducing  a  new  era 
in  this  respect  at  Haverford,  as  they  had  hoped,  they  were 
chagrined  to  find  that  their  example  was  wholly  ignored. 
The  Freshmen  themselves  seemed  to  consider  tlie  plan  a 
failure,  and,  when  their  time  came,  returned  with  full  accord 
and  redoubled  energy  to  the  old  custom. 

Allusion  has  already  been  made  to  the  absence  of  class 
feeling  at  Haverford.  Considerable  rivahy,  however,  ex- 
isted between  the  two  literary  societies,  the  Everett  and  the 
Athena3um,  and  no  efibrts  were  spared  to  secure  new  mem- 
bers. Their  respective  merits,  real  as  well  as  imaginary,  were 
eloquently  set  forth,  and  the  newcomer,  particularly  if  he 
showed  signs  of  promise,  was  besieged  with  such  pertinacity 
that  at  length,  from  sheer  exhaustion,  he  dropped  into  one 
society  or  the  other — it  mattered  little  which. 

Among  the  attractions  offered  by  these  societies  was  the 
use  of  their  private  libraries,  the  existence  of  which  had,  up 
to  this  time,  been  ignored  by  the  Faculty.  As  they  con- 
sisted chiefly  of  novels — a  branch  of  literature  not  repre- 
sented in  the  college  collections — these  secret  archives  were 
eagerly  patronized.     But  the  enjoyment  of  this  forbidden 


liOVKKNMKXT    BY    THK    IA(  II.TY.  301 

truit  was  of  short  <liii*ation.  In  tlir  spring  uf  tliis  year  they 
weresoUl,  hy  orckr  «»f  th«-  I'aciilty,  ami  thr  jtroceeds  ex|K*iule<l 
for  books  of  a  more  approved  character,  to  he  added  to  the 
respective  sections  of  the  College  Lihrary,  helonging  to  tin* 
societies. 

Besides  the  two  organizations  already  nuntioiied,  the 
Loganiai.  had  as  yet  lost  little  of  its  original  prestige.  It  was 
still  comparatively  easy  to  secure  a  (lUorum,  and  no  .sound 
of  reorganization  had  hi'cn  heard.  The  i*rot"essors  were  a 
strong  power  in  the  meetings,  and  their  active  participation 
did  much  to  encourage  general  interest,  while  making  the 
exercises  profitable  to  tiie  un<lergraduates.  To  the  pages  of 
The  CoUe(finn,  which  shows  at  this  period  a  fair  niodicum 
of  wit  and  wisdom,  "Dr.  Dryasdust"  was  a  fre<iuent  and 
popular  contribut()r  ;  in  short,  he  was  generally  considered 
the  most  literary  character  in  college. 

An  innovutitin  of  this  winter,  which  gave  no  little  .satis- 
faction to  the  students,  was  the  introduction  of  mid-year 
examinations,  each  class  being  allowed  two  subjects.  Nor 
did  this  change  involve  the  sacrifice  of  the  customary  ex- 
amination l»everage,  which  Hannah  Kite,  the  kindest  of 
matrons,  always  provided.  The  generous  pitcher  of  rasp- 
berry shrub  still  grace<l  the  window-seat,  and  often,  when 
sore  perplexe<l  by  the  unfamiliar  aspect  of  some  puzzling 
<|Ui»stion.  did   its 

.    .    .  iHiolinK  !>en>«> 
(f  title  down  mir  ^lrll»^y  iiuiolence. 

.\  matter  which  seems  often  to  have  claimed  the  attention 
of  the  Faculty  was  the  use  of  tobacco — an  evil  which  had 
now  increased  to  such  an  extent  as  to  demand  some  more 
decided  action.  Accordingly  it  was  resolved:  "That  tln' 
law  requiring  the  disuse  of  tobacco  by  the  students  should 


392  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    roLI.EC.K. 

be  enforced  as  thoroughly  as  possible,  after  the  present 
year;  and  that  every  student  coming  to  the  college  next 
year,  and  afterwards,  should  be  made  distinctly  to  under- 
stand, by  public  announcement  at  the  end  of  this  year  and 
b}'  information  extended  to  applicants  for  admission,  that 
he  will  not  be  allowed  to  remain  here  in  the  use  of 
tobacco." 

The  character  of  the  instruction  and  class-room  exercises 
at  this  time  were  not  of  such  a  nature  as  to  give  the  student 
much  opportunity  for  shirking  his  daily  duty.  German 
university  methods  had  not  been  adopted  to  any  consider- 
able extent.  In  these  days,  when  somewhat  different  ideas 
prevail  as  to  the  distribution  of  labor  between  teacher  and 
student,  it  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  glance,  for  the  sake 
of  comparison,  at  the  code  of  rules  by  which  the  matter  was 
regulated  at  Haverford  fifteen  years  ago. 

"  The  Faculty,  desiring  that  a  high  standard  of  scholar- 
ship and  decorum  in  recitations  sliould  be  maintained, 
hereby  state,  for  their  own  guidance  and  that  of  all  instruc- 
tors in  the  college,  the  following  particulars  as  important  to 
be  observed  : 

"  (1)  Such  lessons  to  be  set,  preparatory  for  each  recitation, 
as  will  be  likely  to  require  two  hours'  faithful  work  on  the 
part  of  well-prepared  students. 

"  (2)  To  pursue  such  methods  in  hearing  recitations  as 
will  make  it  obviously  necessary  for  all  to  study  their  les- 
sons diligently. 

"(3)  Each  instructor  is  authorized  and  advised  to  require 
neglected  lessons  to  l)e  prepared  satisfactorily  by  each 
student  before  he  proceeds  further  with  his  class — whatever 
class  it  may  be. 

"(4)  To  require  the  chief  performance  of  the  recitations 


(iOVEKNMKNT    i:v    THi;    I  .V(  I  I  IV.  81K{ 

from  tilt'  >tuilenl^,  iiiiil  a.s  littlf  :is  |M.>.Nil)lc  tVoiii  himsflf. 
interrogatively  or  otiierwise. 

"(5)  WhiK'  tliily  interspersing  illustrative  matter  not 
fomulin  the  lesson,  to  see  that  the  time  is  nevertheless  one 
of  nu-ntal  diseiplint.'  rather  than  of  iliscursivr  entfrtainnuiit 
for  the  stutlcnts. 

"(♦>)  To  prevent  books  not  ro<iuin'<l  to  Im-  nail  in  the  reci- 
tation from  ItcinL;  opened  hy  stmlents  <hiring  the  ln>urs.  Ky 
reipiiring  them  to  be  left  outside,  or  in  some  other  way. 

"  (7)  To  be  careful  that  attitudes  of  feet,  person,  or  si-ats, 
not  proper  in  polite  company ;  whispering,  munching,  ami 
defacing  of  property  not  his  own,  be  avoided  by  each 
student. 

"  (8)  All  petitions  for  excuse  from  recitations  to  be  referred 
to  the  Superintendent :  an<l  all  absences  to  be  rej>orted  t<» 
him  on  the  day  of  their  occurrence.'' 

Mention  should  here  be  made  of  a  debating  club,  called 
'•The  Grasshopper."  which  now  terminated  its  existence  of 
twt)  short  years.  During  tlii'^  summer  it<  members  j»ublished 
their  second  annual  paper,  under  the  title  "'(>  Tl.TTII" 
although  little  encouragement  was  ollered  by  the  authori- 
ties, as  is  shown  by  the  following  minute: 

"  1874,  5th  month  1  Uh.  It  was  concluded  to  inform  such 
students  as  seemed  interested  in  |»rintinga  sheet  at  the  close 
of  this  year,  similar  to  the  unauthorized  paper  called  TIte 
GrnM/iopper,  which  ajipeared  in  the  summer  vacation  bust 
year,  tiiat  everything  pro[)0.sed  to  be  printed  in  .said  paper 
must  first  be  submitted  to  the  Faculty,  and  obtain  their 
approval,  Ijefore  it  is  printed  ;  that  some  other  name  for  the 
paj)er  should  be  chosen  than  The  (iransfioppcr.  and  that  no 
trilling  personal  allusions  to  student-**  or  others  should  br 
admitt.d  " 


394  HISTOJIV    OF    HAVKKF(JKI)    COLLEGE. 

Under  these  restrictions  the  paper  saw  the  light,  and 
j)roved  no  unworthy  predecessor  of  the  present  Haver- 
fordian.  Two  extracts  from  this  "  Schwanen-Gesang '"' 
may  not  be  out  of  place  here.  The  first  is  from  an  article 
entitled  "A  Talk  with  Professor  Emeritus,"  in  which  the 
Professor  states  his  theory  of  the  co-ordination  of  life. 

"You  are  right,"  said  he;  "gray  hairs  will  come  to  a 
man,  but  I  have  never  been  able  to  understand  why  they 
should  bring  with  them  all  those  gloomy  forebodings,  that 
sere-and-yellow-leaf  condition  so  often  lamented.  I  feel  the 
same  joyous  fluttering  of  heart  that  I  felt  long  years  ago, 
when,  a  curly-haired  little  fellow,  I  was  wont  to  w^alk  to 
church  with  my  mother,  listening  the  while  to  sound  of 
Sabbath  bell  and  happy  woodbird  singing.  There  is  a  joy- 
fulness  in  me  that  I  suspect  was  born  with  me.  A  light, 
laughing  sprite  hovered  over  my  cradle,  as  I,  baby-fisted 
and  wide-mouthed,  played  with  paper  dolls  and  painted 
rattles.  The  same  sprite — I  suppose  it  is  the  same — wakens 
me  still  on  sunny  mornings ;  the  same  wondrous  heart-bound 
of  joy  makes  me  toss  up  my  hat  like  a  freed  school-boy,  and 
dignity  alone  prevents  me  from  throwing  somersets  and 
leaping  gates,  as  I  did  nearly  half  a  century  ago,  to  the 
great  admiration  of  all  nimble-footed  lassies  of  my  ac- 
quaintance. 

"  I  don't  remember  much  of  my  cradle  experience,  but  I 
suspect  that  I — the  Professor — am  the  same,  the  very  same, 
who  once  sat  bolt  upright  in  the  midst  of  a  sea  of  pillows, 
rejoicing  in  the  contents  of  a  mysterious  white  bottle,  which 
came  I  knew  not  whence,  and  went  I  knew  not  whither, 
seemingly  guided  by  my  will  alone.  Yes,  I  am  he.  I  don't 
see  why  threescore  years  (that  is  a  small  dip  into  the  ocean 
of  time)  should  drain  all  the  sap  from  my  legs,  and  quench 


•  •••VKKSMKNT    l:Y    TMK    KAcri/IY.  395 

all  tlu-  li^lit  of  tlii.s  beaulilul  worlil — wliy  llit-  pathway 
tluit  once  seemed  j;olilen,  stretcliiiijj  upwani  tliroii^h  a«real 
groves,  angel-haunted,  to  I'aradise,  should  suddenly  turn 
flownward,  leading  through  dim  cypress- wotids,  past  tot- 
ti-ring  and  nioss-grown  walls — ilown,  down  to  some  salt  si-a 
vale,  where  darknesij  brooils,  and  the  ominous  night-hird 
flutters — I  say  I  am  not  able  to  see  the  reason  for  such  a 
state  of  things.  The  young  baby  elosts  his  eyes  in  death, 
and  there  is  a  smiling  light  in  tiniii  to  the  last.  Why 
should  the  old  baby  do  otherwise?  The  one  has  been 
wafted  quickly  aloft,  with  scarcely  a  glance  at  this  lower 
paradise — the  beauty  of  earth.  Happier  he  who  after  long 
toiling,  not  rewardless,  having  viewed  the  glory  of  earth 
and  the  wondtr  of  life,  reaches  the  goal,  laden  with  honor 
and  buoyant  with  hope  I'' 

The  .second  (piotation  is  from  a  poem,  called  "  Palin- 
genesis," in  which  the  poet  pays  a  liiif  Iributc  to  his  Alma 
Mater. 

<  >h,  f:iirMlie  Mand!',  aiiiiti  lipr  rolling;  fieULs, 

Tli«-il(>iir  old  iiiiitliiT  ill  lier  iDMtrcin  l>l<M>ni ! 
Firm  in  a  fnilli  wii<>»>c  an^werin^'  spirit  stliioldH 

iter  K^nller  natiiri*  from  tlio  toiicli  of  doom. 
"  Not  wi.ser,  biU  with  tH.>tter  faith  endowed" — 
A  fnith  witliiii  whose  fnnv  a  Fox,  u  Barrlny,  IkiwmI. 

Her  hif^hext  heriloKe  her  (Quaker  name, 

Her  greatest  K^ory  her  unttaineil  renown  ; 
Her  one  amliitio;i  anexaltc«l  nint, 

Her  only  ornament  her  (»|H>ile>i*  cniwn  ; 
Iler  surest  *trenKth  her  honn'  eternal  love — 
A  wide  foundation  that  no  iihockii  may  mure- 

Ixtni;  may  her  (;my  walN  Kli'»'»Pr  throuKh  the  lree«. 

To  catch  the  fipit  l>eam  of  tin- joyonis  dawn  ! 
Lonjf  n»ay  the  suiiM't's  crimson  ii.i^je.nnlriiit 

(•ild  with  ^Innt  -plendor  her  F.iyi«ian  lawn  ! 
With  ••very  IdenxitiK  may  hrr  |>ath<i  endure 
To  farthest  till"-   .i..i.r,.L..n    ,^.->...(,,\   ,...,..• 


396  HISTORY    OF    H  AVER  FOR  I)    (Of.LEGF. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  the  line  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  which,  until  then,  ran  along  the  college  boundary 
between  the  cottage  and  Dr.  Lyons's  school,  was  changed  so 
as  to  run  east  of  the  Lancaster  turnpike,  and  the  station  was 
removed  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  north  of  its  former 
location  on  the  college  grounds ;  and  here,  at  the  new 
Haverford  College  Station,  the  post-oftice  named  Haverford 
College  was  then  located,  and  has  since  remained.  The 
Managers  petitioned  to  have  the  road  from  the  new  station 
extended  along  the  old  railroad  track,  which  was  done,  and 
the  thundering  iron-horse  is  replaced  by  the  quieter  pleas- 
ure-carriage of  the  neighborhood. 

The  year  1874  opened  sadly  enough  for  Haverford. 
Samuel  J.  Gummere,  who  had  been,  for  twenty  years, 
associated  with  the  college,  and  had  served  since  1S(J4  as  its 
first  President,  was  stricken  down  by  illness  and  unable  to 
discharge  the  duties  of  his  office.  His  classes  were  assigned 
to  Pliny  E.  Chase  and  to  Ludovic  Estes,  who  had  recently 
been  appointed  Assistant  Professor  of  Classics  and  Mathe- 
matics, while  the  business  management  was  soon  after 
transferred  to  John  H.  Dillingham. 

A  few  Aveeks  later,  on  the  23d  of  lULh  month,  the  whole 
community  was  saddened  by  the  announcement  of  his 
death.  All  work  at  the  college  was  suspended,  and  there 
were  none  who  did  not  feel  a  deep  sense  of  personal 
bereavement.  The  students,  some  of  whom  acted  as  pall- 
bearers, reverently  followed  his  body  to  the  simple  burial 
ground,  by  the  Haverford  Meeting  House,  which,  in  its 
quiet  seclusion,  seemed  a  fit  resting-place  for  one  whose  life 
had  been  so  true  and  unpretending.  The  Faculty  adopted 
the  following  ai»{»ropriate  minute: 

"By  comi)assionate  kindne.ss,  combined  with  dignity  and 


PRKSIORNX     SAMWKI 


\i  M  I-:  i>:  I' 


•  ioVKKNMKNT    i;Y    TIIK    FACULTY.  '.VJ7 

propriety  <>l  luaiiiH  r,  aii<l  \>y  a'liniraljK'  iiiastt-rv  of  the 
subjects  wliitli  he  tau;:;ht,  ami  <  Itanitss  in  tliicidatiiig  their 
difticulties,  lie  won  not  only  tlu-  love  of  his  juipils,  l)ut  their 
jijreat  esteem.  His  patient  example  of  tpiiet  forhearaiice 
muler  trying;  eireiimstanees,  his  temierness  lest  he  shoiihl 
wound  the  feelings  of  any,  the  steady  regularity  with  whirh 
he  followed  his  prescribed  <luties  from  day  to  day.  and  his 
faithful  endeavoi*s  to  discharge  whatever  he  eoneeived  to  he 
his  duty,  have  commended  his  nienjory  to  our  hearts  as  a 
strengthening  example  and  an  instructive  legacy.  His 
colleagues  in  the  Kaeulty  feel  that  they  have  lost  a  prudent 
counsellor  and  a  valued  friend." 

And  we  must  place  on  reconl,  as  a  j»art  of  this  History, 
our  willing  memorial  to  one  whose  rare  character  entitles 
him  to  a  shrine  of  loving  memory  in  the  hearts  (»f  all  who 
knew  iiim  : 

"  None  knew  litni  Iml  to  lovo  liiiii, 
Nor  n:inif<l  liiin  Ixit  to  |>r:ii>-c." 

Samuel  James  (Jumnu  re,  eldest  son  of  John  an«l  I*Mi/.a- 
beth  B.  (Jummere,  was  born  at  Rancoeas,  New  .Jersey,  4th 
month  2.Sth,1811.  His  education  was  maiidy  acquired  at  his 
fatlier's  school,  in  Uiirlington,  ami  naturally  enough  took  a 
strong  mathematical  tinge.  An  old  member  of  the  scliool 
relates  that  the  "  big  boys  "  used  to  take  little  Samuel  upon 
their  laps  while  he  worked  out  for  them  their  problems  in 
arithmetie  or  algebra.  Fortunately,  however,  he  was  taught 
the  classics  by  a  sound  and  enthusiastic  scholar — William 
Strong — then  a  recent  gra<luate  of  Yale,  an<l  assistant 
teacher  in  John  (Junimere's  school,  but  since  famous  as  a 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  I'nitcd  States.  The 
love  of  classical  literature  elung  to  S.  J.  (iummere  through- 
out his  life.  He  was  "saturated,"  to  u.'<e  a  Harvard  pro- 
fci^eor's  phrase,  with  Iloraee.  and  "Sometimes  found  delight 


398  illSToKV    OF    HAVKHFOIID    COLLEGK. 

ill  the  composition  of  Latin  verse.  An  ode,  "Ad  Horologium 
Meum,^'  was  I'ouiul  after  his  death,  pasted  behind  the  pendu- 
lum of  liis  large  clock,  but  modestly  concealed  from  view  by 
a  picture  of  the  Haverford  Observatory.^ 

After  some  experience  of  teaching  in  his  father's  school 
he  accei)ted,  in  1831,  an  important  post  at  Providence,  and 
undertook  the  task  of  organizing  a  classical  department  at 
the  Friends'  School.  Young  as  he  was,  he  seems  to  have 
been  successful  from  the  start. 

Among  his  pupils  was  Pliny  Earle  Chase;  while  the 
society  of  Moses  Brown,  and  other  prominent  Friends  of 
Providence,  remained  in  after-years  the  subject  of  deligiitful 
memories.  When,  however,  the  new  school  was  opened  at 
Haverford,  and  he  was  asked  to  assist  his  father  there  in 
the  department  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy, 
he  accepted  the  appointment,  and,  with  his  young  wife — a 
daughter  of  John  Griscom — Ijegan  a  connection  which,  with 
one  long  interruption,  lasted  until  his  death. 

In  1S48  he  withdrew,  with  liis  father,  from  Haverford 
School  and  moved  to  Burlington,  where  the  old  boarding 
and  day-school  was  renewed  under  their  joint  management. 
On  the  9th  of  1st  month,  1845,  he  married  his  second  wife, 
Elizabeth  H.  Barton,  whose  son  is  the  present  Professor 
Francis  Barton  Gummere.  From  1845 — in  which  year  his 
father  died — he  had  sole  charge  of  tlie  school  until  1862.  In 
1854  he  went  abroad,  spending  his  time  chiefly  in  England, 
France  and  Switzerland.  In  1862  he  was  called  as  "  Prin- 
cipal "  to  Haverford  College,  and  (with  change  of  title  in 
1864  to  "President")  remained  in  this  position  until  his 
death.     Of  vigorous  constitution,  he  slowly  yielded  to  the 


^  This  ode  has  been  arracefiiilv  transhited  hv  John  Collins. 


•  iuVKKNMKNT    ItV    TIIK    FArri.TY.  399 

stress  of  anxiety  ami  nvnwork.aiiil  tlied  of  tl«'l»ilitv  ur  lu-art 
failure  10th  mouth  23d,  1871.  Shortly  before  his  death,  \w 
had  been  remove«l  from  Founders'  Hall  to  the  ucij^hhoriu;; 
residence  of  his  hrother-iii-law,  HtMijamin  \'.  Marsh.  He 
was  burieil  in  tlu-  little  graveyard  in  the  woods,  near  the 
Meetini;  House,  and  nsts  not  far  from  his  |>re<lecessor, 
Joseph  ( i.  Harlan. 

Like  his  father,S.  .1.  (Jummrre  was  a  matheunitii-ian  ;  hut, 
unlike  the  former,  he  puhlislud  no  important  contributions 
to  the  science.  His  faculty  lay  rather  in  exposition,  where 
he  was  un(iuestionably  a  master.  ( )ld  students  recall  hi.x 
clearness  and  precision  in  the  class-room  when  dealing  with 
Calculus  or  the  more  dillicult  problems  of  Astronomy.  He 
was  Honorary  ^hlster  of  Arts  of  JJrown  Univei*sity,  and  a 
member  of  the  American  IMiilo.'^ophical  Society;  l)Ut  his 
duties  as  President  of  Haverford  occupied  time  that  other- 
wise would  have  been  devoted  to  special  rcsean  li.  What 
little  he  did  in  this  direction,  however,  was  well  done.  A 
wide  rea»ler,  he  .seldom  betrayed  the  extent  of  his  culture, 
tmle.-^s  to  i)Upils  or  intimate  friends:  and  he  kept  in  conceal- 
ment the  verses  which  often  Mowed  from  a  ready  and  not 
unj;rac«'ful  pen.  A  certain  resi-rve  ma.stered,  and  .some- 
times hamj>ere<l,  his  acts.  Thou«;h  slight  of  tij^ure,  he  was 
very  muscular,  and  delijjhted  in  exercise.  He  was  always 
an  admirable  swimmer;  and  in  the  last  year  of  his  life  he 
a|>peai*ed  on  the  skating-|>ond  and  showed  all  the  skill  and 
resources  of  the  old-fashioned  .school  of  skaters.' 

"There  is  much  unwritten  of  what  nniy  be  calle<i  the 
dark  days  of  the  college,  which,  if  truly  written,  would  show 

'  Tlu-  )ar.it{ra(tliA  titat   follow  art-  <)>ioitHi   iruiit   Ivilwitfd  V.  .\MiiM»ii'it  uritt  1« 
00  S.  J.  (iiinimere  in  The  Ifaterjoniian.  WA.  VIII,  N«>  6,  March,  |hh7. 


400  HISTORY    OK    HAVKKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

he  held  the  hehn  with  matchless  patience  and  tact,  when 
tlie  best  friends  of  tlie  college  were  discouraged  and  divided 
in  council.  The  strain  which  he  bore  so  silently,  doubtless 
largely  contributed  to  his  death,  which  his  simple  life  and 
sound  constitution  should  have  postponed  to  the  full  Scrip- 
tural limit. 

"  Professor  Gummere  was  of  such  a  modest,  retiring  dis- 
position that  a  casual  acquaintance  would  scarcely  have 
realized  how  versatile  were  his  acquirements,  how  really 
remarkable  were  his  intellectual  powers.  His  reputation 
as  an  astronomer  and  matliematician  was  national ;  and 
his  interest  in  these  sciences  led  him  to  accompan}'  Professor 
Morton's  party  to  Iowa,  to  take  observations  of  the  total 
eclipse  of  the  sun,  in  18G9. 

"To  profound  scholarship  in  the  exact  and  physical  sci- 
ences he  added  an  excellent  knowledge  of  the  classics  and  a 
ready  proficiency  in  the  modern  languages,  and  of  these  he 
was  especially  fond  of  the  Spanish.  An  extended  course  of 
reading,  guided  by  a  correct  and  simple  taste,  together  with 
the  enlarged  views  gained  by  considerable  travel  at  home 
and  abroad,  contributed  a  completeness  to  his  culture  that 
many  men  so  eminently  gifted  in  one  direction  often  miss. 

"Reticent  and  undemonstrative  by  nature,  he  was  genial 
and  approachable,  and  in  private  life  often  displayed  flashes 
of  taste,  wit  and  humor  of  high  order.  Ilis  talent  for  im- 
parting knowledge  and  maintaining  disci})line  was  won- 
drous; his  mere  presence  insured  unconscious  good  order 
and  attention.  His  was  the  hand  of  steel  beneath  the  glove 
of  silk.  In  person  he  was  slight  and  almost  spare,  of  active 
habits  and  a  tireless  walker;  he  loved  to  walk  about  the 
grounds,  to  frequent  the  cricket  matches;  for  every  student. 
Senior  or  Freshman,  he  had  a  pleasant  word  or  smile  when 


(iOVKKN'MKNT    I5V    TMK    I  ACIITV.  lUl 

lit'  int't  tliein.  Tlu'  allVctioiiato  respect  wIulIj  tvciy  stuihiil 
carried  away  with  liiiii,  ainounte<l  almost  to  reverence,  aiitl 
thtir  recollection  of  him  y;rew  hri^'htrr  vtai-  hy  year,  as 
tluy  mixeil  with  tlu-  wc)rl<l  ami  toiiml  how  rare  was  such  a 
character  as  his.  " 

It  is  inipossil)le  to  pass  over  the  history  of  this  period 
without  allusion  to  the  impression  which  he  produced  upon 
all  who  came  under  his  immediate  iulluence.  In  the  class- 
room his  jjentle  manner  and  (juiet  self-contnd  claimed  the 
respect  of  his  pupils,  while  his  learning  and  skill  as  an 
instructor  won  their  hi<;hest  admiration.  His  al)ility  as  a 
mathematician  was  manifest  to  all;  hut  that  he  had  heen 
for  years  a  teacher  of  the  classics  and  that  he  wroti-  i.atin 
odes  for  pastime  were  facts  which  his  modesty  tlid  not  pro- 
claim. In  a  letter,  written  a  few  days  after  his  death,  one 
of  tiie  students  .«;ays  of  him:  "No  man  was  ever  more  he- 
loved  hy  his  pupils  and  more  lamentetl  hy  his  friends  and 
associates  tiian  Professor  S.  J.  Gummere.  His  abilities  were 
not  altogether  appreciated,  except  by  those  who  had  much 
intercourse  with  him.  He  was  so  humble,  meek  and  lowly 
minded  that  he  did  not  shine,  hut  his  depth  (»f  min*l  was 
not  easily  measured." 

Irreparal)le  as  was  the  loss  which  llaverford  sustaine<l  in 
the  death  of  {'resident  (Jummere.  it  was  mitipited.  as  far  as 
possible,  by  the  hijjh  ability  of  his  associates.  Though  not 
large  in  point  of  numbers,  the  Kacully  of  Haverford  College 
was  at  the  time  strong  in  moral  power  and  intellectual  at- 
tainments. Their  contact,  too,  with  the  stutlent.s  was  so 
close  that  their  personal  influence  was  strongly  felt.  It  was, 
in  the  truest  sense,  the  relation  of  teacher  and  pupil :  with 
the  respect  and  admiration  which  only  the  best  teachers 
inspire,  was  not  infre<|Uently  mingled  an  almost  filial  aflec- 


402  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOIU)    COLLEGE. 

tion.  This  was,  perhaps,  most  strikingly  shown  in  the 
following  winter,  when  there  occurred  one  of  the  most 
genuine  and  lasting  religions  awakenings  that  Haverford 
has  ever  experienced.  In  tliis  connection,  the  name  of 
Professor  Pliny  E.  Chase  is  deserving  of  special  mention. 
As  one  who  had  himself  "fought  his  doubts,"  he  seemed  to 
anticipate  every  difficulty,  and  his  earnest,  timely  counsel 
lielped  liis  pupils  to  gain  something  of  that  strength  which 
he  had  gathered,  and  of  that  "surer  faith"  which  he  pos- 
sessed in  sucli  large  measure.  "Stepping-stones"  he  said 
he  wished  to  point  out,  upon  which  the  feet  might  rest  with 
safety,  and  many  who  have  listened  to  his  teaching  feel  that 
they  owe  him  a  debt  of  gratitude,  not  merely  for  the  mental 
breadth  of  his  instruction,  but  also  for  the  spiritual  truths 
to  which  he  faithfully  guided  them. 

It  was  not  long  a  matter  of  doubt  who  was  to  succeed  to  the 
position  made  vacant  by  the  death  of  President  Gummere. 
Haud  semper  eratfama,  aliquando  et  elegit.  And  who,  indeed, 
so  deserving  of  the  highest  honor  in  the  keeping  of  Haver- 
ford, or  so  able  to  direct  her  future  course,  as  he  who  had 
stood  by  her  during  the  dark  hours  of  her  histor}^  who  had 
been  most  instrumental  in  the  work  of  raising  her  to  the 
rank  of  a  college,  and  had  impressed  upon  her,  in  such 
marked  degree,  the  stamp  of  his  own  liberal  culture  and 
generous  scholarship  ? 

On  the  3d  of  5th  month,  1875,  Professor  Thomas  Chase 
was  appointed  President  of  Haverford  College.  His  letter 
of  acceptance  shows  how  keenly  alive  he  was  to  the  demands 
of  his  office  and  how  clearly  he  appreciated  the  needs  of 
the  institution  : 

"The  time,  1  trust,  has  come,"  he  says,  "when  a  vigorous 
and  successful  effort  can  be  made  to  place  the  institution 


(inVKKNMKM     IIV    TUK    IA<I  I.TV.  403 

upuii  .surer  l'oinulati»»ns,  iiK-rtast'  the  iininher  of  >tiitleiit:5, 
enlarge  and  improve  the  aeeoniimxlations  for  them,  and  in 
iiiaiiy  ways  raise  the  cliaraeter  ainl  rejuitatioii  of  the  eollege. 
Twu  things  are  especially  desirahle — a  greater  numher  of 
students  and  the  erection  of  a  new  hiiilding.  The  attain- 
ment of  the  second  end  will  greatly  eonlrihute  to  the  attain- 
ment of  the  tirst.''  He  di«l  not  know  that  someof  tiie  niost 
influential  members  of  the  Hoard  sternly  resisted  any  con- 
siderable increase  in  the  iiiiuiber  of  students. 

He  also  calls  attention  to  the  necessity  of  making  the 
advantages  oH'ere«l  by  liaverford  better  known  to  the  ])ublic, 
an«l  of  forming  closer  relations  with  jireparatory  sciiools 
which  might  serve  as  "  feeders  ■■  to  the  colleg«  lb  urges, 
further,  the  importance  of  maintaining  a  still  higher  stan- 
dard of  scholai*ship  and  insisting  upon  greater  thorougli- 
ness  of  pre|>aration  on  the  part  of  candidates  for  admission, 
rpon  his  recommendation,  also,  legal  steps  were  taken  by 
which  the  title  of  "  Ilaverfonl  SchottI  As.sociatiiin  "  was 
changed  tothatof'The  Corporatit»n  of  liaverford  ('(dlege," 
a  matter  which  ha<I  been  overlooked,  and  the  charter  was 
so  amended  as  to  allow  the  college  to  hold  property  "  of  the 
dear  yearly  value  of  $')'>,0(»)."  This  was  done  in  187"),  on 
the  fUh  of  12th  month,  when  the  Delaware  County  Court 
issued  the  decree  authorizing  the  ciumge. 

It  will  be  .seen  that  the  above  suggestions  pointed  toward 
very  important  changes  in  student  life  at  liaverford  and  in 
the  character  of  the  institution  it-self.  Yet  their  wisdom,  in 
the  light  of  subscijuent  events,  cannot  Ik?  questioned.  With- 
out larger  accommodations  and  greater  recognition  of  the 
principle  of  self-government  and  individual  reajKinsibility 
in  methods  of  discipline,  it  wouhl  have  U-en  impossible  for 
liaverford  to  increase  in  poin»  "*"  "im'^I"  <«  "r  n>Mf»'rinlly  to 
advance  her  standard. 


404  HISTOKV    OF    HAVEltl-UKD    COLLEGE. 

The  narrative  of  what  followed  was  written  by  tlie  late 
lamented  Edward  L.  Scull,  who,  we  believe,  was  himself  the 
Manager  modestly  referred  to  in  the  account. 

"The  3^ear  187-")  was  made  memorable  in  the  history  of  the 
college  by  the  initiation  of  the  effort  which  resulted  in  the 
building  of  Barclay  Hall.  One  morning,  in  the  spring  of 
that  year,  a  conversation  took  place  between  a  Manager  and 
a  certain  warm  friend  of  Haverford/  in  the  course  of  which 
the  latter  made  some  remarks  relative  to  the  imperfect  pro- 
vision afforded  the  students  for  lodging  and  study,  a  subject 
which  had  often  claimed  his  attention  when  his  own  son 
had  been  a  student  some  years  previously.  Before  the 
interview  closed  he  made  the  generous  proposal  to  give  the 
sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  toward  the  erection  of  a  com- 
modious now  hall  for  dormitories  and  studies,  adding  that, 
should  the  project  find  favor,  he  miglit  subscribe  a  second 
five  thousand  during  the  following  year,  which  was  subse- 
quently done. 

"  Such  unlooked-for  aid  proved  a  sufficient  stimulus  to 
place  the  enterprise  at  once  on  a  firm  footing.  Before  sun- 
down that  same  da}'  four  more  subscriptions,  amounting  to 
twenty-three  thousand  dollars  in  all,  including  the  fore- 
going, had  been  secured,  followed  in  a  few  days  by  consider- 
able further  sums.  A  special  meeting  of  the  Board  was 
held  4th  month  Otli,  when  a  Building  Committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  collect  funds  and  prepare  plans  for  the  proposed 
building,  to  which  its  present  name  of  Barclay  Hall  was 
given  before  the  foundation  was  fairly  laid.  Early  in  second 
month,  1876,  the  contract  was  awarded  to  YarnalKt  Cooper, 
the  same  builders  who  in  1864  had  erected  Alumni  Hall. 

'  Jacob  1'.  Junes,  of  Pliiladelphia. 


(.nVEKNMIM     I'.Y    THK    I  A«  I   I.TV.  lO.") 

Ill  ilir  autumn  of  1.S77  it  was  opiMird  fur  tlu'  o((U|iatit»n  «>f 
the  studonts.  It  is  built  of  j^ranitt*,  presenting  a  v»iy  at- 
tractive appearantv  and  «>tU  ring  oonifortable  accoinnioda- 
tions  in  private  studirs  ainl  tlianiKcr^  fur  aliout  «'ighty 
students. 

'■  Tlie  success  of  tins  movement  is  all  tlir  more  creditable 
to  the  generous  subscribers  to  tlir  fnM«l  from  the  fait  that 
the  work  was  l)egunaiid  canitd  thmi.gh  in  a  tinje  of  severe 
and  unusual  tinaneial  depressinn.  The  amount  of  labor 
([uietly  and  unobtrusively  done  by  the  earnest  men  in  these 
eommittees  ean  only  be  appreciated  by  those  who  have 
been  similarly  engaged  themselves,  ami,  together  with  the 
lil>erality  of  the  contributors,  deserves  the  most  grateful 
recognition. " 

The  arrangt'intnt  made  with  the  Faculty,  in  1>>71,  hav- 
ing terminated,  in  conseijuence  of  the  death  of  President 
(Jummere,  a  similar  one  was  entered  into  with  President 
Chase  an<l  Sanuici  Alsop,  .Jr..  "  putting  into  tlu-ir  hands  the 
care  and  control  of  the  internal  administration  and  giving 
them  an  interest  in  the  pecuniary  results." 

In  the  summer  of  1S7">  8anniel  Al.soji,  Jr.,'  lirst  entered 
upon  his  duties  as  Superintendent  and  Professor  of  As- 
tronomy and  Physics.  The  students  felt  that  they  were 
already  somewhat  ac<|uninted  with  their  new  instructor 
from  their  familiarity  with  his  father's  Algebra.  As  Su|>er- 
intendent,  he  was  intrusted  with  the  entire  charge  of  all 
nuittei-s  of  discipline,  and  for  this  arduous  position,  as  well 
as  for  his  professional  duties,  In-  jiroved  him.sdf  eminently 
(|ualitied.     He  seemed  to  know  by  intuition  where  mischief 


'  IIIn lather  linil  nUn  liecn  .1  ili^iiD^iii-liiil  ttliK-ainr,  nmi  Uirc  the  iMinic  n.iiiir. 
He  wjui  thr  aiiliiDr  of  M>r<>nil  ini|M>rtant  mallirniatit-nl  h-xt-lHMikv. 


40G 


HISTORY    <>l'    IIAVERP'ORD    COLLKGi:. 


was  brewing,  and  thus  forestalled  many  a  well-|>lanned  es- 
capade, while  his  quiet  firmness  gained  for  him  the  respect 
and  allegiance  of  the  students. 

Another  Professor,  who  was  destined  to  play  a  most  im- 
portant part  in  the  future  history  of  Haverford,  also  made 
his  debut  at  the  beginning  of  this  term.  Isaac  Sharpless, 
who  had  recently  graduated  with  distinction  at  the  Law- 
rence Scientific  School  at  Harvard  University,  was  called 


iii:sn)KNCE  OF  1'i:i:siiii;ni'  shaim'I.kss. 

from  Westtown  to  fill  the  chair  of  Mathematics  in  the  col- 
lege. From  the  first  he  won  the  favor  of  the  students  and 
enjoyed  the  reputation  of  getting  a  great  deal  of  work  out 
of  his  classes,  with  very  little  friction  (or,  in  student-par- 
lance, "kicking").  His  i)opularity  with  the  Senior  Class 
dated  from  a  debate — in  which  he  bore  off  the  palm — as 
to  what  amount  of  noise  might  properly  be  made  by  that 


GOVKKNMKNT    IIY    Till;    I  A<  I   I.TV.  107 

aujjiist  luxJy  iinmediatfly  uiKlt'rneatli  Ins  study.  From 
this  it  is  iii)t  t»»  1)0  inferred  that  the  ehiss  in  (jUestinii 
was  a  particuhirly  noisy  one.  In  fact,  its  si/e  consi«lered, 
rather  the  contrary  is  true,  while  tlie  (|uality  of  thu  sound 
produced  was  certaiidy  al)ovethe  avera|;e.  Music,  it  is  true, 
was  not  exactly  encouraged  hy  the  college  authorities,  yet 
the  class  of  "70  furnished  (|uite  a  respectiible  (juartette,  with 
some  additional  talent  for  the  choruses.  Indeed,  one  youth, 
more  ambitious  than  the  rest,  sometimes  attempted  instru- 
mental music,  always,  however,  in  the  privacy  of  his  own 
a{>artment.  ( )ne  day,  as  he  had  adju-t<  *!  his  long  legs  to 
the  narrow  dimensions  of  his  bed,  and  sat,  with  elbows  high 
in  the  air,  vainly  endeavoring  to  extort  harmony  from  the 
unwilling  tlute,  the  door  suddenly  opened,  revealing  a 
goodly  length  of  bonnet,  framing  a  kind  and  familiar  face, 
which,  ga/.ing  long  and  sadly  upon  him,  at  length  vanislie<l 
with  tlie  laconic  reproach — ".\nd  tht  I's  a  Frieiul's  child  I '" 

While  the  Faculty  was  increa.setl,  as  above  indicated,  it 
lost,  at  the  close  of  this  year,  a  valuable  miMnber  in  Dr. 
Henry  Ilartshorne.  He  had  been  connected  with  the  col- 
lege for  nine  years  as  Professor  of  Physiology  and  Hygiene, 
with  such  kindred  teaching '"  as  way  opened  for  '  lli-  in- 
fluence upon  the  minds  of  his  pupils,  however,  was  not  con- 
fined to  the  (le{>artment  in  which  he  was  such  an  eminent 
authority.  His  broad  culture  and  high  attainments  were 
universally  recognized,  while  his  smooth  and  elegant  dic- 
tion and  the  calm  serenity  of  his  character  were  not  lost 
upon  his  youthful  hearers. 

Dr.  Henry  Hartshorne  was  born  in  i'hila<lel|)hia  in  \S'2',i, 
and  was  the  son  of  an  eminent  and  succe.ssful  physician  and 
.surgeon,  Dr.  .loM'ph  Hartshorne,  who  was  «lescende<i  from 
Richard  Hartshorne,  one  of  the  Hrst   Friends  to  .settle  in 


408  HISTOKV    OF    HAVKRFOltD   COLLEGE. 

New  .Jersey,  several  years  earlier  tlian  William  Peiin's  ar- 
rival in  Pennsylvania.  Henry  graduated  at  Haverford  in 
1839,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.M.  on  thesis,  in  1860. 
In  this  interval  he  had  studied  medicine  in  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  took  the  degree  of  M.D.  in 
1845.  The  same  institution  conferred  upon  liim  the  liono- 
rary  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1884.  He  married,  in  1840,  a 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  Brown;  in  18.38-0  he  travelled  with 
his  wife  through  parts  of  Europe  and  up  the  Nile  to  the  site 
of  ancient  Thebes.  Dr.  Hartshorne  has  shown  much  versa- 
tility in  his  studies,  and,  both  as  a  medical  man  and  an  in- 
structor, chiefly  on  medical  or  hygienic  subjects,  he  lias  held 
a  great  number  of  important  positions.  At  different  times 
he  has  occupied  tliose  of  resident  physician  at  the  Penn- 
sylvania Hospital;  attending  physician  at  the  Episcopal  and 
Philadelpliia  Hospitals,  and  consulting  physician  at  the 
Woman's  Hospital.  He  was  Secretary  of  the  Penn.sylvania 
State  Medical  Society  in  1858,  Vice-President  of  the  Ameri- 
can Health  Association  in  1875-G,  and  prize  essayist  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  in  1856,  taking  the  prize  for 
an  essay  on  "Arterial  Circulation."  In  1860  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society.  He  had 
previously  been  a  member  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sci- 
ences of  Philadelphia,  and  in  the  year  1857-8  was  Recorder 
of  the  Biological  Section  of  that  learned  body.  He  was 
also  Secretary  of  Section  B  of  the  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science,  in  1870.  He  occupied  the 
Professorship  of  Institutes  of  Medicine  in  tlic  Philadelphia 
College  of  Medicine,  from  1853  to  1850;  that  of  Practice  of 
Medicine  in  Pennsylvania  College,  1850  to  1862;  of  Anat- 
Oiny,  Physiology,  Hygiene  and  Natural  History  in  the 
Philadelphia  Boys'  High  School,  1862  to  1868 ;  of  Hygiene 


«;t»VKKNMKNT    MY    TIIK    lACI  LTY.  409 

in  the  L'niversity  dI"  IVniisylvaniii,  18»>G  to  isT'l;  IMiysioloi^y 
iiinl  IIy»,M»iu*,  in  the  Pennsylvania  C'ollejje  of  Ih-ntal  Surgery, 
186G  to  1808;  of  Ilyjjienc  ami  Diseases  of  Tliildren  in  the 
Woman's  Mt'ilical  Collt'«;t',  an<l  afterward  of  l'hysiolo«,'y  ant! 
llyjjiene  in  the  same  colle«;e,  1SG7  to  1.S7G;  of  ( )r^anie  Science 
anil  Philosophy  and  afterwanl  of  Physiology  and  Hygiene  in 
llavertbrtl  College,  and  i>\'  Natural  Sciences  in  <iirard  Col- 
lege, and  \v:is  President  of  thf  Ilouhmd  Collegiate  School, 
at  Union  Springs,  N.  V.,  from  l.s7<i  to  1S7S.  These  arc  hut 
a  part  of  the  numerous  positions  which  have  been  held  hy 
him  in  the  course  of  his  useful  and  active  life.  At  one 
time  lie  was  a  Manager  <>t"  llavtrforij  ("<»llege.  His  literary 
work  and  scientific  publiciitions  have  also  been  abuii<lant 
and  various — too  much  so  for  enumeration  here.  W'r  may 
cite  a  few,  however,  of  the  more  notable,  beginning  in  1800 
with  his  "Fact-sand  Conclusions  on  Cholera.*'  His  "  Es- 
sentials of  Practical  Medicine."  puidished  in  1807,  reached 
the  fifth  edition,  was  stereotyped  in  18M,  was  translated  into 
Japanese  in  1875,  and  by  1S8*.>  22,000  copies  of  it  had  been 
sold.  The  "Conspectus  of  Medical  Sciences  for  Students," 
ISOO,  was  also  translated  into  Jai)anese  and  published  in 
Japan.  A  paper  on  "  Pneumonia,  its  Mortality  and  Treat- 
ment," 1888,  attacking  the  modern  treatment  and  charging 
the  latter  with  twice  the  mortality  of  forty  years  ago, 
arou.xed  much  discussion  among  niedical  peojde.  Other 
books  were  "Our  Homes,  a  Health  Primer,"  18hO,  and 
"Household  Manual  of  Hygiene  and  Domestic  Medicine," 
1885.  His  various  editions  of  foreign  medical  works,  etc., 
have  lx?en  voluminous. 

Dr.  Hartshorne  has  made  rt  not  inconspicuous  figure  a-s  a 
poet,  ami  besides  numerous  jioetic  contributions  to  leiiding 
periodicals,   published  "Summer  S<»ngs,''   about    18<»0;    in 


410  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORD    COLLKGK. 

1886,  "  Sonnets  and  other  Poems,"  and  in  1888-90,  "Ber- 
tram the  Prince,  an  Idyl,"  which  received  much  attention 
from  the  literary  public,  and  high  praise  from  critical  and 
accomplished  pens.  He  is,  without  much  doubt,  the  most 
voluminous,  versatile  and  varied  writer  who  was  ever  a 
Haverford  undergraduate.  At  the  present  writing  he  is 
employing  his  quill  as  editor  of  Tlie  Friends'  Review. 

The  year  187<)  was  marked  by  a  new  departure,  which  was 
to  change  in  important  respects  the  educational  character 
of  the  college.  The  following  extract  from  President 
Chase's  annual  report  to  the  Managers  may  best  describe  its 
introduction  : 

"  Four  years  ago  steps  were  taken  for  the  establishment  of 
courses  of  study  preparatory  to  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  and  Civil  Engineering,  but  although  a  few  students 
were  admitted,  in  the  Fall  of  1872,  on  scientific  courses,  the 
movement  proved  to  be  premature.  Believing,  however, 
that  there  is  a  demand  in  the  community  for  collegiate 
instruction  leading  to  such  degrees,  we  have  carefully  drawn 
up  a  programme  of  scientific  study,  and  organized  a  scien- 
tific department  more  s^'stematically  than  in  the  former 
effort.  The  teaching-force  at  Haverford  was  never  better 
adapted  for  the  success  of  such  an  experiment  than  at 
present.  We  have  also  introduced  in  the  last  year-and- 
a-half  of  our  course  in  the  department  of  arts,  to  a  small 
extent  and  within  well-defined  limits,  the  liberty  of  election 
between  certain  studies.  This,  too,  is  in  accordance  with  a 
tendency  of  our  day,  and  the  example  of  some  other  col- 
leges. We  concur,  however,  with  tlie  wisest  educators  of 
our  own  and  of  all  times,  in  the  opinion  that  unrestricted 
freedom  of  election  is  suited  only  for  full-grown  men,  ad- 
mitted to  universities  after  havins  laid  well  a  broad  and 


(ioVEKNMENT    HY    THK    FArfLTV.  411 

generous  tbuiuiatiuii  ut"  nmiiiivlKUsivu  general  stiuly  ;  and 
tliat  it  ought  never  to  l>e  adniitteil  here  to  any  such  extent 
as  to  (liininisii  the  breadth  of  culture  whicli  characterizes 
the  true  .schohir  and  has  so  long  hnn  our  ideal  at  Ilavcr- 
ford.  It  would  be  an  imposition  upon  the  coninjunity  to 
coiifer  baccalaureate  degrees  upon  pei-sons  destitute  of  the 
comprehensive  as  will  as  thorough  mental  training  which 
such  titles  are  understoo<l  to  attest." 

Thus  the  elective  system,  which  has  since  become  so 
important  a  fact(»r  in  many  (•iillf._r.<,  \\a<  fairly  inaugurated 
at  Ilaverford. 

The  usefulness  of  the  lilmiry  was  at  this  time  greatly 
increased  l»y  a  card-catalogue,  jtrcpand  j>y  .losiali  W. 
Leeds. 

While  in  1570  a  "  wholesome  state  of  discipline  and  a 
high  scholastic  stanilanl  were  maintainetl,"  Held-sporLs  were 
not  allowed  to  languish. 

It  must  not  be  forgotten  that  Ilaverford  contributed  her 
mite  to  the  success  of  the  great  Centennial  Kxposition  of 
this  year,  by  sending  of  her  treasures  from  the  library,  as 
well  as  specimens  of  the  literary  work  of  her  professoi-s  and 
students;  and  though  this  modest  exhibit  may  not  have 
been  of  especial  interest  to  the  ordinary  sightseer,  yet  the 
Sophomore  must  have  felt  a  thrill  of  honest  pleasure  its  he 
l)eheld  in  such  an  honored  positii»n  the  nuip  of  the  college 
grounils,  surveye«l  and  drawn  by  his  own  hands. 

But  an  object  of  still  greater  interc»st  than  even  the  Main 
Building  of  the  Ex|K)sition  was  now  rapidly  rising  u|)on  the 
college  campus.  On  the  3<1  of  3d  month,  ISTO,  the  Build- 
ing Committee  reported  that  a  contract  had  been  entered 
into  for  buihling  the  new  hall,  for  the  sum  of  ;?•»'. »,r).s3,  and 
that  $72,(H)0  had  l>een  8ubscril)ed  for  tlie  puri>ose.     Though 


412  HISTOKY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

an  ardent  cricketer  was  heard  to  remark  that  a  good  crease 
was  being  spoiled  by  a  questionable  building,  yet  this  was 
by  no  means  the  prevailing  sentiment.  The  younger  class- 
men already  began  to  anticipate  with  pleasure  the  greater 
privileges  and  increased  freedom  which  they  were  so  soon 
to  enjoy ;  and  the  narrow  lodgings  in  Founders'  Hall, 
though  endeared  to  the  older  residents  by  many  a  fraternal 
pillow-fight  and  nocturnal  celebration,  had  never  seemed 
quite  so  diminutive  as  when  compared  with  the  spacious 
accommodations  daily  taking  shape  before  their  eyes. 
Every  one  felt  that  a  new  era  was  dawning  for  Haverford. 
The  largest  class  in  her  history  was  graduated  at  this  com- 
mencement, and  while  the  spirit  of  her  earlier  traditions 
had  been  in  no  important  respect  violated,  the  letter  had 
been  so  modified  as  to  allow  her  fuller  scope  for  growth  and 
development. 

The  presence  of  so  many  old  Haverfordiaus  from  a 
distance  as  visitors  at  the  Centennial  Exhibition,  and  still 
more  the  desire  to  see  their  Alma  Mater  re{)resented  among 
the  many  anniversary  gatherings  which  characterized  the 
Centennial  summer,  led  the  younger  alumni  to  agitate  for 
a  reunion  in  Philadelphia.  Accordingly,  a  committee, 
representing  classes  from  1867  to  1875,  inclusive,  made  the 
necessary  arrangements,  and  on  Gtli  month  27th,  1876,  about 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  of  the  old  students  took  dinner 
in  the  banqueting-room  of  the  Union  League  Club  on 
Broad  Street.  John  Ashbridge,  of  '67,  presided,  and  Presi- 
dent Chase,  as  the  guest  of  honor,  made  an  enthusiastic 
speech.  Other  addresses  were  made  by  B.  Frank  Eshel- 
man,  Henry  Cope,  Charles  E.  Pratt,  Howard  Comfort,  Ran- 
dolph Winslow,  and  others. 

Although  the  evening  was  too  warm  to  admit  of  tliorough 


<i»>VKKNMi;NT    r.V    TIIK    lACCl.TV.  413 

enjoyiiient  ol"  the  dinnor  piovitK'l,  tlu-  iiiti'llcclual  jkhI  »»f 
tlie  atlair  was  an  t-ntire  success,  and  it  may  be  set  down  as 
a  '■  wnrtliy  pri-decessor "  of  the  inidwinttr  dinnci's  of  tin- 
alumni,  which  were  instituted  thirteen  years  hiter. 

In  the  0th  nu>nth.  I.  \'.  Williamson — whose  ^reat  he((Ue>t 
to  Trustees  to  found  an  Industrial  School  lolloweil  a  few 
years  later — made  a  gift  of  ahout  810,000  to  our  college  for 
free  scholarships.  At  the  eomnHncemenl  the  wtlj-merited 
degree  of  LL.l).  was  confernMl  upon  IMiny  I'.arh'  ( 'hase,  and 
M.A.  upon  I'rofessor  Wnj.  II.  Pancoast,  of  .lellerson  College, 
a  graduate  of  Haverford  before  its  college  days. 

The  following  words  from  the  report  of  the  lioard  of 
Managers  show  clearly  the  moving  iniiiuist'  an«l  liberal 
tendency  of  the  times: 

"  For  such  an  institution  as  Haverford  College,  progress 
is  a  necessary  law  of  its  being.  In  making  enlarged  provi- 
sion for  the  home  life  of  the  stmh'Uts — for  more  ample  extent 
of  study  and  instruction  and  more  fomphte  nppliances 
therefor — and  in  carrying  out  a  discipline  adapte«l  to  the 
change  from  a  school  to  a  college,  we  believe  we  are  but 
acting  out  this  neces.sary  law,  and  art'  taking  steps  to  nniin- 
tain  Haverford  as  a  college  worthy  of  the  support  of  thf 
whole  Society  of  Friends  in  America.'' 

Nor  does  it  eontlict  with  this  greater  ini.'tsion  to  recom- 
mend, as  our  frieinl  .1.  iWvan  IJraithwaite,  of  London,  «li<l, 
in  an  address  to  our  students  on  the  1st  of  I'-'th  month  of 
this  year,  the  importance  of  ''  writing  a  goo«l  legible  hand, 
spelling  correctly,  and  using  one's  own  language  grammati- 
cally, as  well  as  obtaining  a  thorough  culture  in  advanced 
studies.  Comparing  the  letters  he  received  from  .Vmerica, 
with  those  his  mother  received  fifty  years  ago.  he  fearecl 
there  had  been  a  falling  oiY  in  attention  to  these  fundamen- 
tal and  necessary  accomplislunent-x. 


414 


HISToltY    OK    HAVKltFORD    COLLEGE. 


We  will  now  let  the  pendulum  of  our  narrative  swing 
back  to  wliere  we  last  dropped  athletics. 

In  the  sprinn;  of  1873  baseball  continued  to  ])rosper,  and 
Ave  find  in  TJie  Gem  a  personnel  of  the  team  for  that 
year.  It  is  very  amusing,  and  from  its  style  must  have  been 
written  by  a  Freshman — certainly  by  a  freshman  in  baseball. 
The  number  of  good  batters  cannot  but  prove  a  source  of 


OLD  BUn,l)IN(;  XEAI!  MU.L  CREEK. 


envy  to  the  present  ground-committee.  The  article  tiius 
begins : 

"  The  first  nine  of  our  glorious  baseball  club  is  now  com- 
posed of  very  good  material,  and  Avith  a  little  practice  Avill 
be  one  of  the  best  that  ever  graced  our  noble  Alma  Mater. 

"  We  will  try  to  give  a  description  of  each  of  the  players, 
beginning  with  the  Seniors.     J.  C.  Comfort  is  catcher,  and 


GOVKKNMKNT    l!V    TllK    FACULTY.  11' 

tills  that  important  {Hisitiun  vtiv  well,  is  a  good  hanl  hitter, 
and  one  <»f  tht'  most  reliable  players  on  ilie  nin«'. 

"  Ci.  Enden  is  a  good  oiit-tielder,  and  i<  mostly  sure  of  a 
fiv  ;  is  a  middling  good  hatter. 

"J.  M.  Fox  is  the  pitcher  and  piteins  with  great  regular- 
ity and  judgment ;  he  is  a  very  good  hatter,  and  one  of  our 
hest  fielders.  He  fultils  the  position  of  captain,  and  knows 
just  where  each  player  can  play  hest.  and  the  position  in 
which  he  places  the  nine  shows  much  knowledge  and  fore- 
thought. 

"  Allinson  is  a  middling  goo<l  third-base  num,  except  that 
he  don't  '  cover  enough  room  ;'  is  one  of  the  safest  batsmen 
we  have. 

•'  Kirkhride  is  an  excellent  first-base,  catches  all  balls 
thrown  to  him  with  case  and  grac<>fulness :  is  a  good  hard 
hitter. 

"Jones  fills  the  important  position  of  short-stop,  and  does 
it  very  well;  he  is  one  of  the  best  throwers  we  have,  an«l 
a  good,  hard,  safe  batter. 

'' Colton  is  one  of  the  out-lielders;  is  a  viiy  exci'llent 
thrower,  a  good  catch  and  medium  bat. 

"  Lowry,  a  Senior,  we  forgot,  and  beg  his  pardon  for  so 
doing.  H«'  plays  out  in  the  ti<  Id.  is  a  sure  catch,  good 
thrower  and  hard  hitter." 

Cricket  was  now  at  a  low  ebb  in  the  college,  and  the 
efforts  of  Jo.seph  M.  Fox,  7^^,  were  directe<l  toward  advanc- 
ing it.  It  seems  .strange  to  tintl  his  name  as  pitcher  of 
the  baseball  team.  No  games  were  won  that  year,  but  with 
the  class  of  75  came  several  good  cricketers,  among  whom 
were  Hunt,  Newlin  and  Haines.  Their  pn*sence  had  its 
result  in  the  autumn  of  71,  for  three  victories  were  then 
scored  for  Haverford.     .\   nnitch  was  played  that  autumn 


416  HISTORY    OF    HAVKltlORD    COLLEGE. 

between  the  Everett  and  the  Athenauim  societies,  of  whicli 
The  Gem  thus  speaks : 

"  Then  might  have  been  seen  an  eleven  on  the  field  that 
would  have  done  credit  to  any  University  in  England  or 
America,  such  bowlers  as  Hunt,  Gummere  and  Newlin,  while 
at  the  wicket  was  Haines,  and  out  in  the  field  were  men 
like  the  noble  Perc}'  and  the  great  D.  F.,  a  tower  of  strength 
in  himself. 

"The  Everett  sent  first  to  bat  Nick  and  the  manly  Tilt, 
and  for  awhile  our  bowlers  were  troubled,  but  not  dis- 
couraged ;  runs  were  made,  slow  but  sure,  until  at  length 
Parker  scattered  the  stumps  and  Nick  returned,  a  sadder  but 
wiser  man.  No  otber  stands  were  made  by  the  sons  of 
Everett  till  one  of  tlie  numerous  tribe  of  Taylors  made  his 
appearance,  but  soon  even  he  himself  had  to  acknowledge 
himself  vanquished.  After  this  we  made  short  work  of 
them;  but  they  made  a  well-earned  fifty-six  (56),  and  Everett 
stock  was  in  the  ascendant. 

"They  having  taken  their  positions  in  the  field,  the 
Athenaeums  sent  forth  Haines  and  the  noble  Percy  to  do 
battle  for  them,  but  the  gods  had  not  yet  deigned  to  smile 
auspiciously  on  them,  and  we  were  quickly  disposed  of. 

"  Anderson  carried  out  his  bat  for  a  good  score,  and 
F.  B.  Gummere,  by  good  batting,  raised  the  hopes  of  our 
eleven  and  obtained  the  highest  score  of  the  inning,  which 
closed  for  a  total  of  thirty-four." 

The  Athenaeum  finally  won  by  five  wickets.  The  style 
of  the  account  shows  the  spirit  of  enthusiasm  which  was 
then  thrown  into  cricket.  There  is  a  poem  in  TJie  Collegian 
about  this  time  which  echoes  this  feeling. 

Haverford  was,  however,  not  so  successful  in  thi«  spring 
of  75 ;  for  the  Dorian  was  badlv  defeated  bv  Germantown. 


<;OVKKXMKNT    llV    Till:    FACri.TV.  tlV 

Intlet-d.il  liutl  la-vt-r  yut  won  a  gaiiu'  from  a  tirst-class  club; 
Mtrion  being  anything  l>ut  tiiat  prior  to  1S70.  Very  many 
class  nuitches  were  played  this  Spring. 

'Die  Bud  tells  of  a  more  fortunate  autumn  :  "  Two  vic- 
tories for  the  Dorian  have  been  recorded  in  the  book  and 
two  elegant  indiviilual  scores,  as  the  result  of  the  Fall 
practice. "  These  scores  were  made  in  a  game  with  the 
"  Modocs,"  wherein  V.  II.  Taylor  and  .1.  W.  Nicholson,  the 
first  two  in,  scorrd  lO'J  (not  out)  and  71  (run  nut)  respec- 
tively. We  tind  in  the  same  lind  some  *'  advice  to  a  cricket 
captain,"  which  is  valuable  as  an  aid  to  our  cmikm  ption  of 
the  then  condition  of  Haverford  cricket. 

In  tilt'  year  1S7<>  the  tables  were  conijdetely  turned; 
Haverfonl  was  victorious  in  every  game,  including  those 
with  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  tlu'  first  eleven 
of  the  (Jermantown;  while  the  Modocs,  who  had  won  two 
years  before,  were  ignominiously  defeated,  the  Dorians 
making,  in  the  .second  inning,  200  runs  for  one  wicket. 

In  the  loth  month  of  this  year,  the  enlargement  of  the 
cricket-fieKl  was  authorized,  under  the  following  conditions: 
"(1)  The  number  of  matclies,  and  with  whom  they  may  be 
played,  to  be  under  the  control  of  the  Faculty,  who  were 
also  to  approve  of  the  conduct  on  the  grounds  of  those  wlio 
participate;  and  discontinue  match  games,  if  tiiey  sliould 
prove  disadvantageous  to  the  students.  (2)  No  part  of  the 
expen.se  of  the  proposecl  change  was  to  fall  on  the  funds  of 
the  college  corporation;  and  (3)  The  change  was  to  be  so 
made  as  to  meet  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Board  of  Managers.  Of  this  it  may  be  said  that  the 
growth  was  healthy  and  the  restrictions,  perhaps,  were 
wholesome,  too. 


V 


chaptj-:r  xi\\ 
BARCLAY  HALL   BUILT.    iSyh-Si. 

Stately  liouses  we  eret-t, 
And  tlierein  tliink  to  take  deliglit.— Thomas  Ellwood. 

At  the  Alumni  Meeting,  in  the  summer  of  1S77,  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  association,  who  was  unavoidabl}'  absent,  author- 
ized the  association,  by  letter,  to  offer  a  prize  of  $250,  £'50  or 
1250  fr.,  for  the  best  essay  on  "  What  can  Individuals  do  most 
effectually  to  bring  about  Abandonment  of  War  by  Civilized 
Nations?"  Francis  T.  King,  James  Whitall  and  John  B. 
Garrett  were  appointed  judges,  and  they  proceeded  to  issue 
a  circular,  offering  the  prize,  and  laying  down  rules  for  the 
competition,  which  was  widely  published  in  our  own  and 
foreign  countries.  They  were  "  materially  aided  by  an  ad- 
vertisement and  notice,  which  we]'e  inserted  in  the  London 
Times,  through  the  courtesy  of  the  American  Minister  at  the 
Court  of  St.  James,"  the  late  Honorable  John  Welsh.  The 
judges  received  twenty  or  thirty  essays  from  different 
parts  of  the  world.  The  subject  was  stated  in  the  circular 
to  be  "  The  most  practicable  plan  for  promoting  the  speedy 
substitution  of  judicial  for  violent  methods  of  settling  inter- 
national disputes."  The  prize  was  awarded  to  Leon  Chot- 
teau  of  Suresnes,  France,  for  an  essay  which  lie  entitled  "  Le 
Parlement  Universel."  The  author  was  a  publicist,  who 
had  been  special  envoy  from  France  to  the  United  States,  to 
negotiate  a  commercial  treaty  between  the  two  countries.    It 

(41S) 


r. AK<  I,A^    HAi.i.   luii.r.  ir.» 

is  to  be  rt'«;rettt'il  ilmt  liis  essay  was  iintraiislatt'<l,  ami  lias 
iieviT  bet'ii  puMislu'd,  and  therefore  the  prhv  largely  failed 
of  its  object.  ()ftlie  other  j)a|ters  eoini»etin«;,  the  next  in 
merit  were  from  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  One  of  those 
lias  since  been  published,  aiul  forms  a  valuabh'  euntribntion 
to  the  literature  of    International  Arbitration. 

At  the  sueceedinji;  nieetinj^  the  Committee  on  History 
made  a  discoura«jin«;  report,  and  reeomincnded  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  new  committee,  "  in  caise  the  association  should 
decide  to  continue  the  work."  They  were,  however,  con- 
tinued, and  the  project  draj^ged  its  slow  lenj^th  al»tn«^,  year 
after  year,  otl'erin*;  hojies  of  the  prosecution  of  the  work, 
until  1SS4,  when  tiie  scIkimc  wa-  lor  tlir  time  abandoned, 
and  tlie  committee  di.schar«i;td.  The  present  book  is  evi- 
dence that  it  was  again  revived  a  few  years  later,  and  car- 
ried forwanl  t<»  a  successful  conclusion. 

The  Fall  of  1S77  marks  another  distinct  period  in  the  his- 
tory of  Haverford  College.  A  ntw  and  more  modern  life  may 
be  said  to  have  i»egun  with  the  opening  of  Barclay  Hall, 
which  was  tii-st  occupied  at  the  beginning  of  this  academic 
year,  in  the  '.>th  month.  The  adtlition  of  a  new  building  to 
the  college  campus  did  not  mean  simply  enlarge«l  facilities 
and  more  convenient  and  comfortable  (puirters,  but  it  meant 
a  total  revolution  in  the  life  of  the  students  at  tiie  college. 
In  one  sense  "  the  good  old  days  ''  of  Haverford  were  over. 
The  old  study-room,  with  all  its  associations,  was  gone.  The 
cramped  and  bare-walled  bedrooms,  not  much  larger  than 
those  at  Rugby,  were  gone.  The  students  would  no  longer 
stutly  under  the  eye  of  an  instructor,  and  were  free  from 
many  petty  rules  and  regulations.  By  the  arrangement  of 
the  new  building  each  student  has  the  privilege  of  a  separate 
bedroom,  each  pair  of  the.'<e  rooms  opening  into  a  private 


420  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKKOHD    COLLEGK. 

parlor  or  study-room  for  the  exclusive  use  of  two  students. 
Luxur}'  was  succeeding  to  severity.  Was  it  the  dawn  of  a 
Golden  Age  ? 

All  the  friends  of  Haverford  were  watching  the  beginning 
of  its  new  career  with  great  interest  and  hopefulness ;  but 
so  great  a  change  did  not  take  place  without  serious  appre- 
hension on  the  part  of  many.  One  of  the  sources  of  anxiety 
was  the  greatly  increased  freedom  necessarily  allowed  the 
students,  under  the  arrangement  of  separate  study-rooms, 
where  it  was  impossible  for  an  officer  to  observe  whether 
they  were  properly  employing  their  hours,  or  were  playing 
games,  or  idling  their  time  in  gossip,  or  wasting  it  in  reading 
novels,  or  worse.  It  is  not  strange  that  officers,  who  had 
believed  there  was  need  of  so  much  care  and  restraint  in 
the  old  study-room,  should  feel  anxious,  when  not  only  the 
boys  were  behind  their  backs  but  "  sporting  the  oak.'" 

The  time  had  not  advanced  far,  however,  before  it  became 
evident  that  the  students  were  doing  better  work,  and  in  a 
far  more  satisfactory  way,  than  was  possible  under  the  old 
system. 

The  President,  in  his  report,  feels  it  a  cause  of  congratu- 
lation that  so  many  of  the  hopes  expressed  in  his  letter  of 
acceptance  two  and  a  half  years  ago  have  been  fulfilled. 
Barclay  Hall  has  been  erected  ;  a  scientific  course  of  study 
put  into  successful  operation  ;  the  elective  system  in  the 
higher  classes  has  gained  a  firm  hold  and  is  working  satis- 
factorily. The  Managers,  also,  express  satisfaction  in  these 
improvements,  but  are  exercised  that  the  best  traditions 
of  the  college  shall  be  preserved. 

As  the  year  progressed,  more  and  more  confidence  was 
felt  in  the  young  men  themselves,  and  Professor  Alsop 
wore  a  less  anxious  face.     Individual  responsibility  and  the 


I'.AK(  r.AV    IIAI.I.    ItlllT.  421 

sense  of  iucreast'tl  a<lvaiita»,'i's,  in  the  uiis|)eakal)le  privilege 
of  private,  iiiiiiiterrupti'd  stinly.  ami  tlif  feeliiij;  that  the 
student  hiuj.self  was  chiefly  eoncernetl  as  to  whether  he  was 
improving;  his  opportunities,  led  to  results  which  no  system 
of  watchiu';  and  restraint  could  ever  produce.  With  the 
exception  of  the  evening  collection  for  reading  the  Bible, 
and  the  rule  to  extinguish  the  lights  at  10  o'clock,  there 
were  few  interruptions  to  the  ahsolute  and  untranmielled 
freedom  of  an  orderly  youth. 

Practically,  the  only  time  each  student  had  to  give  an 
account  of  himself,  was  at  the  hour  of  recitation,  which,  as 
yet,  ha<l  not  become  a  lecture.  \\{  the  manner  in  which 
some  of  the  jirofe.ssors  conducted  their  classes  was  begin- 
ning to  convince  the  student  that  he  himself,  and  not  the 
professor,  was  the  one  concerned  as  to  whether  he  was  gain- 
ing the  object  of  his  stay  at  the  institution. 

It  was  interesting  to  note  how  j»er>onal  responsibility  in- 
creased, in  proportion  as  each  professors  evident  concern 
was,  that  every  opportnuitj/  and  incentive  should  be  offered 
for  a  knowledge  <)f  the  subject  in  hand,  rather  than  that 
lessons  should  be  unprepared,  or  the  student  drift  toward 
examination,  and  stran<l  on  it.  The  man  who  was  thus 
<1  rifting,  sooner  or  later,  if  left  to  himsrlt",  began  to  realize 
his  situation,  and  finding  that  no  one  was  looking  out  for 
him,  arou.se«l  himself  and  went  to  work  in  earnest. 

Undoubtedly  the  sense  of  honor  as  to  conduct,  which  the 
new  system  was  developing,  to  the  gratification  of  the 
Faculty  and  Managers,  led  the  professors  to  trust  each 
man  to  do  his  own  work,  and  thus  it  was  that  tlie  builders 
of  Barclay  Hall  "  builde<l  more  wisely  tiian  they  knew." 

The  graduates  and  friends  of  the  college,  who  have  not 
visitetl  it  since  the  erection  of  Harciay  Hall,  will  be   inter- 


422  HISTORY    OF    JIAVEKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

ested  in  the  following  more  detailed  account  taken  from  an 
article  which  appeared  in  Tlie  Friends'  Review  soon  after  its 
completion : 

"  In  his  letter  accepting  his  appointment,  early  in  the  year 
1875,  the  President  of  Haverford  College  called  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Managers  to  the  great  desirableness  of  the  erec- 
tion of  a  new  building,  containing  private  studies  for  the 
students,  with  convenient  bedrooms  attached,  and  expressed 
his  conviction  that  the  time  had  come  when,  by  an  earnest 
effort,  this  and  other  important  improvements  could  be  suc- 
cessfully undertaken,  lie  had  hardly  more  than  completed 
the  letter  when  he  was  called  upon  by  a  member  of  the 
Board,  whose  mind  had,  independently,  been  turned  the 
same  way,  and  who  came,  full  of  enthusiasm,  to  discuss  the 
proper  plan  and  arrangements  of  such  a  building.  As  the 
idea  was  imparted  to  others,  it  met  with  great  favor  in  the 
liberal  and  enlightened  circle  of  friends  and  supporters  of 
the  college.  A  building  committee  of  judicious  and  active- 
men  was  appointed  by  the  Managers  ;  they  consulted  with 
the  officers  and  graduates,  and  with  experts  in  matters  of 
the  kind,  employed  a  skilful  architect,  and  soon  determined 
upon  the  plan  which  has  been  so  happily  carried  to  comple- 
tion in  Barclay  Hall.  Other  committees,  both  of  the  Mana- 
gers and  alumni,  undertook  the  no  less  important  work  of 
raising  contributions  to  cover  the  expense  of  building.  The 
success  wdiich  they  met  with  is  all  the  more  creditable  to 
the  generous  subscribers  to  the  fund,  from  the  fact  that  the 
work  was  begun  and  carried  through  in  a  time  of  severe 
and  unusual  financial  depression.  The  amount  of  labor 
quietly  and  unobtrusively  done  by  the  earnest  men  in  these 
committees  can  only  be  appreciated  by  those  who  have 
been  similarly  engaged  themselves,  and,  together  with  the 


I'.AKri.AY    IIAI.I.    lilll.T.  423 

liberality  of   the  contributors,  deserves  the    most    grateful 
ri'cognitioii. 

"  Ami  now  tlu  IV  staiitis  in  a  i-oniinandin^'  position  in  the 
beautiful  park  of  llaverfonl  ('olk'i;o,  a  stately  edilice  o( 
granite,  which  would  be  admired  for  its  titness  for  academic 
purposes,  and  for  its  simple  and  appropriate  beauty,  if  it 
stood  till  the  banks  of  the  Cam,  the  Isis,  or  tin-  ("harles. 
Occupied  for  the  tiiNt  time  at  the  beginidng  of  the  present 
autumn  term,  it  hasalready  more  than  fuUilletl  theexpecta- 
ti«)ns  of  its  project<u-s,  in  the  addition  which  its  admirable 
accommodations  have  nuide  to  the  comfort  and  happiness 
of  the  students,  the  extent  tn  which  it  has  promoted  habits 
of  diligent  private  study,  and  the  i»romi.se  it  gives  of 
attracting  larger  numbers  to  our  college. 

"The  exterior  walls  arc  of  Port  Deposit  granite,  of  a  liglit 
bluish  hue,  most  grateful  to  thi-  eye.  lust  above  the  beau- 
tiful dimple,  which  is  so  attractive  a  feature  in  the  north- 
ejistern  part  of  the  college  park,  the  new  hall  stretches  for 
nearly  two  hundred  and  twenty  feet  from  north  to  south, 
while  its  central  tower  rises  to  the  height  of  one  hundred 
and  ten  feet.  The  ea.stern  front  presents  a  noble  appearance 
to  the  traveller  on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  between 
Ardmore  and  Hryn  Mawr,  and  the  building  is  a  pleasant 
feature  in  the  landscape  for  the  whole  neighb«)ring  country. 
The  style,  dignihed  an«l  simple,  but  not  severe,  has  gained 
very  general  commendation,  and  reflects  great  credit  upon 
the  good  taste  of  the  architect,  Addison  Ilutton.  While 
there  is  little  unnecessary  an<l  elaborate  ornamentation,  'it 
is  easy  to  discover,  in  the  broken  outline,  the  turreted 
tower,  the  bay  windows,  an  occasiomil  buttress  and  pointe<l 
arch,  the  spirit  of  that  style  of  <Iolhic  architecture  which  is 
the   most    readily   and  successfully    adapte«!    to  collegiate 


424  HISTORY    OF    HAVERF()1{D    COLLHIGK. 

buildings."  Tlie  danger  of  a  monotonous  effect,  imminent 
in  so  long  a  building,  has  been  skilfully  avoided,  and  a 
scholastic  character  is  impressed  upon  the  whole,  so  that 
the  edifice  could  not  be  mistaken  for  a  factory,  a  hospital, 
or  an  asylum. 

"  It  is  believed  that  graduates  and  friends  of  the  college 
will  be  interested  in  the  following  somewhat  detailed  de- 
scription of  the  new  hall :  '  The  building  is  two  hundred 
and  eighteen  feet  four  inches  in  length,  and  forty  feet  in 
general  width  ;  the  central  section,  however,  has  a  width  of 
sixty-five  feet  two  inches.  The  first  floor  is  elevated  five 
feet  three  inches  from  the  grade  of  the  front  lawn.  The 
first  story  is  twelve  feet  three  inches,  the  second  story  eleven 
feet,  and  the  third  story  eleven  feet  from  floor  to  floor.  The 
central  tower  is  eighteen  feet  square  externally,  and  has  a 
total  height  to  the  vane  of  one  hundred  and  ten  feet.  The 
central  section  has  one  eastern  and  two  western  portals,  and 
contains  on  the  first  floor  an  office,  a  general  reception  })ar- 
lor,  and  a  collection-room.'  The  latter  is  very  comfortably 
seated  with  chairs,  and  its  walls  bear  appropriate  mottoes. 
'  A  corridor  seven  feet  wide  traverses  the  entire  length  of 
the  building.  On  either  side  of  this,  on  each  story,  are 
ranged  the  studies  and  chambers.  Each  story  has  two  bath- 
rooms. At  each  extreme  end  of  the  building  are  four  rooms, 
two  on  either  side  of  the  corridor,  of  such  size  that  they  may 
be  used  at  convenience,  either  as  chambers  or  studies,  en- 
abling any  student  who  desires  it  to  have  an  apartment  ex- 
clusively by  himself.  Between  these  and  the  central  section 
lie  four  study-rooms,  each  having  a  chamber  on  each  side  of 
it.  The  chambers  themselves  are  sufficiently  large  for  pri- 
vate study.  This  is  the  arrangement  on  all  the  stories,  thus 
giving  in  the  wings  twenty-four  studies    with    forty-eight 


HAKCI.AV    MAM.    lU  II.T.  425 

conimunicatiiig  cliambers,  iiii'I  twonty-four  rooms  wliich 
may  be  used  for  either  stutlies  ttr  cliambers.'  Seventy-two 
students  may  thus  be  accommodated  in  the  \vint;s.  The 
centre  building;  is  divided  into  six  hir»;c  rooms  on  the  second 
and  third  stories  each  ;  these  are  to  l>e  useil,  so  far  as  neces- 
sary, for  the  residence  of  the  Superintendent,  while  those  not 
needetl  for  this  purpose  will  furnish  additional  rooms  for 
students. 

"The  walls  of  the  buildin<^  are  faetd  »xttrnally  with  Port 
Deposit  granite,  laid  with  rock-face  i>r(»kt'ii  range-work  and 
pointed  with  dark  mortar;  the  rou<;h  walling  is  done  with 
stone  found  in  the  vicinity.  Above  the  inner  arch  of  the 
eastern  |>ortal  the  motto  of  the  college  is  carved  on  Nova 
Scotia  stone  in  mediieval  text.  All  internal  walls  required 
to  support  the  tloore  are  constructed  with  bricks.  The  roof 
is  mainly  slate;  there  is  a  deck,  however,  covered  with 
metal. 

'■  The  Hoors  are  laid  with  yellow  pine;  those  of  the  first 
story  are  of  double  thickness.  The  joinery  is  almost  entirely 
white  pine.  The  entrance  doors,  and  the  two  staircases 
(one  to  each  wing)  are  all  of  oak.  All  the  woodwork  inside 
the  building  is  Hnislied  with  nil  and  shellac,  so  as  to  exhibit 
the  natural  grain  of  tin-  wood. 

"  Two  large  high -pressure  boilers  in  the  basement  furnish 
the  steam  which  heats  the  hou.«5e.  The  warming  is  done  by 
what  is  ternu'd  indirect  ra<liation,  steam  coils  being  placed 
at  the  basc^  of  the  warm-air  flues,  antl  not  in  the  rooms. 
The  exceptions  to  this  are  in  the  collection-room  and  in  the 
corridors,  which  have  direct  radiation.  The  air-duct  com- 
munieates  with  the  outer  air  by  windows,  always  open,  and 
is  arrange<l  to  bo  entirely  separate  from  the  other  apartments 
in  the  basement,  and  thus  (rw  from   the  usual  odors  and 


426         HISTORY  OI'  HAVERFORD  COLLEGE. 

dust  ill  that  (|uartor.  The  eoils  ure  pliiccd  in  this  air-duct, 
and  so  divided  that  each  room  in  the  building  shall  have 
its  own  supply  of  warmed  air. 

"  The  ventilation  of  the  rooms  is  secured  by  means  of 
open  fire-places,  of  wdiich  each  room  has  one.  Registers 
near  the  ceiling  allow  the  escape  of  superfluous  hot  air. 
Hot  and  cold  w^ater  are  plentifully  supplied,  and  the  house 
is  furnished  with  all  the  modern  conveniences.  The  closets 
in  the  basement  are  ventilated  by  means  of  large  flues, 
heated  at  the  base  with  steam  coils. 

"The  generous  men  and  women,  through  whose  contri- 
butions Barclay  Hall  has  been  erected,  ma}'^  congratulate 
themselves  upon  the  certainty  that  their  bounty  will  largely 
promote  the  success  and  prosperity  of  a  most  useful  and 
valuable  institution." 

About  this  time  came  a  crisis  in  Haverford  cricket,  for 
the  defeat  by  Germantown  had  greatly  discouraged  all; 
but  F.  H.  Taylor,  70,  took  charge  of  the  team,  and  by  hard 
work  and  systematic  i)ractice  they  reached  the  goal  of  their 
efforts,  scoring  a  victory  over  Germantow^n.  To  this  tliey 
added  in  the  Fall  another  over  Belmont. 

In  the  Spring  of  1877  the  opening  of  the  new  cricket- 
ground,  begun  the  previous  autumn,  was  celebrated  with 
much  eclat  in  a  match  between  twenty-two  students  and 
twenty-two  of  the  alumni.  The  expense  of  the  improve- 
ment, amounting  to  over  one  thousand  dollars,  had  been 
contributed  by  some  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  Haverford's 
sons — a  committee  of  old  students,  headed  by  Henry  Coi>e,  of 
'69,  having  raised  the  money  and  successfully  carried  out 
the  proposed  plan. 

In  Tlie  Collegian  of  this  year  there  is  an  article  entitled 
"Advice    to  Cricketers,''  which    is  filled  with    suggestions 


r.AK<  LAY  II A  I.I.  r.i  ii/r.  427 

adtlressnl  t»»  t\n-  players,  wljo,  it  is  siiiti,  will  not  lu-  ajit  t»> 
notice  the  pointis  by  observation  an<l  practice.  TIk'  writer 
carefully  explains  the  a<lvanta«;t' of  j»laying  a  "straijjht  bat," 
and  tlescribes  at  length  the  process  of  "cutting,"  the  science 
of  which  he  has  himself  failed  to  grasp.  He  remarks  that  out- 
siders have  found  fault  with  Ilaverford's  custom  of  jumping 
away  from  the  wicket  tliiough  tear,  attributing  this  bad 
habit  to  poor  practice  creases.  Hut  that  which  throws  most 
light  on  Ilaverford's  style  in  batting  are  the  following  words: 
*' The  great  weak  point  of  the  Dorian  lii-s  just  here  .  .  . 
our  players  are  too  anxious  to  hit  .  .  .  it  is  j>ractice  at 
steady  batting  that  we  so  much  need  at  present." 

It  is  impo.ssible  to  record  fully  the  many  matches  of 
cricket  played  since.  We  can  only  touch  upon  those  most 
important.  From  1.S70  to  IMSI  llaverford  cricket  enjoyed 
it.s  most  prosperous  season,  for  in  those  years  tifteen  games 
were  won  and  but  tiv(>  lo.st. 

A  great  game  was  arrange<l  between  Ilavi'rford  and  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  graduates  and  uiulcrgraduates 
in  the  autumn  of  1S7S.  William  Carvill,  the  founder  of 
llaverford  cricket,  now  ,Si  years  old,  witnessed  this  game. 
It  was  played  9th  month  l.Sth  an<l  I'.Uh.on  the  (Jermantown 
grounds,  and  great  interest  was  manifested  all  over  Phila- 
delphia. The  game  ended  in  a  victory  for  Ilaverfonl  by 
an  innings  and  llSnins.  In  the  evening  a  cricket  supper  was 
serveti  to  the  ehven^  ,m,\  tluir  friends  in  the  <  i.??iuint<'u  n 
Club  House. 

This  match  was  nnide  the  subject  of  a  long  editorial  in  a 
IMiiladelphia  paper,  and  the  condition  of  the  .score  was 
telegraphed  to  the  evening  pap«'rs,  which  devoted  more 
than  a  column  to  a  detailed  acconi*  "-^tv-  one  of  these 
papers : 


428  HISTORY  oi"  iiavi-;kfoi{d  college. 

"  It  is  tlie  intention  of  tlie  graduates  of  the  Pennsylvania  University  and 
Haverford  College  to  make  this  match  the  fashionable  event  of  tlie  season  in 
tiie  years  to  come.  It  will  be  remembered  that  next  to  the  Derby  races  and 
'Varsity  contest  on  the  Tliames,  the  cricket  games  between  Oxford  and  Cam- 
bridge Universities  and  Harrow  and  Rugby  schools  draw  larger  audiences  than 
any  other  sporting  event  of  the  year  in  tiie  'mother  country.'  Fathers  and 
moiliers,  uncles  and  aunts,  and  all  tiie  children  and  cousins  make  those  days  a 
regular  holiday. 

"To-day's  piay  was  a  decided  success.  A  very  large,  intelligent,  and  fashion- 
able audience  assembled,  and  appeared  to  heartily  enjoy  each  good  point  as 
made.  The  ladies  especially  entered  into  the  sport  with  a  zest,  and  evidently 
knew  all  about  the  game,  applauding  their  favorites,  and  pouting  and  scolding 
when  'our  side'  was  unfortunate. 

"Sud.  Law  started  the  bowling  at  C.  E.  Haines,  who  had  A.  L.  Baily  for 
his  partner.  Haines  put  the  fifth  ball  of  the  over  nicely  to  leg  for  a  double. 
Baily  drew  a  beauty  to  leg  for  a  single,  his  first.  Haines  hammered  a  full 
pitch  to  leg,  which  went  through  Johnson's  legs  and  there  were  two  more 
scored.    The  telegraph  now  indicated  ten,  and  I  laverford's  colors  were  fluttering. 

"Captain  Conway,  advance  agent  of  the  Australia  team,  had  arrived  on  the 
grounds  by  this  time,  and,  taking  his  seat  with  A.  A.  Outerbridge,  took  a  great 
interest  in  the  game.  Several  times  he  expressed  himself  pleased  with  tiie 
play,  both  at  the  bat  and  in  tlie  field.  " 

At  31  Magee  got  in  under  A.  L.  Ikiily. 

"  E.  T.  Comfort,  the  celebrated  bowler,  and  who  promises  to  become  an 
equally  famous  all-round  cricketer,  followed.  Kun-getting  then  became  the 
order  of  the  day.  When  the  telegraph  announced  o3  runs  C  E.  Haines  fell  a 
victim  to  Morris.  F.  L.  Baily,  another  fii  ra  bat  and  quiet,  unassuming  player, 
came  next.  Mr.  Baily  is  one  of  the  kw  batsmen  in  this  country  who  has  gained 
the  enviable  position  of  having  '  topped  the  century. '  He  ran  up  20  in  short 
notice,  after  having  a  life  given  to  him  at  half  that  number.  Congdon  joined 
Comfort,  and  these  two  compelled  the  scorers  to  record  100  runs.  With  12 
more  on  tiie  tally-slieet  Congdon  was  well  caught  at  the  wicket.  W.  H.  Haines, 
together  with  Comfort,  kept  everybody — scorers,  bowlers  and  fielders — busily 
engaged  for  three-quarters  of  an  hour.  Magee  finally  made  the  catch  of  the 
day  at  point.  Haines  cut  a  ball  off' of  Harris  sharply,  and  well  out  of  tlie  field- 
er's reach.  Magee  made  a  spring  for  it,  reached  out  his  left  hand,  and  the  ball 
stuck.  He  was  heartily  and  deservedly  applauded.  Kimber,  the  next  bats- 
man, faced  Comfort,  and  leatlier-hunting  occupied  the  attention  of  representa- 
tives of  the  blue  and  red  for  nearly  an  hour.  Fifty-(me  runs  were  made  be- 
tween the  two,  and  it  looked  as  if  they  had  taken  a  contract  to  bring  the  score 
up  to  200.  Just  four  short  of  that  number,  Comfort  put  a  little  one  into  P>rew- 
ster's  hands  at  point,  and  witii  the  magnificent  score  of  05  to  his  credit,  was 
carried  from  the  wicket  by  his  enthusiastic  fellow-collegegraduates.  Kimber 
was  aided  by  Jones,  J.  Comfort  and  Carey  after   this  in  running  the  score  up 


I'.AKCLAY    HAI.I,    I'.L'ILT.  429 

lo  24S.  At  »'»  o'clock  the  day's  play  ceiiikil  with  Kiniber  .Vi  ami  Carey  7,  Ktill 
at  the  bat." 

Sttim  after  the  pluy  l>e^ii  on  tlie  >e<<>ii(l  day  'a  plea'^iiit  fpitMnle  ocfiirred, 
which  fully  inilii-ute«l  the  general  inttTe>t  taken  in  the  k"*'"*^-  It  ueeruH  the 
FiKulty  of  Haverford  (nllene,  apprei^'iatin^'  tin-  feelinKti  of  their  HtiidentM  over 
the  trniml  x-ore  of  ihe  eleven,  jpive  them  a  full  holiday  to-«lay.  Just  ajt  the 
telegraph  HJiuwed  '2>'>0,  and  KiniU-r  iiil  f<»r  a  two  hit,  a  larjje  omnilms,  drawn 
hy  jiix  horneji,  n*>ly  decorated  with  the  «tille>{e  colon* — re<l  and  hiack — and 
cmnime^l,  januned  full  of  hilarious  underKraduateH,  all  *>hontinx  the  college  ery, 
drove  into  the  ground,  and  gave  proof  that  there  was  to  he  plenty  of  fun  through 
the  ilay.  Hy  an  nnfoitiinate  attempt  at  a  short  run,  Carey  was  run  out,  and  the 
innin;js  tlo'.etl  for  ■J*k5,  KimU-r  i-arryin^  his  hat  out  for  <>.'5,  made  up  of  one  4, 
six  :>'s,  eleven  doul>les,  and  the  re»t  singles,  h  wxs  a  glorious  inning,  detipite 
the  fact  that  he  gave  them  chances. 

"The  Univer>iiy  team,  at  the  close  of  their  opponenti*'  big  work,  did  not 
ap|>ear  to  l>e  at  all  daunte«l.  'Of  course  it's  a  lot  of  runs,'  say  their  friends, 
'  hut  just  look  at  the  men  we  have.  There's  Fre«l.  Brewster,  Sud.  Law,  Ed. 
Ilopkituson,  Horace  Magee,  ami  I,oj)er  Baird.  If  they  get  in,  look  fora  ctiuple 
of  hundred  anyhow.' 

"The  ground  between  the  wickets  was  thoroughly  rolle<l,  the  innpires  t<Kik 
their  |M>sitions,  the  scorers  sharpenetl  their  pencils,  and  with  everything  in 
readiness  '  Play'  was  calltnl  just  at  the  high  noon,  Harris  and  Magee  taking 
guard  to  the  lM)\vling  of  E.  T.  Comfort  and  Kiml>er.  Cotn fort  gave  Harris  a 
couple  of  nice  ones  tothe  off,  which  he  faileil  tot^ike  advantage  of,  and  put  the 
third  to  leg  for  a  single.  Magee  cut  the  next  one  for  a  pair,  and  came  near 
h>sing  his  inning,  a  miserable  shy  at  the  wicket  alone  failing  to  dis|>oseof  him. 
Kiml»er,  after  getting  his  field  suite<l  to  please  himself,  then  lH>wled  five  balls 
to  the  off,  noneof  which  Harris  could  handle.  The  sixth  he  stopin^l  well.  <  XF 
of  Comfort's  second  ball  Congdon  made  a  handsome  stop  at  |M>int  fn>m  Magee's 
bat.  .\nother  maiden.  KimltcT  now  l>ow  le<l  Harris  clear  and  clean  on  the 
second  l>all  of  the  next  over,  1  wiiket  for  ."?.  Brewster,  the  next  Imtsman,  was 
applaudeti  as  he  walkeil  towanl  the  popping  crease.  .\  leg  bye  follow*"*!,  and 
there  were  now  three  maidens  bi)wle«l  out  of  four  overs.  Brewster  tip|Mil  a 
high  just  a  little  too  far  for  the  wicket-kee|H!r  and  score«l  his  lirsi.  Ofl' of  Com- 
fort he  got  a  2  into  the  slips.  He  then  made  one  of  the  finest  le.;  hits  everseen 
on  the  grountl  for  4  ortof  Comfort.  Putting  the  next  to  the  off  for  a  single  the 
I'niversity  men  shook  their  re<l  and  blue  ca|>s  and  shoute<l — shouti**!  is  just  the 
wonl.  Seven  rtms  were  made  off  Comfort's  single  over,  making  the  total  l«'i. 
Magee  now  tric«l  to  drive  a  straight  one  from  Kimlier.  and  his  miildle  stump 
<lrop|Htl  in  tx)nse<]uence.  I.o|>er  BainI,  another  one  of  the  giants,  followed. 
Kimbi'r  l)owle<i  three  off  the  wicket,  but  he  could  not  gel  the  hang  of  the  {h-cu- 
liar  otf-brcik  of  that  liowler.  Brewster  rut  Comfort  for  a  single,  and  Itaird 
followetl  suit.  The  former  got  Kimlwr  to  leg  for  a  single,  nicely  fieldtsl.  If 
the  Haverfordians  ever  did  'holler  '  they  let  out  when  Comfort  knockeil  Brew- 
ster's off  ami  middle  stump  forty  waji  for  Sunday.  Three  wickels  for  "Jo  mns. 
RainI  agiin  rai^eil  the  ho|HH|  nf  his  teim  by  a  lieauly   to   the  on  for  4.     The 


430  iriSTUKV    OK    IIAVKRFORI)    C'OLLl-XIE. 

fielding  up  to  tliis  jioint  had  been  lirst  class,  many  runs  being  saved  Ijv  the 
activity  of  the  Haverfordians." 

With  nine  wickets  down,  tlie  newspaper  account  con- 
tinues: 

"The  game  was  as  monotonous  as  it  was  yesterday,  with  this  difference,  the 
runs  were  piled  up  yesterday  without  the  fall  of  wickets,  and  to-day  the  wickets 
are  falling  witlmut  any  runs  being  piled  up.  Morris  popped  a  little  one  for  a 
cent  to  point,  ami  the  University  eleven  were  out  for  38  runs. 

"During  the  intermission  for  'crackers  and  cheese  '  the  collegians  are  hav- 
ing a  jolly  good  time  chaffing  each  other.  The  Haverfordians  are  i)romenad- 
ino;  around  with  the  ladies  on  their  arms, proud  as  peacocks,  heads  up  and  the 
red  and  black  conspicuously  displayed.  The  unfortunate  eleven  from  the 
University  are  either  hard  at  eating  a  sandwich  in  silence,  or  else  exfdaining 
to  their  ladies  that  it  is  one  of  those  peculiar  tilings  about  cricket,  the  glorious 
uncertainty  of  the  game,  and  'all  that  kind  of  thing,  you  know.'  Some  of  the 
University  men,  not  on  the  eleven,  are  imkind  enough,  in  a  satirical  sort  of 
way,  to  offer  their  badges  for  sale  at  a  reduced  price.  Altogether  the  boys  are 
enjoying  themselves,  and  having  lots  of  fun." 

Ninth  month  lst]i,1879,  a  large  number  of  the  old  cricket- 
ers celebrated  the  twenty-first  anniversary  of  the  founding 
of  the  Dorian  Cricket  Club  in  I808.  In  the  afternoon  a 
match  was  played  between  the  graduates  of  Haverford  and 
those  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  upon  the  beautiful 
grounds  of  the  Merion  Club,  about  half  a  mile  southeast  of 
the  college.     Here  the  players  of  '58  saw  many  things 

Not  dreamt  of  in  their  philosophy, 

and  were  pleased  to  litive  their  Dorian  successors  come  off 
victorious  with  eight  wickets  to  spare.  The  honors  were 
won  by  F.  L.  Baily,  who  made  58  runs,  J.  B,  Jones  48,  T. 
W.  Kimber  25,  and  A.  L.  Baily  22  runs. 

After  the  game  the  old  Haverfordians  adjourned  for  a 
jolly  cricket  su})i)er  in  the  dining-room  in  Founders' Hall, 
to  which  the  victors  were  invited.  The  "  old  boys,"  of  all 
ages,  gathered  immediately  afterward  under  the  lindens  in 
front  of  Founders'  Hall,  and,  amid  festive  lights  from  nu- 


I!.VK<  LAY    HA  I.I.    lU   II.T. 


431 


merous  Chinese  lanterns,  listened  to  stirring  speeches  from 
some  whom  atlvancin<;  years  had  iiuuh'  iiiort*  mi;;hty  with 
the  toiij^ue  tlian  with  tlje  ericket  hat. 

IltMuy  Hettle,  one  of  the  orij^inal  Dorian  eleven,  opened 
the  exercises  very  iuippily.  President  Chase  and  Proff.NSor 
Pliny  Iv  Cha.s««  responded  hrielly  hut  rniitivtiy.     Then  tin- 


I  ii:i  i.i;  IN  I  i:<»Ni  oi    J  oi  m>i  i:-    ii  \i  i 


"Song  of  the  |)(»riaii,  hy  tin  Hard  of  Cobb's  Creek,"  was 
sun;j  to  the  air  '  Winn  Johnnie  Comes  Marchinjj;  non)e  " 

Henry  Cope,  the  dcv«»ted  frien<l  of  Ilaverfoi'd  Cricket, 
showed  that  the  benefit  of  thorough  practi«<'  in  fi.Miiwr  Imd 
been  illustrate*!  in  the  match  of  the  «lay. 

Joseph  Parrish  read  a  song,  which  deserves  a  permanent 
place  in  the  literature  of  College  Cricket. 


432  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFOKD    COLLEGK. 

Crick KT  Song. 

Arms  and  the  man 

Virgil  began, 
Let  us  proceed  in  the  Manluaii  jilan. 

Arms  and  the  bat, 

Sing  we  of  that — 
The  war  of  the  wicket  knocks  otlier  wars  flat. 
Swish  !  wliack  I  liit  her  a  crack  I 
Thirty  times  iliree  for  tlie  Scarlet  and  Black. 

Kaise  we  the  song, 

Lift  it  along, 
To  Haverford  cricketers,  lusty  and  strong; 

Kissed  by  the  sun, 

Brown  as  a  bun. 
Gritty  and  resolute,  every  one. 
Swish  I  whack  I  hit  her  a  crack  ! 
Thirty  times  three  for  the  Scarlet  and  Black. 

What  since  the  birth 

Of  the  jolly  old  Earth, 
On  the  whole  round  of  her  corpulent  girth. 

Equals  the  scene. 

When  in  tlie  green 
Stand  the  stout  batsmen  the  wickets  between  ? 
Swish  I  whack  !  hit  her  a  crack  ! 
Thirty  times  three  for  the  Scarlet  and  Black. 

Sightly  to  see, 

Eapid  and  free, 
The  song  of  the  wood  of  the  stanch  willow  tree. 

Joyous  to  hear. 

Falls  on  the  ear 
The  whiz  of  the  ball  and  the  answering  cheer. 
Swish  !  whack  I  hit  her  a  crack  I 
Thirty  times  three  for  the  Scarlet  and  Black. 

Out  flies  the  stump, 

Out — with  a  jump — 
Jove  !  it  is  Cromwell  dissolving  the  Rump  I 

Down  goes  the  sun, 

Last  man  but  one — 
He's  a  Haverford  boy,  and  the  game's  just  begun. 

Swish  I  whack  !  hit  her  a  crack  ! 

Thirty  times  three  for  the  Scarlet  and  Black. 


i;au<  lay   II All    Ki  II  I.  |:>.'> 

Siaiul  lo  it,  Uivs  ! 

( B«itlier  tlieir  iu»i>^'). 
The  i-ricketer  Umdwh  tlio  i|uiiiteMiieiice  of  jovn. 

I'ile  up  tlie  »it>»re, 

AlwavK  out'  more, — 
Tlie  lieart  of  the  Mother  llirtibs  cK'aii  to  the  t-ort'. 
Swisli  I  whack  I  hit  lier  a  i-nick  I 
Thirty  times  thrt-e  for  the  S«':irlet  nii<l  fthick. 

Oh,  lei  us   |(iai->f 

(ihtriouM   (liiys. 
When  oui  lirows  were  i-rouiied  with  victorious  ha\s! 

Who  else  caii  l>e 

(iluiider  than  we  — 
Scarlet  ami  Klai-k  in  i he  foremost  lo  see*' 
Swish  I  whack  I  hit  her  a  cr^ck  I 
Thirty  titiH*s  three  for  the  Scarlet  aixl  Black. 

Cheer  tlieiu  once  more, 

Cheer  them  tjuhtrf, 
Who  hiis  no  voice  left,  why,  sh<<w  him  the  <l«K»r ! 

Kleven  are  prcHaeti 

Close  to  the  breast 
Of  dear  Alma  Mater,  Joe  Fox  and  the  rest. 
Swish  I  whack  I  hit  her  a  crack  I 
Thirty  times  three  for  ihe  Scarlet  an<l  IMack. 

This  occasion  was  greatly  enjoyed  l»y  the  many  ohl  stu- 
dents who  came  to  show  their  ahidinj;  interest  in  the  nohh' 
game  so  closely  intiTwoven  in  the  minds  of  many  with  old 
memories  of  outdoor  life  at  the  college. 

As  has  been  intimated,  the  year  1.S77-78  opened  ausj>i- 
ciously.  A  general  and  deepened  interest  in  a  higher  and 
more  thorough  standard  of  education  had  heen  nuinifi-sted 
throughout  the  Society  of  Kriinds,  in  the  various  American 
Yearly  Meetings  during  the  year  jinvious,  and  the  posi- 
tion of  Ilaverford  College  became  one  of  recognized  ini- 
l»ortance. 

The  fact  that  the  tifty-eight  students,  with  whom  the  term 
opened,  representing   seventeen   States  of  the  I'nion,  were 


434  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKKKOKI)    COLLEGE. 

all  but  two  or  three  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  that  of  this  number  twenty-seven  were  admitted  at  the 
autumn  term — the  largest  number  for  many  years — is  an 
evidence  of  the  general  and  increased  interest  in  Haverford 
at  this  time. 

It  is  also  interesting  to  note  their  verj' general  distribution 
throughout  the  various  sections  of  the  country.  Four  were 
from  New  England,  twenty-seven  from  the  Middle  States, 
thirteen  from  the  Southern,  and  fourteen  from  the  Western 
States.  The  age  of  the  students  of  this  year  and  the  fol- 
lowing was  also  certainly  above  the  average,  if  not  the 
highest  in  the  history  of  the  college.  The  Freshman  Class 
numbered  twenty-two,  whose  average  age  was  eighteen  and 
a  half  years.  At  the  commencement  in  this  3  ear  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  M.A.  was  conferred  upon  John  .7.  Thomas, 
of  Union  Springs,  editor  of  the  Country  Gentleman,  a.  brother 
of  Joseph  Thomas,  LL.D. 

A  change  was  made,  once  more,  at  this  time,  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  farm,  which  was  rented  for  Si, 200  per  year, 
and  the  stock  and  implements  were  sold.  The  various  ex- 
periments in  farming  were  alike  unprofitable  and  trouble- 
some—  it  was  "  Hobson's  choice."  Until  1848  only  members 
of  the  Society  Avere  admitted  to  the  advantages  of  residence 
and  study  at  Haverford,  but  now  all  young  men  of  good 
character,  and  the  requisite  attainments,  are  not  only  ac- 
cepted but  desired.  This  wish  to  exert  a  wider  influence, 
together  with  the  greatly  increased  facilities  and  advantages 
now  held  out  as  an  inducement,  led  to  the  first  earnest  effort 
to  make  the  college  known  outside  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  better  known  within  the  Society.  From  this  time 
forward  the  Managers  sought,  by  various  means  of  adver- 
tising, to  make  the  many  superior  advantages  of  Haverford 


r.Aiai.AY    ii.vi.i    miiT. 


435 


known.  With  an  inrn-asiil  nuniKir  of  stiuli-nts,  tlu-  nuni- 
IxT  of  instructors,  ami  the  facilitii's  for  instruction,  have 
also  increased. 

This  was  a  period  of  projjress,  and  rach  forwanl  step, 
however  timidly  tak»'n.  led  tootluisin  the  same  tlirection. 
Enough  of  the  old  conservativ*  >i>irit  prtvaili«l  to  prevent 
mistakes  and  to  ensure  the  wisdom  of  mw  movements. 

Thcie  were  many  cheering  evidences  during  the  winter 
and  spring  t)f  1S78  that  the  intcrtst  in  IIav»rford  was  <till 
warm  in  the  hearts  of  its 
friends.  Through  tin" 
wt'll  -  consideri'd  liher- 
ality  of  tin-  heirs  of 
John  I'^irnum,  the  sum 
of  twenty-live  thousaml 
tlollars  was  given  to  the 
Managers,  in  trust,  the 
income  to  be  used  in 
founding  a  "  Professor- 
ship of  some  practical 
science  or  literature,"  or 
by  free  scholarships,  as 
the  Managers  may,  from 
time  to  time,  deem  Ijest. 
This  fund  residtrd  in  the  estahlishnirnt.  in  187!>,  of  the 
"  John  Farnum  Trofessoi-ship  of  Thysics  an<l  Chennstry." 

The  office  of  Prefect  had  heen  created  this  year,  for  the 
puri)o.«e  of  relieving  the  President  of  certain  cares,  and  to 
this  position  Professor  Allen  ('.  Thonnis  wa.«4  appointed,  with 
ad<IitionaI  duties  as  Instructor  in  History  and  Khctoric.  The 
agreement  with  President  Chase  and  Samuel  Alsop,  Jr.,  for 
the  management  of  the   institution,  iiad   terminated    the 


'lis    I   \l:M  M 


436  HISToin'    OF    IIAVKKFoKH    C()LLE(iK. 

previous  siininier,  and  an  entirely  new  arrangement  had 
been  made  with  the  President  and  Faculty.  The  business 
interests  of  the  college,  including  the  purchasing  of  supplies, 
keeping  the  accounts,  and  the  domestic  economy  of  the 
institution — duties  which  formerly  had  been  performed  by 
the  Superintendent — were  now  placed  under  the  care  of 
the  Prefect, 

Early  this  3'ear  liberal  friends  of  the  college  also  sub- 
scribed a  sufficient  sum  to  defray  the  expense  of  important 
alterations  in  the  old  building,  now  known  as  Founders' 
Hall.  B\'  these  improvements  a  business  office  for  the  Prefect, 
four  new  class-rooms,  and  a  large,  well-lighted  room  for  the 
museum  were  furnished.  The  Gymnasium  was  enlarged, 
and  its  second-story  converted  into  a  lecture-roorn,  with 
raised  seats  for  one  hundred  students.  A  chemical  Labora- 
tory was  fitted  up,  under  the  careful  supervision  of  Professor 
Sharpless,  with  all  the  appliances  and  apparatus  needed 
for  practical  work  by  the  students.  It  is  difficult  to  estimate 
the  importance  of  the  increased  advantages  conferred  upon 
Haverford  during  this  eventful  year  by  its  earnest  friends, 
most  of  whom  have  since  had  the  pleasure  of  witnessing 
the  fruits  of  their  wise  liberality. 

'J'he  increased  number  of  students  and  their  diversity  of 
character  and  interest  had  its  effect  on  the  literary  societies, 
always  an  important  factor  in  the  internal  life  of  Haverford. 
The  Everett  and  Athenaeum  societies  were  stimulated  to 
fresh  efforts  to  surpass  each  other  b}'^  the  prospect  of  larger 
numbers  and  by  the  general  enthusiasm  caused  by  the 
recent  improvements. 

It  must  be  said,  however,  that  this  increased  activity  did 
not  manifest  itself  entirely  in  lively  debates  on  historical  and 
ethical  questions,  or  the  discussion  of  the  political  and  social 


t 


i;ak(  l.\^    HAi.i.   r.riiT. 


i::- 


prublfiii-  ol"  till'  tlay,  imr  in  llu'  prodiutiDii  ul"  Laliu  poetry 
and  Cireok  o«les,  or  the  w  ritiiit;  of  scientific  essays — though 
all  »»f  these  ha«l  their  place — hut  was  sometimes  manifested 
more  after  the  iikiuimt  <»f  practical  politics.  At  the  hct^iii- 
iiint;  of  each  year  there  was  an  iiii|>ortance  ^iven  to  the 
subject  which  deluded  the  innocent  Freshmen,  j^ivinjj  them 
a  vajjue  idea  that  their  chief  work  at  the  institution  would  he 
to  enjoy  the  many  advantajijes  ami  attractions  of  the  literary 
societit-s,  the  use  of  their  libraries  and  the  companionship 
and  sympathy  of  the  best  members  of  the  older  classes, 
which  tnich  society  claimed  to  have  on  its  roll.  The  ilesire 
of  the  older  mend^ers  to  secure,  for  their  respective  societies, 
the  largest  share  <»f  the  new  material,  Lrave  them  a  rcniark- 
ft'nle  interest  in  cultivating  the  ac«|uaintance  of  the  new 
fellows,  and  thus  liegot  such  an  idea  of  their  importance  as 
was  poorly  calculate*!  to  tit  them  for  the  ceremony  of  initi- 
ation, which  followed  a  few  weeks  later,  at  the  hands  of  the 
Sophomores.  Tiiis  was  after  their  lots  had  been  cast  with 
one  or  the  other  of  the  private  .societies,  and  after  the  sub- 
ject of  literary  societies  had  assumed,  in  their  «'yes,  a  less 
conspicuous  jdace  in  the  college  curriculum. 

('onsi<lerable  interest  was  manilested  in  the  alumni  prize 
for  oratory  this  year;  but  there  was  a  general  timidity  or 
mode.sty,  which  resulted  in  but  three  contestants,  ami  the 
same  in  the  following  year.  In  ISSO,  however,  then*  were 
six.  and  in  ISSI  five  contestants.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
the  prize  did  good,  in  directing  the  attention  of  stu<lents  to 
this  im|>orlant  subject,  even  when  it  did  not  lea<l  them  to 
gain  a  still  greater  benefit  by  participating  in  the  contt*st. 

We  must  not  pass  from  the  annals  of  this  year  without 
recording  a  S4id  event — the  <leath  of  one  of  the  earliest,  as 
well  as  warmest  anfl  most  useful,  friend«  of  the  coll.<;e      In 


438 


HISTORY    OF    IIAVKKFORD    COLLKGK. 


doing  SO  we  cannot  do  better  than  adopt  the  language  of 
one  who,  perhaps  as  much  as  any  other,  has  taken  up  his 
mantle,  in  his  relation  to  the  college: 

.  "  On  the  2Stii  of  !»th  month,  1877,  our  beloved  friend, 
Charles  Yarnall,  was  removed  by  death.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  founders  of  the  institution.  For  a  long  series 
of  years  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  he  served 
the  college  with  an  assiduity,  fidelity,  sound  judgment  and 
intelligent  skill,  to  which  much  of  its  success  and  many  of 
its  best  characteristics  are  largely  due.  Combining  in  him- 
self an  ardent  attach- 
ment to  the  religious 
principles  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  with  a  well- 
endowed  and  highly-cul- 
tivated intellect,  he  be- 
lieved in  the  compati- 
bility of  (Quakerism  with 
the  most  com})rehensive 
and  liberal  education; 
and  his  whole  heart  went 
out  to  an  institution 
wliicli  was  designed  both 
to  impart  the  best  intel- 
lectual instruction  and  to 
promote  those  religious  views  and  i)rinciples  which  he 
cherished  so  warmly.  His  memory  will  always  be  dear  to 
the  sons  of  Havcrford,  nor  can  we  wish  anything  better  for 
the  college  than  that  others  like  him  may  be  raised  up  for 
her  service." 
Ex-President  Thomas  Chase  '  says  of  him  : 


CHAULES  YAKNAI.L. 


'Speech  ;it  luiilwiiiter  iiluinni  dimier,  1SS8. 


liAUCI.AY    UAI.I.    Itlll.T.  43J* 

'■  Kur  many  years,  as  Secretary  «>t'  tlu-  Hoard  of  Managers 
ami  its  leading  spirit,  he  was  really  tin-  President  of  the 
college;  and  lie  had  tin-  natural  ([ualiiications  which,  with 
the  proper  experience  and  training,  W(Hild  have  fitted  him 
lor  distinction  as  President  of  Harvard  <»r  of  any  university 
in  the  world.  Possessing  large  native  powei-s  an<l  nnich 
rultivation,  he  had  made  tin'  liheral  e<lueation  of  young 
men  a  careful  study,  and  had  a  philosophical  nnderstiimling 
of  the  great  proldems  it  involves.  Amitlst  constantly 
changing  fashions  he  could  discern  the  eternal  jirinciples 
which  are  tixed.  1 1  is  judgment  of  men  was  uturring,  his 
wisdom  in  counsel  great.  Everything  was  clear  in  his 
mind,  and  his  language  was  terse  and  to  the  jxtiiit.  For 
instance,  at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Faculty  antl  Managei"s, 
when  there  was  some  difference  of  opinion  as  to  whose  part 
it  was  to  decide  or  act  in  a  certain  matter,  he  at  once  gave 
his  view  of  the  constitutional  law  of  the  college  at  that  time 
in  these  words:  'The  Managers  rule,  the  Faculty  governs, 
the  Superintendent  executes.'  He  fostered  the  study  of 
bellesdettres  and  the  culture  of  the  imagination  and  all  that 
belongs  to  the  '  higher  education,'  and  at  the  same  time 
originated  the  professorship  of  biology  and  calle«l  to  it  one 
of  tiie  foremost  scientists  in  the  land. 

"  Hap|>y  are  some  of  you  who  can  recall  the  instructions  he 
gave  you  when  he  heard  the  recitations  in  Arnolds  '  Lectures 
on  Modern  History;'  happy  tho.se  of  you  who,  in  after 
years,  attended  his  iiihle  cla.sses  in  the  study;  ha|)j»y  a  still 
larger  number  who  rememlM-r  when  he  came  out  on  First 
Day  afternoons  and  read  sermons  of  Dr.  Arnold's  ('papers' 
lie  calle<l  them),  prefacing  them  by  what  was,  |>erhaps,  more 
interesting — some  wise  and  vigorous,  and  often  elo<|uent. 
remarks  of  his  own." 


440  lllSTdUY    OF    JIAVKRFOKl)    (.'OLLKliK. 

We  may  record  here,  fittingly  and  witli  pleasure,  a  note- 
worthy event,  by  which  Haverford  was  honored  in  the  per- 
son of  the  President  who  thus  warmly  expressed  his  appre- 
ciation of  this  founder.  Harvard  College,  at  its  commence- 
ment this  year,  conferred  the  degree  of  LL.D.  upon  Thomas 
Chase.  This  fresh  recognition  of  liis  wortli  by  the  foremost 
university  in  the  country  was  a  matter  of  interest  and  grati- 
fication to  the  sons  of  Haverford,  who  had  been  educated 
under  liim,  and  to  all  friends  of  the  college  who  had  learned 
to  "appreciate  his  wide,  varied  and  accurate  scliolarship, 
and  his  unselfiish  devotion  to  tlie  interests  of  Haverford." 

At  the  opening  of  the  3'ear  1878-79  there  was  some  feel- 
ing of  disappointment  at  the  number  of  students.  A  sub- 
stantial increase  was  expected,  yet  the  number  was  not 
quite  so  large  as  the  year  previous.  The  only  cause  which 
could  be  assigned  was  the  lack  of  funds  for  free  or  partial 
scholarships. 

The  advantage  of  informing  the  public  of  the  merits  of  the 
institution  was  more  apparent  the  following  Fall,  when  after 
the  authorities  had  sent  out  a  pamphlet,  containing  a 
number  of  fine  heliotype  illustrations,  the  number  of  stu- 
dents was  increased  to  nearly  the  full  capacity  of  Barclay 
Hall.  This  increase  was  maintained  also  in  J 880,  when 
the  number  of  students  reached  seventy-eight,  the  largest 
ill  the  history  of  the  college  up  to  that  time,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  year  1837. 

]5ut,  returning  to  the  Fall  of  1878,  we  should  record  the 
com[)letion  of  an  important  work  on  the  part  of  the  Board 
of  Managers.  On  the  l*.»th  of  0th  month,  1878,  by  decree  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Delaware  County,  the  charter 
of  Haverford  College  Corporation  was  so  amended  as  to 
abolish  the  system  of  stock  ownership,  this  action  having 


1UR( LAY    llAl.l.    lU  II.T.  411 

heen  l»n»u»,'lit  alxiut  by  aipplicatiun  of  the  stocklioldcrs  ami 
hy  the  suiTfiuhT  of  S()4  shan*s  of  st(nk  whirh  had  hocii 
issued  in  30*2  hohlin^js.  Under  the  amentied  charter  the 
corjMjration  has  power  to  enact  by-hiws  providing  for  tlie 
election  of  new  members  and  preseril>inj;  t)ieir(]ualifications. 
Aceordin«;ly  the  cor|»oratit)n  enaeted  a  In-law  providing 
that  "  from  time  to  tiim-  thf  corporation  shall  elect  new  cor- 
porators from  names  suKmittcd  Ky  the  ininutts  of  the  Hoard 
of  Managers,  members  of  the  religious  .Society  of  Friends 
only  being  eligible.'* 

Tiie  Managers  in  their  rcj>urt  refer  to  "  the  task  of  secur- 
ing tile  approval  of  every  one  of  the  large  number  of  stock- 
holders as  a  Very  laborious  one,'"  hut  express  satisfaction  in 
the  accom]*Iishment  of  the  work  as  of  '  great  imporUmce  to 
the  future  of  the  college." 

About  tliis  time  another  event,  more  immetliat«ly  atl'ecting 
the  welfare  of  Ilaverford,  occurred  in  the  resignation  of  Pro- 
fessor Samuel  Alsop.  .Ir,  on  account  of  ill  lnaltli.  from 
which  he  had  been  sulleriiig  for  some  time.  His  loss 
was  especially  felt  on  account  of  his  very  great  success 
in  managing  the  discipline  antl  general  affairs  of  the 
college.  He  was  thoroughly  respected  and  poss«>s.sed  the 
entire  confi«lence  of  the  Managers,  which,  together  with  his 
tact  and  great  decision  of  character,  combined  with  a  digni- 
fied and  gentle  manner,  rendered  his  task  of  government  a 
crtmparatividy  easy  one. 

His  character  bore  a  striking  resemblance,  in  some  re- 
sjHJcts,  to  that  of  .losepli  H.  Harlan,  the  Hrst  Principal  of  the 
college.  There  was  a  ipiiet  gravity  of  demeanor,  almost 
amounting  to  sadness,  in  the  mien  of  both  men.  itoth  were 
excellent  mathenniticians  and  j>ossessed  remarkably  fine 
disciplinarv  powers,  uliile  fhev  refaineil  the  love  :iiid  resper-t 


442  HISTORY   OF   HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

of  the  students.  Samuel  Al.so[>,  Jr.,  removed  to  Colorado  in 
the  pursuit  of  health,  but  slowly  declined,  and  died  there 
on  the  31st  of  oth  month,  18S8. 

His  class-work  was  apportioned  among  the  other  professors, 
and  his  duties  as  Superintendent  were  assumed  by  Dr. 
Nereus  Mendenhall,  a  Haverford  man,  who  had  been  added 
to  the  Faculty  this  year  as  Professor  of  Classics  and  Moral 
Science,  to  fill  the  chair  vacated  by  Professor  Dillingham 
at  the  close  of  last  year. 

^\llile  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that  earnest  class-room  work 
was  the  chief  occupation  of  the  students  of  this  period,  many 
of  whom  were  making  personal  sacrifices  in  order  to  avail 
themselves  of  the  superior  advantages  which  Haverford 
now  offered  for  a  thorough  classical  and  scientific  education, 
yet  there  was  no  lack  of  interest  in  the  college  sports. 
Cricket  was  able  to  assert  itself  against  all  encroachments, 
either  of  the  class-room  or  of  rival  games.  The  large  num- 
ber of  new  students  coming  in  this  year  from  so  many  quar- 
ters, w'ho  had  not  been  required  to  pass  entrance  examina- 
tions on  cricket,  led  to  some  confusion  among  the  elder 
students,  who  had  come  to  regard  disloyalty  to  this,  the 
college  game,  as  equivalent  to  disloyalty  to  the  institution. 
There  was  dismay  and  alarm  when  the  new  men  insisted 
on  giving  baseball,  lawn-tennis  and  other  games  supposed 
to  conflict  with  cricket,  a  share  in  the  sports.  But  cricket 
not  only  managed  to  hold  its  own  as  the  leading  game,  but 
to  increase  its  reputation  at  the  college  by  the  succession  of 
victories  in  matclies  with  outside  clubs,  in  the  seasons  of 
1877  and  1878. 

As  winter  came  on,  and  outdoor  sports  were  mostly  sus- 
pended, more  time  was  found  to  devote  to  the  literary  socie- 
ties.     Durin<r   this    winter    there    was    increased     interest 


I'.AKt  LAY    IIAII      lit  II  T.  II.) 

uiaiiitVstt'tl  ill  siicli  work,  b<>tli  on  tlif  |»art  ol'  tlu-  stutk-iits 
and  tlie  professors.  The  Loganiaii  had  for  a  year  or  two 
been  very  nnu  h  ne«^Ieeted,  so  that  it  was  the  usual  thinjj  to 
liave  to  drum  up  a  quorum  after  the  huur  of  meeting.  It 
was  even  suggested  tliat  the  Loganian  he  laid  (h)wn.  Thr 
niemlters  of  the  Loganian  were  also  members  of  one  or  the 
otiier  of  the  minor  societies;  an«l,  stimulated  hy  the  rivalry 
existing  between  the  latter,  tin-  membei*s  gave  them  tin- 
preference  in  their  attendance. 

This  condition  of  things  suggesteti  the  iilea  of  merging 
these  three  societies  into  two;  so  that  no  student  need  be  a 
member  of  more  than  one,  and  each  might  thus  be  al)le  to 
give  that  his  undivided  support.  Hut  the  dithculty  was  to 
decide  which  two  out  of  the  tlncr.  ulicn  neither  of  tin- 
three  was  willing  to  die  for  the  sake  of  the  other  two 
and  for  tiie  general  good.  Tlie  matter  was  tirst  brought 
up  in  tlie  Loga!iian  and  ably  and  earnestly  discussed  I)y 
the  student^  and  professors,  a  prominent  i)art  in  the  discus- 
sion l»eing  taken  by  Professor  Sliarpless,  who  was  very 
active  in  support  of  the  Loganian,  and  who  a<lvocated  a 
reorganization  with  but  two  societies.  Finally,  the  leader 
of  thf  Senior  ('la.ss  proposed  that  the  Kverett  and  Athena-um 
societies  unite  to  form  a  society  subordinate  or  tributary  to 
the  Loganian.  Tbis  was  termed  by  its  opponents  the 
"  House  of  Lords  '"  and  "  House  of  Commons  "  plan. 

A  Sopjiomore,  who  thought  he  was  wiser  than  the  Srnior>, 
was  bold  enough  to  formulate  a  rival  schente.  He  pro|)Osed 
the  forming  of  two  equal  ami  co-ordinate  rival  societies; 
the  Hvereit  and  Athenaum  both  being  laid  down,  and  the 
students  and  P'aculty  divided  equally  (as  nearly  as  po.ssible) 
between  the  two  new  .societies,  so  that  they  might  start  on 
ecjual  footing.     This  plan  <(un«-  ii>f«'  fb'  fu  1>1  Mriii-  tb.   ..fbir 


444  HISTORY    OK    IIAVKRFOKD    COIJ.KGi:. 

seemed  about  to  be  carried,  and  rapidly  gained  friends. 
Several  mass-meetings  of  tlie  students  were  held,  and  the 
subject  occupied  the  attention  of  all  the  societies  for  several 
weeks.  Intense  excitement  prevailed,  and  after  protracted 
and  earnest  debate,  the  Loganian,  which  had  already  voted 
more  than  once  in  favor  of  two  societies  instead  of  three, 
voted  for  two  equal  rival  societies. 

By  this  time  news  of  the  laying  down  of  the  private 
societies  spread  to  the  alumni,  and  several  of  them  unfor- 
tunately came  out  to  protest.  This  revived  the  opposition 
and  caused  the  Loganian  to  reverse  its  action.  Finally  a 
compromise  scheme  was  carried  through  all  the  societies, 
by  which  the  Loganian  was  reorganized  on  the  basis  of 
representation  from  the  private  societies,  each  selecting  ten 
of  its  best  members  to  represent  it  in  the  Loganian.  Provi- 
sion was  also  made  for  an  independent  elective  member- 
ship, consisting  of  members  of  the  Faculty  and  such  others 
as  were  not  members  of  either  private  society. 

For  a  year  or  two,  at  least,  the  [)lan  was  certainly  a  great 
improvement  and  resulted  in  better  society  work  and  greatly 
increased  interest.  But  it  was  a  matter  of  serious  regret,  by 
many  most  interested  in  the  society  work  of  the  college, 
that  the  plan  for  two  independent  public  rival  societies  was 
not  carried  into  effect.  It  was  undoubtedly  defeated  b}'  the 
prejudice  in  favor  of  retaining  old  names  and  associations. 

The  progressive  spirit  of  the  college  was  still  further 
indicated  in  the  spring  of  1879  by  the  founding  of  The 
Haverfordian.  Allusion  has  already  been  made  to  the 
short-lived  Grasshopper  and  to  the  restriction  placed  upon 
it  by  the  Faculty.  Jlie  Haverfordian.  was  born  in  a  freer 
air,  and  though  carefully  scrutinized  by  the  Managers,  and 
looked  upon  by  them  with  suspicion,  it  was  destined  to  live 


r.Auri.AV   MAM.  I'.rii.T.  11" 

uikI  j>n)>|it  !•  ami  l>c«oine  a  prominent  featuro  of  the  literary 
work  of  the  students.  Tin-  first  two  vuhnnes  contain  many 
cre(lital»le  produetions  from  tiieir  pens,  as  well  as  a  number 
of  articles  l»y  professors  and  alumni.  Many  a  student  hen- 
saw,  for  the  tirst  time,  how  his  productions  looked  in  print, 
and  was  thus  stimulated  to  more  care  in  tdinposition. 

.\iiother  source  of  usefulness  was  loimd  m  Mn- opportunity 
the  paper  afforded  to  record  the  successful  scores  of  the 
cricketei*s  and  thus  to  furnish  a  fresh  stimulus  for  practice; 
and  this  soon  became  a  prominent  feature  of  the  paper. 
The  disposition  of  the  editore  to  discuss  llu?  manajjement 
of  tiie  institution,  and  (••  criticise  what  they  coiiceivetl  to  h«- 
mistakes  or  sources  of  grievance,  was  not  very  welcome  to 
the  Mana<;ers  and  Faculty,  who  fiared  that  slighting 
renuirks  would  harm  the  college.  It  is  sate  to  say,  however, 
that  Thf  Ilaverfordian  has  benefited  rather  than  injured  the 
reputation  of  the  college.  It  has  certainly  afforded  addi- 
tional means  of  advertising  the  institution.  liesides,  with 
greater  liberty,  the  students  felt  greater  responsibility,  and 
a  true  spirit  of  loyalty  to  the  college,  which  nnule  thmi 
jealous  of  its  interests.  It  was  also  a  source  of  gratification 
to  undergradinites,  by  means  of  this  "organ,"  more  fully 
to  aecjuaint  their  friends  with  their  literary  |>roductions 
and  with  the  general  life  of  the  institution. 

The  paper,  though  declared  to  be  the  "  otHcial  organ  of 
the  students,"  was  started  under  the  auspices  of  the  Loganian 
Society,  which  beenme  responsible  for  its  financial  supjwrt ; 
but  the  enterprise  met  with  such  favor  among  the  students 
and  alumni  that  it  was  self-sup[H>rting  from  the  start. 

Walter  ('.  Hadley,  <»f  Chicago,  who  had  inul  .H<»me  expe- 
rience in  journalism  and  who  had  IxtMi  connected  with  a 
similar  college  paper  at  another  in.stitution,  was  the  one  to 


446  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLJ,K(;E. 

give  the  matter  practical  shape,  and  became  tlie  first 
"Business  Manager."  Dr.  Townscnd,  of  Oliio,  the  only 
married  man  among  the  students,  and  though  older  than 
most  of  them,  still  one  with  them  in  life  and  sympathy,  was 
another  of  the  originators  of  the  enterprise.  The  paper  was 
really  started  in  the  spring  of  1879;  but  the  first  regular 
number  did  not  appear  until  the  tenth  month  of  the  same 
year.  It  was  issued  monthly  thereafter.  ^\^  A.  Blair,  of 
North  Carolina,  class  of  '81,  who  has  since  been  a  well-known 
educator  in  his  native  State  and  the  publisher  of  a  successful 
educational  journal,  did  much,  first  as  Assistant  Manager 
and  then  as  Manager,  toward  placing  The  Haverfordian  on 
its  present  firm  basis.  The  time-honored  Collegian  was 
elbowed  out  of  existence  by  this  enter})rising  younger 
brother  and  died  a  natural  death. 

The  students  seem  to  have  caught  a  spirit  of  progress, 
wliicli  had  now  become  the  keynote  of  the  institution,  and 
were  active  in  many  directions,  one  of  which  was  the  forma- 
tion of  clubs  for  various  purposes.  A  "Political  Club"  was 
formed,  to  discuss  questions  of  State  and  for  the  study  of 
Political  History.  This  was  short-lived,  but  the  di.scussion 
of  political  questions  became  a  prominent  feature  of  the 
society  work. 

There  was  one  able  debate  this  year  in  the  Loganian,  on 
the  question  of  a  "  third  term  "  for  General  (Irant.  This  be- 
came very  exciting,  on  account  of  a  real  difference  of  senti- 
ment among  students  and  professors  from  difi'erent  sections 
of  the  country.  Dr.  Nereus  Mendenhall,  of  Xortli  Carolina, 
who  was  Superintendent  this  year,  made  an  earnest  speech 
against  (Jrant,  and  was  replied  to  by  President  Chase  in  a 
ringing  defence  of  Grant's  administration,  which  would 
liave  done  credit  to  the  most  earnest  advocates  of  a  "  third 
term." 


i;ak<  lAV   iiAi.i.   i:riiT.  M7 

Another  iiulii-atioii  »>f  the  disposition  <»f  thr  students  to 
discuss  questions  of  rurirnt  intt'itst,  and  also  of  the  char- 
acter of  questions  which  interestetl  them,  was  a  notable 
debate  in  the  Lo«,'anian  on  a  resolution,  "Tiiat  tlie  Society  of 
Friends  sliouhl  make  special  provision  for  the  eilucation  of 
its  ministers  and  also  for  their  supj)ort.  "  The  <|uestion  was 
discussed  seriously  and  al'ly.  by  both  stu<lents  and  jirofessors, 
in  the  presence  of  a  lull  house.  Professor  IMiny  E.  Chase 
made  a  speech  of  such  characteristic  fairness,  an«l  presented 
the  subject  in  such  an  all-sided  nninner,  that  both  of  the 
leaders  claimed  his  weighty  words  in  support  of  their  respec- 
tive sides. 

Students  and  prnfcssors  met  in  tlu-  Lo«^anian  on  equal 
footing;,  and  it  was  certainly  a  source  of  pn»iit  to  the  former, 
perhaps  to  both,  thus  to  l)e  able  to  discuss  (jUestions  of  in- 
terest with  each  other  with  perfect  freedoni. 

Additional  interest  was  given  to  the  society  work  in  the 
Loganian  the  following  year  by  the  ollVr  of  two  |iri/.es:  one 
for  the  best  declaimer  and  one  for  the  best  debater.  The 
"Lower  Societies"  (as  the  Kverett  and  Athenaum  came 
to  be  called),  followetl  the  example  of  the  Loganian  ;  and 
The  Haverfordiati  offered  a  prize  for  the  best  essay ;  so  that 
there  were  prizes  in  abundance,  fur  most  of  which  the 
members  generally  entered  into  competition.  They  un- 
doubtedly served  to  add  interest  to  the  society  meetings  and 
to  stimulate  to  more  careful  preparation. 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  another  institu- 
tion which  seems  to  be  permanently  connected  with  the 
modern  life  of  Haverford.  was  organize<l  by  the  students  on 
the  21st  of  loth  month,  l.s7'.»,  with  alnMit  twenty  members. 
From  the  very  lirst  there  had  been  liible  instructions  at  the 
college,  and  volunteer  Bible-cla-sses  were  organize*!  in  1870 


448  JirsToRV    OF    HAVKllFORK    CULLK(;i;. 

or  1871,  but  they  had  no  organic  connection  with  the  great 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  movement.  Jesse  H.  Moore,  of  North  Carolina, 
class  of  '81,  now  a  minister  in  the  Society  and  a  successful 
teacher,  first  suggested  the  latter  organization,  and  Josiah 
P.  Edwards,  of  Indiana,  class  of  "80,  was  the  first  President. 
The  purpose  of  the  association,  as  set  forth  in  the  constitu- 
tion, was  "to  promote  growth  in  grace  and  Christian  fellow- 
ship among  its  members,  and  aggressive  Christian  work, 
especially  by  and  for  students."  The  membership  gradu- 
ally increased,  so  that  in  the  year  following  its  organization 
at  least  two-thirds  of  the  students  in  the  college  belonged  to 
it.  At  first,  serious  doubts  appear  to  have  been  entertained 
as  to  the  advisability  of  such  an  organization  in  a  Friends' 
college,  but  we  learn  of  no  opposition  to  it  from  any  source. 
Ill  the  spring  of  1880  the  association  sent  a  delegate  to  the 
State  Convention  at  Wilkcsbarre,  and  the  following  year  to 
the  National  Convention  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

The  following  extract  from  TJte  Haverfordian  of  -luly, 
1881,  indicates  the  character  of  the  work  done  by  the 
organization  during  the  year  then  closed  : 

"  At  our  closing  meeting  for  the  year  reports  of  the  vari- 
ous standing  committees  showed  that  weekly  prayer-meet- 
ings had  been  held  throughout  the  year,  on  Fourth  Day 
evening,  with  an  average  attendance  of  twenty  or  twenty- 
five  ;  that  each  of  the  four  classes  have  held  on  First  Day 
evening,  pretty  regularly,  a  Bible-class,  at  which  the  Inter- 
national Lesson  was  studied ;  that  fourteen  new  membei'.>^ 
have  been  received  during  the  year;  that  thirteen  meetings 
for  religious  teaching  and  worship  have  been  held  in  the 
neighborhood,  under  the  auspices  of  the  association,  and 
conducted  by  members,  and  that  one  Bible-school,  whicii 
was  organized  last  year  by  two  of  the  students,  has  been 


i;\K«   LAY     IIAI  I.     I'.III.T.  Il'.» 

kept  up  tliroujjh  the  year,  witli  the  exception  of  a  few  weeks 
during  the  severe  weatlur,  tnw  student  acting  as  superin- 
tendent and  another  as  teaclier.  wliile  six  other  students 
liave  taught  n'guhirly  in  three  other  schools.'' 

In  connection  with  this  association,  special  mention  sln»iild 
he  made  of  the  interest  taken  in  it  Ky  I'rofessor  I'liny  1!. 
Chase.  He  encouraged  the  movement  lV«»m  the  start,  and, 
as  its  work  develope«l,  was  always  ready,  hy  his  presence, 
his  sympathy,  and  his  counsel,  or  more  aggressive  interest, 
to  forward  the  purposes  and  work  of  the  organization.  lie 
looked  upon  it  as  one  of  the  strongest  barriers  against  di.s- 
order,  and  seemed  anxious  to  enlist  its  support  in  sustain- 
ing a  high  stanihird  of  Christian  character  and  conduct 
among  the  students. 

An  occurrence  worthy  of  mention  here  is  best  presented 
by  the  following  extract  from  the  Managers'  report  of 
lOth  month,  188(>: 

"  In  view  of  the  fact  that  it  wouM  be  in  the  autumn  of 
this  year  twenty-live  years  since  our  friend,  Thomas  Chase, 
came  to  Ilaverford  as.  l'rofes.sor  of  the  Latin  an»l  (ireek 
languages  and  literatures,  the  Managei^s  determined  to  con- 
fer upon  him  a  degree  in  remembrance  of  these  many  years 
of  faithful  labor,  and  in  recognition  of  his  success  as  an 
educator,  and  also  of  his  .services  as  one  of  the  revisers  of 
the  English  translation  of  the  New  Testament.  The  degrei* 
of  *  Doctor  of  Letters  '  (Ltt.D.),  was  acconlingly  conferred 
upon  him  at  the  last  commencement.  This  action  of  the 
Board  has  been  received  with  satisfaction  by  the  friends  of 
the  college,  and  especially  by  its  alumni  of  the  last  twenty- 
five  years,  to  wh<»m  it  has  been  a  great  pleasure  to  have 
their  honore«i  I*rofe«isor  ;ind  I*re-ident  thus  admitte«l  to 
their  brotherhood." 
89 


450  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFOKD    CoLLKGK. 

Ill  })resenting  another  notable  event  in  the  history  of 
Haverford,  we  cannot  do  better  tliaii  ([uote  from  tlie  same 
report  of  the  Managers : 

"  By  invitation  of  the  Board,  the  Second  General  Confer- 
ence of  Friends  on  this  continent,  interested  in  education 
in  our  Society,  was  held  in  Ahiinni  Hall,  on  the  Cth  and 
7th  of  7th  month,  1880.  All  the  Yearly  Meetings  were 
represented,  some  of  them  by  official  delegates.  Professors 
and  teachers  from  Earlham,  Penn  and  Haverford  Colleges^ 
and  from  Providence,  Westtown  and  other  schools,  were 
present,  and  there  was  a  large  attendance  of  Friends  from 
this  vicinity  and  also  many  from  New  York,  New  England 
and  Baltimore.  It  being  vacation  time,  the  visitors  from  a 
distance  were  entertained  at  the  college — a  charge  being 
made  sufficient  to  defray  the  cost.  The  proceedings  con- 
sisted in  the  reading  of  essays  b}'  well-known  educators  in 
the  Society,  followed  by  very  interesting  discussions  of  the 
subjects  thus  brought  before  the  Conference.  An  interesting 
and  valuable  feature  was  tlie  reading  of  three  essays,  written 
for  Dr.  Joseph  W.  Taylor,  at  his  request,  upon  the  subject 
of  education  for  women,  b}'  Presidents  Gilman,  of  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  and  Seelye,  of  Smith  College,  and 
Anna  E.  Johnson,  Principal  of  Bradford  Academy,  Massa- 
cliusetts.  The  occasion  was  one  of  very  great  interest  to  all 
attending,  and  the  feeling  was  generally  expressed  that  such 
gatherings  were  very  useful  in  bringing  together  those  inter- 
ested and  engaged  in  educational  work  in  our  Societ}',  and 
in  making  them  renewedly  sensible  of  its  importance  and 
scope,  and  inspiring  them  with  fresh  zeal  and  earnestness 
of  purpose." 

Reference  to  the  catalogue  shows  the  largest  number  of 
students  during   the  year  1880-81,  as  well  as  the  largest 


I!.\K<  lAY     MAI. I.    I'.rilT 


451 


corps  of  professors,  a  •«  y»t  known  in  tin-  lii.-tory  of  tlu'  in-^li- 
tution.  The  course  of  study  was  also  ionsi«leral)ly  en- 
lari]je«l.  Ileltiew,  wliicli  before  )ia<l  been  tau^'bt  only  occa- 
sionally to  voluntary  classes,  was  made  ti  rej;ular  elective 
studv  of  tbe  course,  and  was  chosen  bv  several   nuMnbers  of 


'fK.: 


A 


TAYI.oit  IIAI.I.     lUn  N   M  \\\  i:  ■    .1  I  I  .,i 


the  Senior  Class.  Additional  attention  was  ^iven  io  French 
anil  German,  under  the  instruction  <»f  Professitr  V.  G. 
Allinson. 

The  Scientific  course,  which  was  becoming  more  and  more 
popular,  was  being  enlarged  and  <ieveloped  under  tiie  lead- 


452  histoi;y  ok  havkkkord  collkge. 

ership  of  Professor  Sharpless,  with  the  substantial  aid  of 
Professor  Lyman  H.  Hall,  a  graduate  of  Amherst  and  Johns 
Hopkins,  and  Ph.D.  of  Giittingen,  who  was  appointed  John 
Farnum  Professor  of  Physics  and  Chemistry  at  the  begin- 
ning of  this  year. 

After  18S0  the  course  in  Chemistry  was  expanded  far 
beyond  its  previous  limits.  The  department  had  not  re- 
ceived its  proper  share  of  attention.  Distinguished  men, 
it  is  true,  had  occupied  the  ciiair,  but,  from  considerations, 
j)erhaps,  of  false  economy,  they  had  been  obliged  to  divide 
their  time  between  that  and  other  important  studies.  Dr. 
Swift  liad  charge  of  chemistry,  with  other  branches,  from 
1854  to  1865.  The  position  was  vacant  during  1865-6,  after 
the  date  of  Dr.  Swift's  resignation,  Professor  Cope  taking 
that  subject  in  addition  to  Natural  History.  In  the  follow- 
ing year  the  latter  was  made  Professor  of  Natural  History  and 
Chemistry,  and  during  these  two  years  no  marked  change 
was  made  in  the  course.  In  1867  Albert  R.  Leeds  was 
Professor  of  Chemistry,  but  at  the  end  of  the  j'ear  surren- 
dered the  chair  to  Dr.  Henry  Hartshorne,  and  the  course 
was  shortened  to  one  half  year.  In  1871  Pliny  Earle  Chase 
became  Professor  of  Physical  Science,  teaching  Chemistry 
with  several  other  branches  ;  but  in  1874  he  was  made 
Professor  of  "  Mathematics  and  Physics,"  and  apparently 
dropped  Chemistry.  Two  years  later  it  reappears,  Isaac 
Sharpless  being  created  Professor  of  "  Mathematics  and 
Chemistry."  Under  his  management  the  length  of  the 
course  was  tripled,  and  the  laboratory  enlarged.  Then  came 
Robert  B.  Warder  for  one  year,  in  1879,  and,  in  1880,  after 
the  department  had  experienced  this  long  career  of  fluctua- 
tion, Lyman  !>.  Hall,  Ph.D.,  of  Johns  Hopkins,  the  present 
incumbent,  was  appointed,  and  transformed  it  at  once  into 


I'.AK<   I.AV     HA  IF.    r.l   II  T.  453 

ti  state  of  vijjor  iin<l  erticieiu-y.  Tlu"  apitliunccs  of  the 
iuhoratorv,  «luriiiu;  lii<  a<liiiiiiistration,  have  ln-eii  kept 
abreast  of  the  times,  ainl  much  gooil  work  ha-<  Ikiii  done 
hy  ^jraduatf  stinleiits. 

For  the  tirsttiine  tliere  was  a  ngiihirly  appointed  Assistant 
in  the  Astronomical  Observatory.  This  made  it  possible  for 
some  practical  work  of  inipt>rtanre,  in  the  way  of  making 
and  reducing  observations,  to  be  done  by  Professor  Sharp- 
less.  A  niiml)er  of  astronomical  papers,  coming  from  the 
observatory,  were  published  in  the  Philadelphia  LeJfjer, 
the  Sfientijir  American,  and  several  other  periodicals,  and 
served  to  add  to  the  nputatinn  <>f  the  college.  Some  of 
these  papers- were  worthy  predeces.sors  of  the  more  elaborate 
productions  in  "College  Studies,"  ami  were  certiiinly  more 
interesting  to  the  average  Ilaverfordian.  being  m«>re  po|»- 
ular  in  their  character. 

Nine  of  the  Senior  Class  of  this  year  elected  Practical 
Astronomy  as  tluir  study,  and  were  regularly  drilled  in 
the  use  of  instruments,  in  determination  of  the  clo<k  error 
and  of  the  latitude  of  the  observatory,  measurenunt  of 
double  stars,  and  observations  on  the  moon  and  |)lanets. 
This  class  felt  somewhat  rewarded  for  their  nightly  watches 
antl  apparently  fruitless  searching  of  the  heavens,  and  ex- 
perienced a  thrill  of  pride  when  <tno  of  their  number  dis- 
covered, on  the  morning  of  the  l«»th  of  fith  month,  a  large 
comet  (comet  B,  is.Sl)  which  our  astronomers  were  the  fii-st 
to  announce  to  the  scientific  world.  This  fortunate  Senior, 
Levi  T.  Edwards,  now  Professor  of  Kngineering  at  Haver- 
ford,  thus  describes  his  work  in  constructing  a  new  instru- 
ment which  was  the  occasion  of  the  di.scovery  : 

"A  short  time  Injfore  the  Yearly  Meeting  vacation,  in  KS.^1, 
I  began,  at  the  sugge*stion  of  I*n)fessor  Sharple.ss.  the  con- 


4o-i  H1.STOKV    OF    HAVlMtroKI)    COLLI'XiE. 

struction  of  a  '  reflecting  telescope,'  S|  inches  aperture,  of 
the  Newtonian  type.  The  main  difficulty  in  the  way  of  such 
an  undertaking  w^as  a  scarcity  of  tools,  there  being  very  few 
in  the  possession  of  the  college  at  that  time.  But  as  the  glass 
w^as  purchased  ready  ground,  the  mounting  was  made  in  an 
amateur  style,  without  great  difficulty,  and  finished  on 
Commencement  Day  of  the  same  year.  Such  an  instrument 
was  needed  to  supplement  the  woik  of  the  one  refracting 
telescope  then  in  the  observatory,  and  was  to  be  used  prin- 
cipally as  a  comet-seeker.  Curiously  enough,  on  the  morn- 
ing following  Commencement,  when  I  arose  at  2  o'clock, 
to  test  the  telescope  for  the  first  time,  looking  out  of  the 
east  window  of  my  room,  the  first  object  that  met  my 
eyes  was  the  huge  tail  of  a  comet,  just  coming  above  the 
horizon.  Whether  this  remarkable  find  augured  well  or 
ill  for  the  new  telescope,  I  am  not  able  to  say ;  but  I  think 
the  instrument  has  not  made  an  enviable  record  as  a  comet- 
finder;  though  I  understand  it  did  good  service  in  theda3's 
before  the  new  refracting  telescope  was  purchased." 

A  new  department  of  the  regular  college  work  was 
created,  in  the  appointment  of  Alfred  G.  Ladd,  A.M.,  M.D., 
as  "  Instructor  in  Physical  Culture  and  Director  of  the 
Gymnasium.''  Under  the  advice  of  Dr.  Ladd  the  Gym- 
nasium was  thoroughly  renovated  and  furnished  with 
ingenious  apparatus  recommended  by  Dr.  Sargent,  Pro- 
fessor of  Physical  Training  at  Harvard  University.  The 
cost  of  this  improvement  was  defrayed  by  subscription 
among  the  alumni  and  friends  of  the  college. 

The  new  Gymnasium  was  formally  opened  in  a  public 
meeting  in  Alumni  Hall,  whidi  was  addressed  by  Dr.  Sar- 
gent. This  w^^s  an  attractive  and  useful  addition  to  the 
advantages  of  Havcrford  which  the  class  of  "81  nearly 
missed. 


H.VIM  I  AV     MAI. I.     Ill    ll.r.  45o 

Another  new  feature  was  intrudueeil  nion-  jironiint'ntly 
into  the  course  by  the  bequest  of  :?  10,000  from  John  M. 
Whitall  for  S|>«'tial  Instruction  in  Mceiinnicai  ami  Free- 
haml  Drawin*;. 

The  Manaj;ers' report  records  "an  interesting  event  "  of 
this  year  ''  in  the  visit  paid  to  the  college  i)y  Thonnis 
Hughes,  M.P.  (Tom  lirown),  who  lectured  on  lOth  month 
22(1,  18S0,  upon  '  English  Public  Schools  and  Dr.  Arnold." 
The  large  audience  whirh  cinwdrd  Aluinni  Hall  listt-ni'd 
with  deep  interest  ti>  the  speaker's  n-mini-scences  of  the 
great  head-master  of  Rugby,  whose  fame  and  name  are  so 
dear  to  all  who  are  interested  in  education.  At  the  con- 
clusion. President  < 'hase.  l>y  dirtH-tion  of  the  Hoard,  con- 
ferred upon  the  ilistinguished  guest  the  degree  of  Ll..l>  ' 
This  was  the  beginning  of  an  unusually  interesting 
course  of  lectures  to  the  students  of  this  year,  among 
whicii  the  following  of  -pei-ial  note  are  mentioned  in 
President  Chase's  report  : 

*' James  IIa<k  Tuke,  who  was  eommi.><sioned  by  the 
(Jovernment  Secretary  for  Irelanil.  Wni.  Kdward  Forster, 
to  inquire  into  the  best  places  to  settle  ••migrants  from 
the  congested  district  of  Ireland,  kindly  gave  us  the  fruits 
of  his  own  observation  in  Ireland  in  an  address,  in  which 
he  depicted  vividly  the  distress  recently  sullered  in  that 
island,  and  bore  witness  to  the  genuine  Christian  philan- 
tiiropy  which  prompts  the  measures  proposed  l»y  tiie  Eng- 
lish (Jovernment  for  its  relief.  Dr.  James  J.  I^evick  de- 
scribed tiie  early  Welsh  settlers  of  Ilaverford  and  its  neigh- 
borhood, and  showed  their  claim  to  the  esteem  an<l  respect 
of  after  generations.  Professor  John  Fi.ske,  of  Harvard 
University,  delivered  a  .scholarly  and  learne<l  course  of 
six  lectures  on   '  America's    Phiet-    in    Hi-^'orv  ' — attractive 


450  HISTOKY    OF    IIAVKItFORI)    (  OI.LEi  iK. 

for  the  perfection   of  their  style,  and  very  stimuhitiiig  to 
thought  and  study." 

The  following  paragraphs  from  President  Chase's  report  of 
10th  month,  1881,  form  a  fitting  conclusion  to  this  chapter: 

"  The  good  measure  of  success  which  has  been  granted  to 
Haverford  College  thus  far,  may  be  attributed  first  of  all, 
under  the  Divine  blessing,  to  the  effort  it  has  made  to  meet 
the  actual  wants  of  its  patrons  and  the  community  whicli  it 
represents,  rather  than  to  imitate  too  closely  other  institu- 
tions or  to  pursue  tiieories  without  regard  to  the  circum- 
stances by  which  it  is  surrounded.  It  has  thus  been  enabled 
to  raise  gradually  the  standard  of  the  education  it  offers, 
and  to  create  a  demand  for  such  high  training  as  it  is  ready 
to  supply.  The  average  age  of  its  students  and  the  char- 
acter of  their  studies  and  their  instruction  have  been  ad- 
vanced, while  it  has  always  had  the  good  sense  to  abstain 
from  attempting  the  impossible. 

"Many  of  us  have  often,  doubtless,  been  seriously  im- 
pressed with  the  ([uestion,  What  is  the  outcome  of  all  the 
care  of  the  Managers,  the  labor  of  the  teachers,  the  bounty 
of  liberal  benefactors  and  friends  of  this  college?  Fears 
may  sometimes  arise  in  one  direction  and  discouragement 
in  another,  but  both  will  vanish  on  a  careful  view.  In 
mental  training,  in  moral  and  religious  character,  in  bodily 
health,  in  manly  purpose  and  earnestness,  the  graduates  of 
Haverford  are  conspicuous  in  any  community  in  which  they 
find  themselves ;  and  their  careers  in  business  and  profes- 
sional life,  their  influence  in  the  community,  their  usefulness 
as  citizens  and  in  religious  society,  all  bear  witness  to  the 
value  of  the  teachings  and  the  training  of  their  Alma 
Mater. 

"  The  family  life  is  a  great  distinction  and  a  great  charm 


HAUCLAY    IIAI.I.    IM  II.T.  1 " 7 

of  Ilaverford  College.  To  it  tlif  stiidonts  are  indebted  for 
their  more  intimate  ae<juaintanee  with  each  other,  thtir 
warmer  friendships,  their  constant  partnei-ship,  hoth  in 
i^anK'S  and  in  studies,  together  with  the  orderly  inlluenee  of 
a  household  and  tlie  morning  and  evening  liihle  reading. 
Instructors  also  are  brought  into  closer  relations  with 
their  pupils,  and  the  inlluenee  ft)r  good  nf  their  aeeom- 
plishments,  their  genial  sympathy,  their  wise  counsel,  and 
their  nuiture  Christian  character  and  example,  is  more 
constant  and  more  potent.  Thus  the  disci[»line  has  less 
need  of  harsh  and  clumsy  metho<ls  than  in  places  where  the 
governors  and  tiie  governed  have  less  o|)portunity  for 
mutual  actjuaintance  and  influence  uj>on  vm']\  t»ther.  I 
believe  that  no  similar  institution  in  the  country  maintains 
a  higher  standard  and  a  higher  state  of  good  order  than 
ours,  and  that  none  is  better  able  to  attain  this  stamlard  by 
moral  influence  alone,  preventing  disorder  and  healing 
disorderly  tlispositions." 


CHAPTER  XW 
THF  SEMI-CENTENNIAL.  1881-84. 

Tliro'  the  sliadow  of  the  globe  we  sweep  into  the  younger  day  ; 
Better  fifty  years  of  Europe  than  a  cycle  of  Cathay. — Tennysox. 

The  last  decade  at  Haverford  has  seen  so  many  changes, 
and  they  have  all  been  accomplished  in  so  short  a  time, 
that  in  recounting  them  there  is  danger  of  unconsciously 
assuming  the  position  of  looking  through  the  large  end  of 
the  telescope,  and  having  our  judgment  warped  b}'  the 
greater  magnitude  of  matters  in  the  immediate  past,  to  the 
detriment  of  the  proportions  of  those  events  which  are 
further  off  in  point  of  time.  The  new  era,  already  adverted 
to,  ushered  in  with  the  erection  of  Barclay  Hall,  has  seen 
that  auspicious  event  followed  by  others,  many  of  them  not 
of  so  great  importance,  yet  which,  taken  together,  form  their 
integral  parts  of  the  steady  advance  which  has  character- 
ized the  college  since  1876.  The  Haverford  of  that  date 
and  the  Haverford  of  to-da}'  are  so  unlike  in  many  respects, 
that  one  suddenly  transported  from  the  former  time  to  the 
latter  would  scarcely  recognize  the  place  as  the  same.  It 
would  be  as  when  dreaming  we  seem  to  realize  that  all  we 
see  and  know  is  new,  and  yet  so  old,  that  ages  since  it  has 
been  lived  through,  and  Time's  hand  has  erased  from  the 
pages  of  the  memory  all  ])ut  a  glimmer  of  a  hazy  former 
existence. 

The    collegiate  year  of   1881-82  opened  with    a    smaller 

(45.S) 


THK   8KMI-<  KXTKNMAI..  }'.'.» 

number  of  students  timn  luul  htnu  in  attt-ndanee  for  sunu- 
years  pivviuus.  This  decrease  was  principally  in  (In-  upper 
classes  liowever,  the  nuiubrrof  Freshmen  beinjj  the  same  as 
in  the  year  hefort'.  At  its  very  opening;  the  college  was 
covered  with  tlie  «;l(>om  caused  by  tlie  tragic  death  of  Presi- 
dent (iarticid.  On  the  afternoon  of  l>th  month  2»»th,  at  tiie 
hour  of  the  fun«'ral  cerem«>nies  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Hrie,  a 
memorial  meeting  was  held  in  commemoration  of  the  >a<l 
event,  anil  was  largely  attended  by  those  connected  with 
the  college,  neighbors  and  former  students.  President  Chase 
s{K)ke  first  of  the  special  lessons  to  be  learned  by  a  collegiate 
comnniiiity  t'n»m  the  lite  of  the  niaityitd  President,  espe- 
cially in  his  character  as  a  Christian  scholar,  manifested  in 
his  career  as  a  student,  teacher,  professor,  college  j)resident 
and  statesnuin.  Professor  Pliny  E.  Chase,  in  following, 
pointe<l  out  the  spiritual  aspects  of  the  national  loss.  If 
any  t|uestion  why  the  many  prayers  for  (Jarfield's  recovery 
had  not  been  answeretl,  he  would  state  his  belief  that  the 
answer  was  a  spiritual  one.  and  that  a  true  blessing  would 
be  found  by  the  nation.  an«l  even  by  the  stricken  family,  in 
the  close  of  a  life  that  filled  up  so  completely  the  noblest 
j>uri»oses  with  modesty  and  Christian  charity.  Professor 
Sharpless  dwelt  on  the  habit  of  fairness  and  honesty,  and 
the  trait  of  quiet  goodness  of  character,  that  won  admira- 
tion from  all  classes  of  men.  Kllis  ^'arnall,  i*rofe.'<sor  Allen 
C.  Thonuis  and  .John  B.  (iarrett  also  addressed  the  meeting, 
which  closed  with  prayer,  leaving  a  deep  impression  on  the 
minds  of  the  students.  This  occasion  rivalled  the  .scene  in 
the  old  collection-room  of  Founders'  Hall,  recorded  in  a 
previous  chapter,  where  a  similar  meeting  was  held  sixteen 
years  before,  after  the  death  of  Lincoln. 

It  was  during  this  Fall   that  the  course,  which  has  since 


460  HISTOKY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

been  so  successfully  carried  out,  was  begun,  of  erecting 
houses  on  various  parts  of  the  college  lawn  for  the  different 
professors.  The  first  of  these  was  that  for  Professor  Sharp- 
less,  located  at  the  edge  of  the  woodland,  near  the  observa- 
tory, and  adjoining  the  old  football  field  ;  it  was  a  general 
object  of  interest  as  it  gradually  increased  in  height.  When 
the  field  was  used  for  baseball,  during  the  ensuing  spring, 
the  piles  of  bricks,  mortar  and  lumber  had  to  be  searched 
for  lost  balls,  to  the  disgust  of  lovers  of  the  good  old  times. 
But,  perhaps,  what  above  all  else  impressed  the  returning 
student  with  a  sense  that  times  had  changed,  was  the  altered 
appearance  of  the  meeting-house.  During  the  summer  the 
interior  had  been  entirely  remodelled  and  thrown  into  one 
large  room,  and  a  porch  had  been  erected  along  the  front. 
These  improvements  were  followed,  not  long  after,  by  the 
removal  of  the  time-honored  benches,  scarred  and  hacked 
with  the  carvings  of  generations  of  supposed  Avorshippers, 
who,  eluding  the  watchful  eyes  from  the  gallery  seats,  had 
left  initials  and  class  to  tempt  the  emulation  of  the  modern 
student  of  their  skill  as  engravers.  With  carpeted  fioor, 
and  hard-wood,  cushioned  benches,  papered  walls,  and 
a  cosy  open  fireplace  in  the  corner,  instead  of  the  barren 
bleakness  that  used  to  reign  supreme,  the  character  of  the 
hour  at  meeting  was  changed  almost  beyond  recognition. 
Still  another  feature  of  the  improvement,  continued  during 
the  autumn,  was  a  greater  attention  to  the  grounds  surround- 
ing the  buildings.  This  was  manifested  by  some  judicious 
trimming  of  the  trees  and  by  the  planting  of  a  number  of 
clumps  of  shrubbery,  to  break  up  the  otherwise  monotonous 
outlook. 

Yet  with  all  these  indications  of  progress  the  year  passed 
away  in  a  manner  not  very  diti'erent  from  usual.     The  Fresh- 


THK    SKMICKNTKNNIAI..  l»Jl 

nifii  wore  iiuUicU'd  into  tlieir  new  sj)liere  of  olevate«l  useful- 
ness, according;  to  tiine-lionoretl  custom  ;  tlie  wire-pullers  for 
the  rival  literary  societies  nia«le  each  new  student  consider 
iiiniself  an  element  of  far  j^reater  imi»ortance  in  the  little 
contmuiiity  than  his  subsequent  experience  ever  showed  him 
to  he ;  the  prize  punster  got  ofl"  the  same  stale  jokes — read  up 
from  the  hack  numbers  of  Tlu  Jlaier/nnliau  ;  whilst  the 
editoi-s  of  that  "' origan  of  the  students  "  displayed  their 
knowledge  (or  lark  i»f  knowledge)  of  various  matters  of 
greater  or  less  importance,  interspersed  with  the  standard 
growls  at  the  marking  system  and  all  rules  and  regulations, 
advice  as  to  the  useof  the  library, and  self-gratulation  upon 
the  results  of  the  midwinter  examinations.  About  the 
middle  of  the  year  two  additional  editors  were  added  to  the 
The  Haverfordiaii  board — niH'  from  each  (»f  the  suimrdlnate 
societies. 

Several  <listini;uisjicd  foreigners  lectured  to  the  stu<lents 
during  the  winter.  The  most  important  of  these  was  Ed- 
ward A.  Freeman,  the  historian,  whose  nuisterly  address 
on  "  Washington's  Position  in  Ijiglish  History  "  was  appro- 
priately delivered  on  WashingtoiTs  liirthday.  and  followed 
a  week  later  by  another  lecture,  by  the  same  author,  on 
"The  Origin,  I'se  and  Abuse  of  the  English  Language." 
William  Fowler,  M.P.  U)V  Cambridge,  and  Alfred  Fowell 
Buxton,  a  Kugby  man,  a  graduate  of  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, and  grandson  of  the  di.stinguished  philanthropist. 
Sir  Thomas  Fowell  Buxton,  also  visited  the  college  and 
arldrossed  the  students,  giving  good  counsel  in  regard  to 
thi'ir  duties  a.s  men  and  citizens,  an<l  coniiii.ii.lin|r  to  their 
imitation  the  great  example  of  (JorHeld. 

With  the  opening  of  the  cricketing  season,  complaints  were 
heard  that  tennis  was  interfering  with  the  old  game.     The 


402  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

subject  of  changing  the  name  of  the  cricket  club  from  the 
"  Dorian  "  to  "  Haverford  College  "  was  again  actively  dis- 
cussed. The  "  Dorian  "  was  established  and  named  in  1858, 
at  a  time  when  other  rival  clubs  flourished  in  the  institution. 
It  was  now  felt  that  it  should  bear  the  college  name,  but  tlie 
change  was  not  finally  made  until  the  autumn  of  1883. 

The  closing  days  of  the  college  year  were  celeljrated  in 
the  usual  way  ;  only  tliree  contestants  spoke  at  the  alumni 
prize  contest,  the  Sophomores  had  their  cremation  (Junior 
Day  was  over  two  months  before)  and  Commencement  fol- 
lowed in  course. 

At  the  alumni  meeting  this  year  the  preliminary  ar- 
rangements were  made  for  the  proper  celebration  of  the 
semi-centennial  of  the  college.  But,  perhaps,  the  most  im- 
portant action  of  the  day  was  the  presentation,  by  the  class 
of  '64,  of  the  oil  portrait  of  President  Samuel  J.  Uummere, 
which  now  graces  Alumni  Hall.  The  occasion  was  one 
calculated  to  recall  to  the  minds  of  all  who  had  known 
him  pleasant  memories  of  one  so  universally  beloved  and 
respected. 

When  the  opening  of  the  term,  in  the  autumn  of  1S82, 
once  more  brought  the  undergraduates  together,  the  atten- 
tion of  every  one  was  first  directed  to  the  change  in  the  din- 
ing-room. The  dismal  basement  quarters,  for  so  many  years 
associated  with  the  recollections  of  "  Hash,"  "Shanghai," 
"  Ram,"  and  such  well-known  delicacies,  presided  over  in 
former  days  by  the  cheerful  Joseph,  and  the  mendacious 
Amos,  and  more  recently  by  the  morose  "Judge  " ' — who 

'  Tlie  individual  to  whom  was  applied  this  sobri(]uet  held  the  position  of 
porter  for  many  years,  and  in  addition  managed  affairs  in  the  dining-room  to 
his  own  satisfaction,  hut  to  that  of  no  one  else.  Especially  were  the  Freshmen 
wnder  his  ban,  and  considered  entirely  unworthy  of  any  semblance  of  attention. 
He  finally  left  the  employ  of  the  college  in  1882,  much  to  the  delight  of  the 
many  stuilents  wli<»  had  sufiereil  from  his  contemptuous  irascii)le  disposition. 


THE    SKMl-<  KS  IKNMAI,.  lr,3 

seenuMl  to  be  a  li'j;acy  liaiuletl  tluun  from  another  staj^e  of 
civili/ation — were  things  of  the  past.  The  hirge  room  on 
the  main  floor  of  FoiUKlcrs'  Hall,  formerly  the  collection- 
room,  had  heen  refloored  and  wainscoted,  the  small  room 
adjoining  had  heen  converteil  into  a  j>antry  and  carving 
room,  eonn«'cted  with  the  kitchen  hy  a  lift  and  lifted  up 
with  a  hot-water  tahle.  Ten  tahles.  accommodating  eight 
persons  each,  had  heen  placed  in  the  new  tlining-room. 
These  iMiprovrments,  and  iiioif  cheerful  surroundings,  gave 
great  satisfaction  to  the  olticers  and  students 

The  Kaculty  remained  without  notable  change,  excepting 
that  Professor  F.  <I.  Allinson,  who  had  accepted  an  oiler 
from  a  school  in  Haltimore,  was  succeeded  hy  Seth  K.  tJif- 
ford,  a  Ilaverford  graduate  of  the  class  of  '7'!,  an  experi- 
ence«l  teacher  and  accomplished  scholar,  especially  in  class- 
ical studies. 

In  the  10th  month  of  this  year,  LSSJ,  died  llenjamin  \'. 
-Nhii-sh,  a  graduate  of  Ilaverford  in  \S'M,  and  for  long  yiars 
one  of  its  most  interested  Managers.  For  some  time  after 
hi«  graduation  he  htM  the  position  of  1'rofes.sor  of  Mathe- 
matics in  the  college,  lie  afterward  entered  the  dry-goods 
business  and  enjoye<l  a  successful  and  honored  career  as  a 
merchant;  but  his  life  is  chiefly  interesting  as  an  exam|)lc 
of  the  scholar  in  business — of  one  who  faithfully  tlischarged 
the  arduous  duties  of  a  large  counting-hou.se,  whose  counst'l 
wais  valued  in  the  boards  of  financial  institutions,  and  who 
throughout  his  life  gave  much  time  to  the  study  of  .science, 
particularly  of  astronomy.  A  brother-in-law  of  Samuel  J. 
Gummere,  their  tastes  were  similar,  and  in  tiie  old  observ- 
atory they  spent  many  hours  together.  As  a  member  of 
the  American  Philosophical  Society  he  contributtnl  several 
valuable  scientific  papers  to  its  procce<lings,  having  made  a 


464  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLFGE. 

special  study  of  meteorolites,  and  he  was  much  interested  in 
the  scientific  collections  of  the  college. 

At  all  colleges  there  are  times  when  disorder  is  at  a  pre- 
mium. It  was  such  an  era  through  which  Haverford  now 
passed.  There  was  not,  for  a  time,  that  sympath}'  of  feel- 
ing between  professors  and  students  wliich  alone  can  result 
in  good  work  and  good  order.  Tlie  various  unsettlements 
of  the  winter  culminated  later  in  the  3'ear  in  the  ludicrous 
calf  episode. 

For  the  whole  of  one  night  the  college  was  kept  in  a  state 
of  disquiet  by  the  appearance  in  Barclay  Hall  of  a  good- 
sized  calf,  surreptitiously  borrowed  from  Robert  Love,  the 
farmer.  The  antics  of  the  students  in  this  connection  were 
such  as  to  excite  the  ire  of  those  in  authority,  and  one 
member  of  the  Faculty,  Avhilst  endeavoring  to  quell  the  dis- 
turbance, narrowly  escaped  being  fastened  into  one  of  the 
third-floor  rooms,  and  spending  the  night  there  in  company 
with  the  cause  of  the  excitement.  He  discovered  the  im- 
I)ending  predicament,  however,  just  in  time  to  escape.  The 
turmoil  was  not  a  little  increased  by  the  frantic  efforts  of 
"  Moses" — the  functionary  then  presiding  over  the  lower, 
regions  of  Barclay  Hall — who  vainly  endeavored  to  extin- 
guish a  blazing  bonfire  with  the  coal-oil  witli  whicli  the 
fire-buckets  had  been  filled. 

The  great  celebration  in  Philadelphia,  known  as  "The 
Bi-Centennial,"  did  not  pass  unnoticed.  The  opinion  was 
unanimous  that  the  landing  of  the  Quaker  founder  of 
Pennsylvania  should  be  observed  in  some  way  by  a  Friends' 
College,  and  the  almost  total  absence  of  students  made  the 
two-days'  holiday  which  was  granted  the  most  acceptable 
and  natural  result.  President  Chase  afterward  lectured  on 
"  William    Penn,   the   Quaker  Cavalier."      Isaac   Sharp,  a 


THE   SEMI-CKNTKNXIAI..  465 

ministering  Friend  tVoiu  Kn|;land,  gave  an  a<Mress  on  int  i- 
ilents  connected  with  his  extensive  travels  in  remote  foreign 
parts,  concluding  with  a  short  religious  meeting. 

During  the  winter  a  numher  of  lectures  were  delivered  in 
Alumni  Hall,  chitf  among  which  was  an  ahle  course  of  six 
lectures  on  "  American  History, "  hv  .lames  Wood,  of  Mount 
Kisco,  N.  v.,  a  member  of  the  Hoard  of  Managers,  and  an 
old  student  of  the  collegi'.  .\s  the  weather  hecame  colder, 
skating  (soon,  however,  spoiled  by  the  ice-cutters)  and  coast- 
ing attracted  the  lovers  of  outdoor  sj»orts.  The  Soj)liomores 
and  Freshmen  met  on  the  old  battle-tiehl  for  their  annual 
snowball  fight,  and,  the  conditions  being  favorable,  had  a 
jolly  contest,  enjoyed  most  of  all  by  the  spectators  from  the 
"  upper  classes." 

An  interesting  event,  especially  to  our  astronomers,  was 
the  transit  of  Venus,  which  oceurre<l  12th  month  »)th,  Issii. 
( )n  the  whole  the  day  was  favorable  for  observation,  and  the 
results  noted  were  satisfactory.  The  work  of  (jur  observa- 
tory was  cabled  to  Kngland,  and  appeared  on  the  ^th  in<t. 
in  the  London  Timis,  properly  credited  to  the  college. 

The  alumni  having  settled  all  «juestions  relating  t«»  the 
organization  of  the  literary  societies  to  their  own  satisfaction 
a  few  years  before,  since  that  time  had  left  the  under- 
graduates to  solve  the  problems  with  which  they  were  con- 
fronted as  best  they  could.  In  spite  of  the  energy  and 
ability  expendol  upon  them,  the  soci«'ties  showed  signs  of 
languishing.  This  wits  especially  apparent  in  the  I>oganian, 
which,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  it  was  almost  coeval 
with  the  college,  was  the  most  afVected  by  lack  of  interest  in 
literary  affairs.  Rivalry  Iwtween  the  Kverett  and  the  Athe- 
naum  infused  into  them  niore  life — if  it  was  only  of  a 
superticial  character. 

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460  HISTORY    OF    UAVERFOKD    COLLEGK. 

Daniel  B.  Smith,  the  first  Principal  of  Ilaverford  School, 
died  at  his  residence  in  Germantown,3d  month  29th,  in  the 
ninety-first  year  of  his  age.  The  long  evening  of  his  life  was 
honored  and  beloved,  and  full  of  vigor  to  the  last.  This 
history  already  contains  a  sketch  of  his  career  and  of  his 
valuable  services  to  the  young  institution,  whose  early  stu- 
dents for  many  years  looked  up  to  him  with  veneration 
as  the  Patriarch  of  Haverford. 

The  next  morning  was  opened  at  the  college  by  a  small 
conflagration  in  the  basement  of  Barclay  Hall,  and  a  severe 
storm  of  sleet  and  rain.  The  members  of  the  Everett  Society 
wore  anxious  faces.  The  fates  seemed  against  them,  for  on 
this  day  was  to  be  celebrated — the  first  anniversary  of  this 
year  so  rich  in  celebrations — the  twenty-fifth  birthday  of  the 
Everett.  In  the  evening  fifty-seven  honorary,  besides  the 
undergraduate  members,  met  together.  The  exercises  con- 
sisted of  an  address  by  Henry  T.  Coates  (class  of  '62)  on 
the  chief  political  events  contemporary  with  the  growth  of 
the  Society,  followed  by  a  poem  of  Joseph  Parrish,  after 
which  the  past,  present  ami  future  were  discussed  at  the 
dinner,  when  toast  after  toast  followed,  until  the  approach 
of  midnight  caused  the  pleasant  reunion  to  adjourn.  That 
the  afiair  was  a  great  success  was  conceded  even  by  the 
Athenaeum  men,  who  were  unable  to  attend. 

The  college  year  of  1883-1884  saw  many  of  the  most  in- 
teresting events  that  have  recently  occurred  at  Haverford. 
In  'ihe  Haverford ia7i  iov  October,  1883,  we  find  the  following 
editorial  remarks  :  "  The  predictions  of  last  spring  are  ful- 
filled, and  Haverford  opens  the  college  year  with  the  fairest 
prospects.  On  every  hand  we  behold  the  spirit  of  renewed 
activity  and  deep  interest  in  the  manifold  duties  and  occu- 
pations of  college  life.     It  is  worthy  of  marked  notice   that 


TMK    SKMI-rKNTKSNlAI..  1«»7 

tin-  luiK'h-discussiil  ("••iiln'  of  liiditl'trL'HCf  '  aiiiuii^  many 
of  the  students  of  hust  year  is  su|>erse<led  by  universal  life 
an<l  ellort.' 

rrofissor  (iitloid  was  missed,  liavini;  obtained  a  leave  of 
absence  to  prosecute  liis  studies  in  (iermany.  His  place 
was  filled  by  Professor  Edwin  Davenport,  a  ^^ratluati'  of 
Harvard,  and  an  experienced  an<l  successful  teaciier.  In 
the  successive  absences  of  the  younger  professore  to  study 
abroad.  Professor  Davenport  coiiliiiueil  to  till  v»ry  aecc^pt- 
ably  an  ad  intrriui  professorship  for  the  next  three  years. 
A  gentleman  of  mature  years  and  di<i;nilied  presence,  his 
ripe  sciiolarship  and  his  (juiet,  unassumin*;  manners  caused 
i»im  to  \)v  muih  respected.  Dr.  A.  <J.  Ladij.  who  had  iteen 
in  charge  of  the  ^y  tiiiiasiuiii  since  it  was  ri'modelled.  was 
succeeded  by  Dr.  Ford. 

l'n<ler  these  circumstances  opened  a  year  iiiiMiipa-sed  in 
interest  by  any  otlier  in  the  history  of  theeollej^e.  Its  nu»st 
prominent  feature  was  the  celebration  of  the  halfdiundredth 
aiiniv«rsary  t»f  the  foniidin;;  of  the  instituti(»n,  which  took 
place  loth  month  *J7th,  1S83, some  weeks  after  the  opening  of 
the  term.  The  Committee  of  the  Alumni,  who  made  and 
carried  through  tiie  arrangement.s  of  this  most  plea.sant  and 
satisfactory  celebration,  richly  earne<l  the  thanks  and  con- 
gratidations  of  all  friends  of  the  college,  and  fitly  crowned 
their  work  l>y  publishing  a  report  of  the  exerci.ses.  Krom 
this  we  condense  an  account,  whicii  no  one  must  consider 
out  of  proportion  to  its  importance;  for,  in  the  languagt'  of 
the  head  of  the  college,  "  It  was  a  day  to  awaken  thought.s 
of  gratitude  to  our  Heavenly  Father  that  He  put  it  into  the 
hearts  of  good  men  to  foumi  this  college,  and  that  He  has 
granted  it  s<i  good  a  measure  of  prosperity  ami  success,  and 
to  inspire  the  reverent  and  contiding  prayer  that  He  will 
continue  His  mercies  and  His  blessing  in  days  to  come." 


468  HISTOKY    OF    JIAVEKFOKD    COLLKCiK. 

The  project  to  celebrate  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the 
Foniuling  of  Haverford  School  had  been  a  topic  of  inter- 
ested discussion  among  former  students  for  some  time 
prior  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association,  in 
1881,  at  which  time  the  matter  took  definite  shape  by  the 
appointment  of  a  committee  of  ten  to  consider  the  subject 
and  report  to  the  next  annual  meeting.  This  committee 
then  presented  a  report,  containing  a  programme  which 
was  adopted,  although  slightly  modified  afterward,  and  the 
committee  was  continued  to  carry  it  out,  in  conjunction 
with  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Association. 

The  joint  committee  had  several  meetings,  and  at  an 
early  date  the  chairman  appointed  the  necessary  sub-com- 
mittees. With  the  aid  of  interested  friends  in  various  parts 
of  the  country,  the  difficult  task  was  accomplished  of  making 
up  a  complete  list  of  all  former  students  with  most  of  their 
addresses,  if  living,  and  to  note  such  as  were  deceased. 
This  list  was  published  under  date  of  3d  month,  1884,  and 
contains  the  names  of  995  old  students,  and  tliose  of  81 
students  at  the  college  at  the  time  of  the  anniversary.  Of 
the  total  number  of  students  222  were  reported  as  deceased. 

This  necessary  preliminary  work  completed,  the  com- 
mittee issued  engraved  cards  of  invitation,  accompanied  by 
a  circular,  giving  an  outline  of  the  programme  for  the  day, 
concluding  with  the  following  irresistible  appeal : 

"  The  invitation  sent  herewith  it  is  earnestly  hoped  will 
be  accepted  by  the  recipient,  who  is  most  cordially  invited 
to  visit  his  Alma  Mater  as  the  guest  of  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion. In  the  interest  of  the  college,  to  which  we  owe  a 
lasting  debt  of  gratitude  and  affection,  and  in  whose  present 
standing  and  repute  we  feel  such  a  pride — for  the  sake  of 
the  others  who  would  fain  see  your  faces  once  again — and 


TIIK   SKMI-rKSTKNNIAL.  469 

that  you  may  live  over  for  a  space  the  days  of  your  youth, 
'  the  dear,  the  brief,  the  forever  remembered,'  we  ask  your 
presence," 

The  response  to  this  iuvitatiuu  was  prompt  and  tiithu- 
siastic. 

The  eventful  day  broke  with  reticent  j»romise,  over- 
clouded, but  with  snuill  si;^n  of  rain.  WhiK-  tin  n-  wt  r»'  no 
showers  there  was  no  j^arish  sunlight,  but  a  (Quaker  sobri- 
ety and  st'dateness  about  the  weather,  appropriate  to  the 
occasion  and,  it  is  only  fair  to  add,  to  the  seas<»n.  The 
early  trains  brought  to  the  cidlege  grounds  members  of  the 
Alumni  Committee,  specially  charged  with  the  initial  steps 
for  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  guests.  A  "  hea<l- 
•  juarters"  was  established  in  Harday  Hall,  and  arrange- 
ments made  for  the  receipt  by  each  visitor  on  arrival  of  the 
printed  programnu-  of  iIk-  day's  events — which  it  may  be 
siiid  here  was  followed  to  the  letter,  with  a  cheerful  sponta- 
neity far  removed  from  any  mere  formal  observance.  Suc- 
ceeding trains  brought  their  tale  of  guests,  ex-stu«lents,  their 
wives  and  chiMren,  and  those  invited  either  as  neighboi's 
and  friends  of  the  college  or  as  connected  with  sister  insti- 
tutions, until,  as  is  estinuited,  more  than  twelve  hundred 
were  strolling  about  the  groun<ls,  inspecting  the  buildings, 
or  taking  part,  actively  or  passively,  in  the  various  exercises 
— athletic,  intellectual  or  gustatory.  Karly  in  the  day  two 
wickets  were  pitched,  one  for  tiie  use  of  those  most  <lisre- 
spectfully  describi'd  in  the  jirogramme  as  "incompetent^*," 
the  other  for  proticient  students  and  such  ex-students  iis 
had  "  kej»t  up  "  their  cricket ;  and  until  «lusk,  with  but  little 
cessation,  the  games  went  on,  the  *'  incompetents"  sjKvdily 
abandoning  the  rule  that  they  should  be  fe<l  with  under- 
hand l)owling  only,  and  bravely  facing  the  |>owerful  (if  not 


470 


HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFOKI)    (OLLKGE. 


inevitably  accurate)  artillery  of  the  "  round  arm."  (James 
of  lawn-tennis  and  a  baseball  match  went  on  simultane- 
ously during  the  morning  hours.  Just  before  noon  a  flag 
presented  to  the  students  by  ladies  of  Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore,   gorgeous    in   scarlet  and    black,  and    inscribed 


KAUCr.AY  HALL  I:^"THA^"CE. 

"  Haverford,"  was  raised  on  the  llag-statt'  on  the  cricket- 
ground,  replacing  the  old  Dorian  standard.  At  1  o'clock 
the  well-remembered  bell  gave  the  signal  for  luncheon, 
which  was  served  by  Andrew  F.  Stevens,  caterer,  and  made 
substantial  provision  for  the  later  occupations  of  the  day. 
The  whole  of  the  first  floor  of  Founders'  Hall  was  devoted 


THK    SKMI-rKNTENNIAI-.  1.1 

to  this  agreeable  interliulf.  After  lunclu'on  as  many  j)ersi»iis 
as  could  he  hurriedly  suinmoiKHl — several  hundred  in  imiii- 
ber — formed  a  ;^rou|>  at  the  front  of  Barclay  Hall,  and  a 
remarkably  successful  |)hotoj;rai»h  was  the  result.  At  half- 
past  2  an  exhibition  game  o{'  Kugby  football  was  played 
— the  contestants  being  undergraduates — to  the  great  satis- 
faction of  humlreds  of  onlookers. 

At  half-past  o  in  the  afternoon  Ahinmi  Hall  was 
crowded  to  overflowing  by  those  who  gathered  to  hear  the 
fonnal  exercises  of  the  day.  After  a  few  moments  of  im- 
pressive silence,  prayer  was  otlered  l»y  |)r.  lames  Carey 
Thomas,  and  the  Tresident  of  the  Alumni  .Vssociation,  l)r. 
Henry  Hartshorne,  opened  the  meeting. 

President  Chase  then  spoke,  expressing  the  pleasure  he 
felt  in  accepting  the  duty  which  had  been  assigned  him  of 
welcoming  his  hearers  "  to  this  great  festival,"  and  alluding 
to  the  fact  that  he  had  been  eoiuiected  with  the  college  for 
a  longer  time  than  any  other  jierson  who  lived  on  the 
grounds  was  ever  connecteil  with  it  in  any  oHice. 

In  graceful  and  appropriate  language  he  welcome<l  the 
representatives  of  the  early  classes,  then  those  of  the  middle 
period,  and  finally,  with  especial  heartiness,  his  own  pupils, 
who  constituted  considerably  more  than  four-fifths  of  all  the 
graduates  up  to  that  time.  In  conclusion  he  commended 
to  all  the  injunction  of  Lord  Coleridge,  spoken  a  few  days 
before  from  the  same  platform,  that  all  should  cherish  the 
honorable  traditions  and  a.ssociations  which  have  already 
clustere<l  around  the  name  of  Haverford 

John  H.  (Jarrett,  of  the  class  of  T)!.  then  delivered  the 
oration,  which  was  a  thoughtful  historical  review  of  the 
events  of  the  past  fifty  years,  and  of  tiie  part  played  by  the 
college  in  the  wonderful  human  progress  these  years  have 
witnessed. 


472  HISTORY    OF   HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

Francis  B.  Gummere,  of  the  class  of  72,  followed  with  a 
scholarly  poem,  admirably  fitted  in  thought  and  expression 
to  the  spirit  of  the  day.  An  oil  portrait  of  Professor  Pliny 
Earle  Chase  was  then  presented  to  the  college  by  the  class 
of.  76  "  as  a  testimonial  of  the  large  debt  we  owe  him  for 
his  unfailing  charity,  for  his  broad  wisdom,  and  for  the 
patient  care  witli  which  he  pointed  out  principles  which 
should  serve  as  '  bases  '  and  '  foundation-stones  '  in  after- 
life." 

About  dusk  supper  was  served  in  Founders'  Hall,  and 
after  long  discussion  thereof,  amply  warranted  by  its  merits, 
the  participants  gathered  on  the  terrace  in  front  of  the  old 
building,  illuminated  by  electric  lights  distributed  over  tlie 
campus,  and  an  informal  meeting  was  held.  Dr.  Harts- 
horne,  of  the  class  of  '39,  presided,  and  opened  the  proceed- 
ings by  a  few  appropriate  remarks,  reciting  some  original 
verses,  entitled  "  Fifty  Years  Ago." 

After  President  Chase  had  spoken  a  few  words  on  behalf 
of  the  Faculty,  James  Tyson,  of  the  class  of  '60,  Dean  of 
the  Medical  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  was 
introduced,  and  after  referring  to  his  undergraduate  experi- 
ence in  public  speaking  said  : 

"  It  has  so  happened  that  since  leaving  Haverford  I  have 
been  brought  into  relation  with  colleges  and  many  college 
graduates,  and,  as  is  natural  under  the  circumstances,  I  have 
often  compared  the  practices  and  results  of  other  institutions 
with  those  of  my  own  Alma  Mater.  As  the  outcome  of 
such  comparison  there  are  three  particulars  in  whieli  it  lias 
appeared  to  me  Haverford  is  conspicuous  in  its  excellence. 
The  first  of  these  is  the  fidelity  and  conscientiousness  with 
which  its  Faculty  have  always  carried  out  all  that  has  been 
announced  in  its  curriculum.     There  are  many  colleges  in 


THE    SKMI-CEXTKXM  \l  .  17". 

tin-  land  whose  standanl  iiiul  requirements  upon  j>uju  r  may 
appear  lii<;lier  than  those  of  Haverfonl,  but  there  are  t«\v 
wlio  live  up  to  them  as  faithfully,  or  whose  ^ra<luat«'S  show 
m«>rr  «leci(le<lly  the  stanip  of  a  eareful  training. 

"  A  second  result  of  my  obstrvation  has  l>een  to  note  the 
prominence  which  Ilaverford's  graduates  have  assumed  in 
whatt'ver  ca!lin<,'  tluy  may  have  enpijjed,  and  the  respect 
they  everywhere  inspire.  This,  as  I  have  siiid,  is  not  con- 
tined  to  any  one  calling,  hut  my  own  opportunities  of  com- 
paris(»n  have  of  course  been  more  particularly  in  c(»nnection 
with  the  medical  profession,  and  when  we  remember  that 
the  college  classes  have  bei-n  restricted  in  numbers,  the 
j)ro|>ortion  of  well-known  ami  eminent  medical  men  among 
them  is  conspicuous. 

"'  It  has  also  been  my  gootl  tortunc  to  have  to  tlo  with  Hav- 
erfordians  as  students  of  medicine,  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania;  and  they  an* 
always  of  the  best — the  best  |)repared  in  their  preliminary 
education,  the  most  attentive  and  studious  as  pupils,  and 
most  creditable  as  gratluates. 

"The  third  feature  in  which  Haverfonl  has  appeared  to 
advantage  in  my  comparisons  is  the  j)urity  of  the  life  here. 
This  is  scarcely  understood  at  the  time  by  those  who  live 
under  its  influence.  In<lee<l,  it  is  really  only  when  we  have 
boys  (»f  our  own  that  we  come  to  appreciate  fully  the  life  we 
knew  at  Haverfonl,  and  to  feel  it  is  here  that  the  inlliiences 
by  which  we  would  have  them  surrounded  exist 

**  Fellow-Haverfordians :  I  am  not  eloquent,  but  if  I  were, 
I  should  sing  such  praises  of  our  old  school  as  would  draw 
upon  her  the  attention  of  tlie  civili/ed  world,  as  the  home 
of  sound  culture  and  thorough  training,  of  promises  well 
fulfilleil,  and  of  a  wholesome  domestic  life,  whose  recollec- 
tion is  a  wellspring  of  happy  and  joyous  reminiscences." 


474  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

Clement  L.  Smith,  of  the  chiss  of  '60,  Dean  of  the  P^aculty 
of  Harvard  College,  in  responding,  said  : 

"  I  am  one  of  tliose  who  believe  that  Haverford  has  still  a 
great  work  before  her.  Now,  what  makes  a  college  is  men. 
Glad  as  we  must  be  to  see  3'onder  handsome  and  comfort- 
able building,  which  has  been  erected  since  our  day,  it  was 
a  much  greater  thing  that  the  orator  could  tell  us  this  after- 
noon that  the  present  Faculty  is  superior  to  any  of  its  pre- 
decessors. ...  I  hope,  therefore,  that  in  all  plans  for 
the  future  of  Haverford  provision  will  be  made,  above  all, 
for  accomplished  men." 

Francis  T.  King,  of  Baltimore,  said  : 

"I  left  Baltimore  yesterday,  and  in  three  hours  and  a  half 
I  was  at  Haverford,  and  if  I  had  been  prevented  from  leav- 
ing home  I  could  have  sent  you  telegraphic  notice  of  the 
fact  in  as  many  minutes.  Fifty  years  ago  I  left  Baltimore 
in  a  small  side-wheel  steamboat,  at  7  a.m.,  landed  at 
Frenchtown,  on  the  headwaters  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay, 
crossed  the  State  of  Delaware,  eighteen  miles,  on  a  strap- 
iron  railway,  to  New  Castle,  thence  by  steamboat  to  Phila- 
delphia, arriving  there  about  6  p.m.  After  resting  that 
night  in  the  cit}^,  I  reached  Haverford  next  morning,  in  a 
single  passenger  carriage,  drawn  by  a  horse  and  driven  by 
'  Old  George,'  with  the  baggage  on  top,  in  stage-coach  style. 
The  car  was  drawn  from  the  level  of  the  Schuylkill  up  an 
inclined  plane  to  the  height  above  by  a  stationary  engine, 
which  worked  an  endless  rope,  to  which  our  car  was  attaclied. 

"  I  might  draw  almost  as  striking  a  contrast  between  the 
Haverford  of  1833  and  that  of  to-day  as  I  have  between  my 
travelling  experiences.  In  the  one  case  a  lonely  hall,  in  the 
centre  of  un planted  fields ;  in  the  other  three  large  halls, 
surrounded  by  lawns,  avenues,  and  groups  of  trees,  which 
are  the  admiration  of  all  who  see  them. 


THE    SKMI-rKNTENNlAL.  47" 

•  It  i»  IriU'  that  lliivirford  College  is  not  a  large  college — 
few  denoininutioiml  institutions  of  learning  are — but  it  1ki>- 
l»e€n  of  incaleulable  benetit  and  blessing  to  the  religious 
society  in  whose  interest  it  was  founded.  It  has  produced 
no  'great  men,"  but,  perhaps,  a  larger  proportion  of  success- 
ful men  than  any  college  of  its  size  in  t»ur  country." 

Remarks  follownl  from  President  Magill,  of  Swartlnnore 
College.  Henry  Bettle,  of  the  class  of  V»l,  Professor  IMiny 
E.  Chase,  of  the  Faculty,  and  Augustu';  H.  Peeve,  of  the 
class  of  '60,  who  spok«'  for  the  undergraduates. 

Some  letters  fn>iu  ahstiit  bretlnvii  were  read  before  the 
approach  of  the  midnight  hour  cut  sliort  these  exercises 
"under  the  lindens,"  which  formed  a  delightful  conclusion 
to  a  long,  busy  and  never-to-lte-forgotten  occasion.  The 
dawning  to  the  day  of  rest  was  drawing  near  when  the  last 
guest  departed. 

The  celebration  was  a  great  success.  Though  the  .^^un 
shone  but  titfully  through  threatening  clouds,  there  were 
bright  faces  shining  with  a  kindlier  human  light.  Friends — 
some  of  whoni  had  not  looked  upon  each  other  for  well-nigh 
half  a  century,  among  them  I)r.  Thomas  F.  Cock,  of  New 
York, and  Joseph  Walton,  of  New  Jersey,  who  composed  the 
Hrst  graduating  class — clasped  han<ls  again;  groups  of  con- 
temporaries dotted  the  lawns,  each  num  vying  with  the 
other  in  fon<l  recallings;  children  sought  the  ancient  haunts 
of  their  fathers,  and  the  old  rooms  rang  with  their  laughter. 
But  the  occasion  was  not  without  a  <lcc|>er  significance. 
Haverford  men  who  jiad  known  their  c<dlege  only  in  the 
day  of  small  things,  mxw  with  amazement  how  in  fifty  years, 
under  cautious,  conservative  an<l  wise  inangement,  she  had 
grown  in  every  department,  material  an<l  intellectual,  into 
the  vigor  and  presence  of  a  strong  and  healthy  adolescence, 


470  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKIU'OKD    COLLEGE. 

and  left  lier  beautiful  lawns  with  a  renewed  affection  for 
and  pride  in  their  Alma  Mater — a  revived  memory  for  her 
Past,  a  more  assured  hope  for  her  Future. 

From  nearly  one  hundred  letters  received  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Invitations,  many  of  which  were  read  at  the  even- 
ing meeting,  the  following  are  extracts : 

John  G.  Whittier,  Amesbury,  Mass.: 

"The  Semi-Centennial  of  Haverford  College  is  an  event 
that  no  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  can  regard  with- 
out deep  interest.  It  would  give  me  great  pleasure  to  be 
with  you  on  the  27th  inst.,  but  the  years  rest  heavily  upon 
me,  and  I  have  scarcely  health  or  strength  for  such  a 
journey. 

"  It  was  my  privilege  to  visit  Haverford  in  J 838,  in  '  the 
day  of  small  beginnings.'  The  promise  of  usefulness  which 
it  then  gave  has  been  more  than  fulfilled.  It  has  grown  to 
be  a  great  and  well-established  institution,  and  its  influence 
in  thorough  education  and  moral  training  has  been  widely 
felt.  If  the  high  educational  standard  presented  in  the 
scholastic  treatise  of  Barclay  and  the  moral  philosophy  of 
Dymond  has  been  lowered  or  disowned  by  many  who,  still 
retaining  the  name  of  Quakerism,  have  lost  faith  in  the 
vital  principle  wherein  precious  testimonials  of  practical 
righteousness  have  their  root,  and  have  gone  back  to  a  dead 
literalness,  and  to  those  materialistic  ceremonials  for  leav- 
ing which  our  old  confessors  suffered  bonds  and  death, 
Haverford,  at  least,  has  been  in  a  good  degree  faithful  to 
the  trust  committed  to  it.  Under  circumstances  of  more 
than  ordinary  difficulty,  it  has  endeavored  to  maintain  the 
Great  Testimony. 

"  The  spirit  of  its  culture  has  not  been  a  narrow  one,  nor 
could  it  be,  if  true  to  the  broad  and  catholic  principles  of 


THK   SEMI-c  EXTEXMAI.  177 

the  eminent  worthies  who  fouiuletl  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania— Penn,  Lloyii,  Pastorius,  l.ogan,  and  Story — nun 
who  were  masters  of  the  seientitie  knowledgi-  and  euhnn- 
of  their  age,  hospitable  to  all  trnth.  and  open  to  all  li^ht, 
and  who  in  sonu-  instances  antici|»ated  the  result  of  modern 
research  and  critical  iin|uiry. 

"  It  was  Thomas  Story,  a  minister  of  the  Society  of  Kriends, 
and  member  of  Penn's  Council  of  St^ite,  who,  wliile  on  a 
religious  visit  to  Kngland,  wrote  to  .James  I.ogan  that  lie 
had  read  «>n  tiie  stratitied  rocks  of  Scarborough,  as  from  the 
linger  of  God,  proofs  of  the  immeasurable  ago  of  our  planet, 
an«l  that  the  'days'  of  the  letti'r  of  Scripture  could  oidy 
mean  vast  spaces  of  time. 

"  May  Haverford  emulate  the  exam[»lc  of  these  brave  but 
reverent  men,  who,  in  investigating  nature,  never  lost  sight 
of  the  Divine  Ideal,  and  who,  to  use  the  words  of  F'enelon, 
'silenced  themselves  to  hear  in  the  stillness  of  their  souls 
the  inexpressible  voice  of  Christ.'  Holding  fast  the  mighty 
truth  of  the  Divine  Immanenci-,  the  Inward  Light  and 
Word,  a  (Quaker  college  can  have  no  occasion  to  renew  the 
<Iisastrous  quarrel  of  religion  with  science.  Against  the 
sublime  faith  which  shall  yet  dominate  the  world,  scepti- 
cism has  no  jx)wcr.  No  possible  investigation  of  natural 
facts  in  searching  criticism  of  letter  and  tradition  can  dis- 
turb it,  for  it  has  its  witness  in  all  human  hearts. 

"That  Haverford  nuiy  fully  realize  and  improve  its  great 
opportunities  as  an  approved  seat  of  learning  and  the 
exponent  of  a  Chri.stian  philo.sophy  which  can  never  be 
su[)erseded,  which  needs  no  change  to  tit  it  for  universal 
acceptance,  and  whicli,  over|»assing  the  tiarrow  limits  of 
sect,  is  giving  new  life  and  ho|>i«  to  Christendom,  and  find- 
ing its  witnesses  in   the   Hindoo  revivals  of  the  Brahmo- 


478  HISTORY    OF    JIAVERFORD    COLLEfJE. 

Somaj  and  the  fervent  utterances  of  Chunda  Sen  and  Mo- 
zoomdar,  is  the  earnest  desire  of  thy  friend." 

Thomas  C.  Hii.l,  Chicago,  III: 

"  I  should  rejoice  to  be  witli  you.  As  I  write  at  this  dis- 
tance, both  of  time  and  of  space,  pleasant  associations  are 
passing  like  a  panorama  before  me.  Besides  the  school- 
fellows and  classmates  are  Superintendent  Joseph  Cartland, 
giving  us  a  moral  lecture  during  the  five  minutes  before  the 
second  bell  rings ;  Matron  Elizabeth  B.  Hopkins,  still  in  her 
teens,  with  the  pantry-keys  in  a  basket  on  her  arm;  the  clas- 
sical Joseph  W.  Aldrich,  the  mathematical  Hugh  D.  Vail, 
the  literary  and  scientific  Alfred  H.  and  Albert  K.  Smiley." 

Joseph  Cartland,  Newburyport,  Mass.: 

"Thirty  years  ago  this  autumn  closed  my  official  connec- 
tion with  the  institution,  but  I  have  never  ceased  to  watch 
its  progress  with  a  sort  of  paternal  regard,  rejoicing  in  every 
indication  of  its  prosperity. 

"  I  earnestly  desire  that  Haverford  may  continue  to  main- 
tain its  enviable  reputation  for  the  thoroughness  and  liber- 
ality of  its  curriculum,  its  moral  and  religious  standing, 
its  sound  Christian  teaching,  and  that  its  commanding 
infiuence  in  the  Society  of  Friends  may  be  wisely  con- 
servative and  wisely  progressive." 

It  should  be  noted  that  the  celebration  did  not  lack  a 
more  substantial  memorial  than  the  pleasant  memories  of  a 
festal  day.  Active  friends  once  more  put  their  energies  to 
work  in  raising  a  fund  of  ^50,000  to  pay  off  the  debt.  Pay- 
ments on  account  of  the  fund  were  immediately  made.  By 
12th  month,  1883,  S6,000  had  been  subscribed,  and  at  the 
expiration  of  the  following  year  the  whole  amount  was  made 
up.  While  a  large  number  of  the  alumni  contributed  to 
this  fund,  its  success  was  finally  assured  by  the  substantial 


TMK    SI:MI-(KNTKNNI.\I..  47".' 

siipjmrt  of  the  few  «it'Yoteil  friemls  \vh<»  Imve  so  often  assisted 
Ilavt-rfonl.  As  a  result  of  this  j;ift  the  M;iiia;:»  is  wiiv  able 
to  report  in  1SS7,  for  the  first  time  in  many  years,  that  the 
(-•(►llejje  was  free  from  <h'ht. 

Following  close  U|)on  the  College  Anniv*  i-ary  eanir  the 
Senii-Centennial  of  the  Loganian  Society,  which  was  a|»pr()- 
priately  ohserved  on  the  evening  of  1st  month  I'lst.  Is.sl. 
A  goodly  number  of  old  members  were  present,  represent- 
ing every  class,  from  the  septuagenarian  t<»  the  last  year's 
gratluate,  and  the  occasion  was  one  of  happy  reunions  and 
the  exchange  of  pleasant  reminiscences. 

The  supper  was  served  at  7  o'clock,  in  tiie  new  ijining- 
room  (formerly  the  collection-room)  in  Founders'  JIall. 
At  the  anniversary  meeting  held  imineiliately  afterward, 
in  Alumni  Hall,  I'rofessor  8harj)less,  President  of  the  Society, 
introduced  Thomas  Chase,  President  of  the  College,  as  the 
presiding  otticer  of  the  evening.  Peforf  j>roceeding  with 
tin-  regular  business  a  large  number  »»r  letters  from  old 
members  were  read.  Among  these  were  acknowledgments 
from  I )r.  Thomas  F.  C«.)ck,  Joseph  Walton,  Clarkson  Shej>- 
panl,  Francis  T.  King,  Kobert  l'>.  1  lowland.  Professor  Clem- 
ent L.  Smith,  Aluani  Taber,  and  .1.  .M.  Ilawoitii. 

I>r.  (  ock  very  kindly  presented  framed  photographs  of 
Joseph  Walton  and  himself,  who  composed  the  fir.st  class 
graduate*!  from  the  institution  in  \S'.U\.  Some  of  the  letters 
contained  interesting  recollections,  and  all  of  them  expressed 
pleasant  memories  of  the  Society  and  warm  wishes  for  its 
welfare.  The  roll  of  the  honorary  members  win*  had  ac- 
cept«d  the  invitation  to  be  presi«nt  was  then  calle<l. 

John  Collins,  Secretary  of  the  first  nuvting  of  the  Society, 
held  1st  month  21st,  IS^M,  read  the  minutes  of  that  meeting 
from  the  original  record  book,  and  followed  with  an  ad- 
dress on  Haverford  life  in  the  earlv  da  vs. 


480  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLI.KGE. 

Appropriate  remarks  followed,  by  Lloyd  P.  .Smith,  \)r. 
Henry  Hartshorne,  Dr.  James  J.  Levick,  Robert  Bowne, 
Edward  Bettle,  Jr.,  Charles  Roberts,  Henry  Cope  and  others. 
In  response  to  an  invitation  previously  issued,  soliciting 
contributions  for  a  special  "  Semi-Centennial  number  of 
The  Collegian,'^  poems  were  prepared  by  Dr.  Hartshorne, 
Thomas  H.  Burgess,  Edw.  R.  Wood  and  James  W.  Crom- 
well, and  essays  were  written  by  Thomas  Kimber,  Lindley 
Murray,  Philip  C.  Garrett,  Franklin  E.  Paige  and  Charles 
Wood.  Time  did  not  permit  the  reading  of  all  these  con- 
tributions, and  after  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  on 
Publication  the  meeting  adjourned  until  1934.  The  follow- 
ing extracts  are  taken  from  the  printed  report  of  the  Anni- 
versary : 

Joseph  W.  Starr,  Steele  City,  Nebraska,  wrote  as  follows : 
"  The  receipt  of  another  token  of  remembrance  from  '  dear 
Haverford  '  awakened  in  me  a  glow  that  '  biting  Boreas, 
fell  and  dour,'  though  wrought  to  the  frenzy  of  a  Nebraska 
blizzard,  could  in  no  wise  chill.  How  gladly  would  I  revisit 
those  academic  groves,  though  only  to  wander  in  the  snow 
beneath  their  leafless  boughs,  or  through  the  hall  which  they 
shelter,  silent  of  footsteps  save  my  own,  as  I  did  on  the  only 
visit  it  has  been  my  pleasure  to  make  to  the  old  scenes  since 
I  ceased  to  be  a  part  of  them.  How  much  more  gladly  to 
meet  even  a  few  men,  gray-headed,  perhaps,  like  myself — 
grown  from  the  ardent  and  hopeful  youth — comrades  over  a 
quarter  of  a  centur}'  ago — to  learn  what  life  has  done  for 
each  in  the  way  of  achievement  and  instruction,  or  to  speak 
of  those  who  can  never  again  speak  to  us  of  themselves. 
But  the  fates  will  it  otherwise;  for,  deep  in  that  'struggle 
for  existence,'  wholesome  or  otherwise  as  we  make  it,  I 
must  stay  by  my  pigs  and  calves  to  prosper  them  and  me, 


THK   SKMI-CKNTENNIAL.  4S1 

SO  tliat  my  l)oys,  Ijaply,  nmy  \\a\v  opportunity  to  lay  up 
store  of  pleasant  memories,  as  I  have  \uu\.  Only  in  tlioutjlit 
ean  I  be  with  you  at  your  reunion.  With  this  niu^t  I  con- 
tent me,  and  with  the  knowledge,  not  without  piide,  that  in 
njy  snuill  way  I  am  o/you,  thou«;h  not  nitli  you. 

'•  How  brooding  memory  warms  those  old  times  into  new 
life!  The  mists  of  twenty-seven  yeai^s  di.s.>*olve  into  clear 
ether.  Time  anddistanee  ar<-  annihilated,  and  there  seems 
a  very  pri'sence  of  those  far- off  scenes  that  is  fairly  startling 
to  me  in  its  reality.  Indeed,  does  not  my  mental  vision 
serve  me  better  than  I  could  expect  of  tiie  outward  eye?  At 
this  very  moment  I  am  there  again — tlier*' — the  oi.n  tlnn.  I 
found  Ilaverford  changed,  revisiting  it  after  eight  years' 
absence.  Still  more  so  should  1  now.  The  very  a|>j»roach 
is  different.  Not  nearly  so  hand.some  to  me  the  new  station 
as  the  little  woo<len  one,  where  I  hav«'  known  more  than 
one  youngster's  heart  passingly  disturbed  from  its  accus- 
tomed serenity  l»y  the  fair  face  of  a  fellow-stu<ient's  si.ster. 
The  trees  are  larger;  there  are  other  buildings  an<l  stranger 
faces.  I  should  find  the  few  acquaintances  I  should  meet 
altered  in  feature,  their  l»rains  otherwise  occupied  than  by 
schoolboy  dreams;  and  should  1  turn  from  their  change<l 
voices  I  could  Knd  in  that  stranger  throng  solitude  enough 
to  recall  other  absent  faces  an<l  voices,  only  to  remember 
that  some  of  them  are  shut  in  and  silenced  forever  by  thr 
grave. 

•*()nly  think  I  This  very  night,  whilst  I  have  been  writing, 
my  own  daughter  has  been  busy  pa<king  her  trunk  to  t^o 
auay  to  school,  with  what  of  anticipation  an<l  aspiration  (»od 
wots.  And  my  own  school-<lays,  which  time  and  events,  the 
cares  of  busines.s.  the  hardships  ami  dancers  of  war,  the 
sweet  transports  of  love  and  ..•!••-'■'!•  f-Mv^-'-d  tjpon  quiet 
:tl 


482  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEllFOKI)    COLLE(.JE. 

little  faces,  change  of  home,  spiritual  questionings  and 
struggles — a  thousand  things — should  remove  so  far,  are 
with  me  still.  And  with  such  vividness  I  I  catch  m3'self 
listening  with  outward  ear  for  the  gruff  tones  of  Cyrus  Men- 
denhall,  whose  mental  and  ]>hysical  strength  had  in  them 
so  much  of  promise.  Again,  at  sunny  noon,  I  recline  be- 
neath the  purple  beech,  or  trudge  the  dusty  village  street,  in 
the  falling  shades  of  evening,  with  a  boon  companion — Steve 
Wood — whose  conversational  powers  delighted  me  so  much. 
"  Uncle"  Jim  Wood,  Satterthwaite,  Will  Rhoads,  the  Wis- 
tars,  Longstreth,  Yarnall,  and  others,  are  with  me  in  the 
game  of  football,  the  surreptitious  use  of  foils,  the  recitation- 
room,  at  the  breakfast  of  "porgies,"  and  in  all  those  old  and 
various  scenes  as  distinctly  as  if  I  saw  and  heard  them.  Or, 
with  Joseph  Harlan,  I  am  in  the  observatory,  assisting  in 
observations  to  regulate  the  clock — his  face  half  sad  and 
wholly  sober,  as  if  looking  out  with  those  solemn  eyes  into 
that  other  night,  'gathering  fast,'  to  swallow  him  from  wife 
and  children  to  dwell  forever  amid  the  stars  he  loved  so 
well.  Or,  in  the  little  meeting-house  I  study  the  counte- 
nance of  Dr.  kSwift,  after  he  had  watched  the  boys  until  they 
had  settled  into  order,  increasing  in  seriousness  as  he 
gathered  'into  the  c^uiet' — his  gaze  directed  through  the 
window  farther  away  than  the  hills  upon  the  horizon — a  rapt 
expression  of  mingled  solemnity  and  tenderness  deepening 
in  his  face  until  a  tear  trickling  down  his  cheek  would 
rouse  him  with  a  start  and  a  beautiful  smile  to  a  sense  of 
his  surroundings.  Dear  old  Doctor  !  How  I  used  to  wish  I 
could  follow  his  thoughts  out  of  the  window  and  far  away. 
I  wonder  if  he  is  training  cucumbers  out  of  the  windows  of 
heaven  ?  The  Doctor's  cucumbers  were  an  early  lesson  to 
me  of  how  much  beautv  there  might  be  in  common  things. 


THK   SEMI-CKNTKNXIAL.  483 

It  was  in  tlie  little  meeting-house,  also,  tlmt  I  used  to  luar 
Samuel  Bettle  say  lliat  '  Wisilom's  ways  are  ways  of  pleas- 
antness, ami  all  her  jmths  are  peace,"  in  such  tones  that  I 
liave  ever  since  wishe«l  that  1  couM  walk  in  them. 

"I  remember  once  tiiat  Dr.  Swift  was  disciplining  me  for 
sup{)osecl  misconduct  at  tijc  tahU-,  l>y  re<|uiring  my  attend- 
ance upon  iiim  in  his  recitation-room  at  all  Imurs  tlin>u<,di 
the  day,  excej»t  school-hours  and  a  half  hour  before  each 
meal  allowetl  me  for  exercise.  The  Doctor  was  mistaken  as 
to  facts,  but  shut  otf  my  attempted  explanatiitn  with  a  hor- 
ritied  exclamation,  'Stop!  stop!  when  one  tries  io  just  if)/ 
liimself  in  evil-tloing,  he  is  doubly  lost.'  So,  with  a 
feeling  of  soreness  and  rebellion  on  my  part  (which  he 
readily  recognized)  and  tirm  determination  on  his  part, 
we  sat  down  to  have  it  out.  No  further  words  passetl  be- 
tween us  except  his  regular  injunction:  '  lleturn  imme- 
diately after  dinner,'  '  Return  after  school,'  etc.  I  took 
my  books  with  me  an<l  occupied  my.self  with  study,  as  he 
di«l  also.  It  was  quitea  strain  upon  me,  as  evidently  it  was 
on  him.  On  the  third  day,  in  the  afternoon,  before  supj>er, 
my  thoughts,  unoccupied  otherwi.se,  reverted  to  a  dead 
frien«l,  and  so  dwelt  upon  my  loss  that  I  was  eventually 
moved  to  tears.  The  tears  came  smldenly — my  face  toward 
the  Doctor — though  not  looking  at  him.  With  jjuick  hand 
1  dashed  them  away,  but  his  «|uicker  eye  had  tletected  them. 
Wonderful  change  I  With  look  of  intense  surprise,  of  pity, 
of  gladness,  and,  I  thought,  of  self-reproach,  he  broke  forth 
in  deep  tones,  |>encil  in  air.  'There!  there'  that  will  do. 
Thee  may  do!'  My  first  impulse  was  to  tell  him  he  was 
mistaken  :  but  as  I  looked  into  that  face  so  full  of  goo<Iness 
and  tenderness,  of  .'sympathy  forme  an<l  hope  for  me,  I  couhl 
not  Bud  it  in  mv  heart  to  undeceive  iiim.     I  took  mv  lK>oks 


484  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

and  went  silently ;  the  subject  was  never  mentioned  between 
us.  I  always  loved  him  afterward,  and  I  believe  he  was  ever 
after  my  fast  friend." 

Lloyd  P.  Smith,  of  the  class  of  '37,  Librarian  of  the 
Philadelphia  Library,  read  the  following 

Remixisckxcf:s. 

A  story  is  told,  I  think,  in  Segur's  Histoire  de  la  grande 
armee,  of  a  soldier  who,  on  the  retreat  from  Moscow,  man- 
aged to  reach  Smolensk,  and,  staggering  into  headquarters^ 
reported  himself  for  duty. 

"  Who  are  you  ?"  said  the  officer  in  command. 

Drawing  himself  up  to  his  full  height,  and  making  a 
military  salute,  "  General,"  he  said,  "  I  am  the  Thirty- 
seventh  Regiment  of  the  Line  !" 

I  cannot  exactly  say  that  I  am  the  Class  of  1837,  but 
when  I  look  back  and  see  how  many  of  my  fellows  have 
perished  by  the  way,  some  at  the  passage  of  the  Beresina,. 
and  again  look  round  and  see  how  few  survive,  I  am  irre- 
sistibly reminded  of  the  campaign  of  Moscow.  Jonathan 
Fell  is  dead;  Gustavus  Logan  is  dead;  Dickinson  Logan^ 
AVilliam  Longstreth,  Benjamin  INLarsh — one  of  the  best  of 
men  ;  Liddon  Pennock,  Charles  Sharpless — a  man  of  im- 
mense force  and  versatility,  who  was  bound  to  succeed  in 
everything  he  undertook  ;  Wyatt  Wistar — amiable  and  good^ 
and  last,  not  least,  my  own  familiar  friend,  Lindley  Fisher, 
high-toned,  brilliant,  and  ambitious — all  these  are  dead. 
They  have  gone  over  to  the  majority,  and  we,  who  survive,, 
will  join  them  soon.  One  generation  cometh  and  another 
goeth,  but  Haverford,  I  trust,  abideth  forever.  The  honor- 
able toil  of  so  many  teachers,  the  laborious  tasks  of  so  many 
students,  constitute  a  foundation  for  great  results  in  trme 
to  come. 


THE   SEMMEXTENSIAL.  485 

I  have  been  requesteil  U>  j^ivo  some  r»'iniiiiscences  of  our 
coininon  Alma  Matt-r  in  its  earlier  days — what  mij^ht  be 
calhil  its  I'aley-olitiiie  period.  I  couhl  tell  of  break inj; 
through  tile  ice  at  Kelly's  «laim  ami  walking  back  to  Ilaver- 
ford.  wet  to  my  mi«ldle,  and  shivt  ring  in  the  bitter  wind, 
but  tinding  in  my  ro<»m  a  jtackage  of  gingerbread  from 
liome,  and,  better  still,  some  nundnrs  of  Waldie's  Portfolio  ; 
of  <|uietly  getting  out  of  the  window  one  First  day  evening 
while  dear  old  John  Gummere  was  reading  to  us  from  the 
Fritmh'  Librari/,  and  going  with  another  boy  down  to  the 
tlani  to  take  a  swim  by  moonlight  ;  of  seeing  the  trees 
planted  which  now  constitute  the  tine  avenue  from  the 
turnpike.  I'.iit  1  prefer  to  speak  of  him  who  was  for 
Ilaverford  what  Arnold  was  for  Rugby — the  great  teacher — 
he  who  gave  tin*  t<jne  to  the  school  and  made  Ilaverford 
what  it  was.  1  mean  D.vxikl  IV  Smith,  a  man.  if  ever  there 
was  one,  of  genuine  culture.  Leaving  his  business  and 
going  to  Ilaverford  from  a  sense  of  duty,  there  to  take  the 
chair  of  Natural  Philosophy,  his  intluence  was  in  the  direc- 
tion of  liberal  studies,  of  a  wide  range  of  thought,  of  an  en- 
larged view  of  science.  On  First  day  afternoons  he  used 
to  reail  to  us  in  sympathetic  tones  from  the  great  masters  of 
religious elo(|uence.  One  sermon.  I  recollect,  was  by  Robert 
Plall,  on  "War,"'  in  which  the  possessor  of  that  great  wit. 
which  was  to  madness  near  allied — defended  war  on  Chris- 
tian principles.  Professor  iSmith,  while  himself  almost 
carried  away  by  the  ringing  periods  of  the  book  before  him, 
warned  us  against  allowing  our  reason  to  be  tjiken  captive 
by  the  elocjuence  of  the  writer.  Once — and  this  involves  a 
confession — when  I  was  guilty  (»f  plagiarism,  being  hard 
put  to  it  to  write  a  conijwsition.  instead  of  .scolding  me,  he 
merely  remarked  that  while  it  was  a  useful  exercise  to  read 


iSCi  iiisTiii.'V   oi'   iiAVi:i;i-tii;ii  (oi.i.Kdic. 

ill)  cssiiy  IVoin  tlic  Spccfator  and  tlicn  shut  tlio  book  and  turn 
it  inlo  Miy  own  lanii;uauo,  it  did  no  good  to  copy  the  very 
WDi'ds. 

l/nidlcy  Mnri-;iy,  anionu  nllicr  jiilci'csliiio-  ''  Kocollections," 
stairs: 

"I  rcnicinbor  well  that  whih'  a  sludciil  at  liavrrlbi-d,  on 
Hu' occasion  ol"  my  rclniii  home  at  one  of  our  vacations,  I 
was  a  passonfToi-  in  the  lii-st  ti-ain  which  passed  over  the 
second  viiilroiid  Imill  in  the  United  Stales — that  iVoiii  I'xd"- 
deiilown  to  I 'ei't  ii-A  inhoy.  This  was,  I  tiiink,  in  the  year 
18;>I  ;  and  now,  in  iSiSl,  there  are  one  hniKh'eil  .iihI  twenty 
thousand  niih's  of  I'aih'oad  within  onr  hoi<UM's."" 

The  followiiii;-  vei'S(>s  are  taken  iVoni  the  |ioein  entitled 
"  I  laNcrt'onl  — ;i  \'ae;ition  \'isil,'"  hy  .hinies  W.  ( 'roni well  : 

'I'Iiiiiul;Ii  I  lit' ( I  vimiasiiiiii  lirsl  wcslrav, 
Wlii'H'ii),  ii  si'ciiis  lull  vosterdiiy, 

Wo  li'iipcd  ;isli;,'lit  as  Ivcmiis  ; 
Tlieii,  passiiif;  tliioii^'li   iln'  iitninsi  door, 
Annin  wo  mcrrilv  fxplnii- 

Till'  <  irovi'  (if  AcMilcmiis. 

N(i(  liappior  loaiiis  llio  spdltid  fawn 
Tliaii  wo,  a-<  nmiid  alidiit  tlio  Lawn 

We  cliaso  till'  iiioiiiciils  lli'ctiug; 
And,  as  wo  pass  llioir  ranks  botweeii, 
Tlu'  slinilis  aloii^;  the  Serpentine 

Nod  us  a  IViondlv  >;rpotin<j. 

Now,  arni-in-arin,  aglow  with   talk, 
Wo  stnill  aloni;  tlio  Sharon  Walk, 

Sookinji;  iho'l'roe  of  Kii<)wlody;o  ; 
Then,  niidor  llio  Tiniollioan  An'h 
Wo  pa-s,  as  ill  triiiiiiplial  march, 

TuWMnl  I  lie  d.ai-  ..Id  ColleK'O. 

Not  to  the  schloss,  with  towers  tall, 
Itiiilt  since  onr  day,  enllod  Harclay  Hall, 

Ihit  to  the  leinplo  yellow. 
Ajjain-t  whose  wall  the  ivy  dings, 
And  o'er  whoso  front  the  linden  llings 

A  shade  siihdiiod  and  mellow. 


nil:    SKMI-<KNTKSMAI..  487 

Mftliinkit  I  nef,  in  raiicy'o  cloud, 
llurlnn,  (Mliii-fyctI  iukI  innrMe-lmiwM, 

Ni>l>li'  ill  tlioii^ht  iiiui  rviiliiro; 
Ami  I  >iM-l«ir  Sm  ifi — iiini««>lir  I'onn  I 
A  |>liiltu>llin>|>i<'  tliiiii)ii'r->t(i>riii — 

Stem  jixlge,  but  Kviiial  Ivitrlu-r. 

I  lovf  him,  lli<>ii(;|i  lit*  nilliMl  mv  oiicv 
A  ntimi-tliiit  Kik'nitit'di  "  iliiiirp, " 

Ami,  IT*'  llif  Iwtiirt'  emldl, 
Itatli*  mv  iiolullint  o'er  my  iifitii 
WiiM  liniiginK  l>y  a  riiiiKli*  threnil 

I>amfM-leM'  hwodI  HiiH|)i'mlt>tl. 

Tlu-  c<>«»k  liiiil  xivfii  iiictwo  piet. — 
For  I  fiitimt  t'aviir  in  her  cyeti. 

I'm  Hiire  it  miiNt  have  HhiiokM  her 
To  learn  thiil  in  tny  roomwnnl  <'(iiinie 
I'll  rimli'il,  like  u  ^tHm|>elle<l  lior-'e, 

AgninHl  the  iiwt'iil    Itoctor. 

1  K'ii»^I  >i>y  room,  I  iIommI  ilie  liiMir, 
My  iKJoty  i|iiiek  I  i-uvereil  o'er, 

Anil  in  my  wiinlrolie  threw  ii. 
■■  All's  well,  ■'  thoii^'ht  I — Itiit,  iih  I  the  -luMk 
I  felt  til  hear  a  solemn   knork; 
'TwiiH  Nemesis — I  knew  it. 

"  What  had  the  boy  heni-alh  liis  itjat  ?'' 
The  answer  <|unvereil  in  my  throat  — 
"  A  |)ie— from — oil  I  In-  ilreM*er." 
"  Retiini  it — am!  return  a^ain  I" 

1  think  I've  mentioned  there  were  twain  ; 
I  took  hark  one — the  lenser. 

Sternly  he  lectureil  nic,  and  long; 
"  Ponder  these  wonU  from  Virgil's  Mmg," 

Surli  waH  hill  |>eroratinn  ; 
"Their  meanin;;  if  thee  fails  to  trace, 
<io  to  I'rofesHor  Thomas  (  haM* 
And  a»k  for  the  trnnolalion  : 

"'Facilis  dew-ensUH    Avkrno, 
Sed  RKVocAKi:  uraiu'm,  iiii|M-niiu|ue  evaden>  ad  auimi, 
1I«K— oi"t»«, — nil  -  i.AiMiK--»:sT.'  " 

Thr  lecturers  of  the  year — nlwuvH  welcome  visitors  in  the 
dulness  of  winter  nionthi* — were  of  conspicuous  ability,  and 


488  HISTORY  OF  HAVEKFORD  COLLKGE. 

their  appearance  excited  more  than  usual  interest.  On 
10th  montli  17th,  1883,  Lord  Chief  Justice  Coleridge  of 
England,  the  guest  of  Ellis  Yarnall,  had  visited  tlie  college 
hv  invitation,  and  delivered  a  most  interesting  address  to 
the  students  and  their  friends  from  the  platform  of  Alumni 
Hall.  His  remarks  were  delivered  in  an  easy,  conversa- 
tional manner,  from  a  few  heads  noted  on  a  piece  of  paper 
held  in  liis  hands,  3'et  they  constituted  one  of  the  ablest 
addresses  he  delivered  on  American  soil,  and  were  full  of 
instruction  and  suggestion  to  his  audience. 

President  Chase  introduced  the  speaker  in  a  few  remarks, 
in  which  he  spoke  of  the  name  of  Coleridge  as  "a  name 
which  is  music  in  the  ears  of  all  cultivated  Americans,  as 
associated  with  poems  of  the  most  vivid  imagination,  the 
sweetest  fancy,  and  the  most  exquisite  melody,  and  with 
prose  writings  highly  stimulating  to  thought — writings,  both 
in  prose  and  verse,  which  had  great  influence  in  this  country 
a  generation  ago  in  moulding  the  minds  of  some  of  the  fore- 
most of  the  leaders  of  thought  in  America  to-day."' 

Thus  introduced,  the  speaker,  after  alluding  to  his  ac- 
quaintance with  Dr.  Arnold  and  the  great  English  schools, 
proceeded  to  speak  of  the  study  of  English  literature  and  to 
recommend  the  learning  by  heart  of  the  best  passages  as  a 
valuable  preparation  for  the  work  of  after-life.  He  named 
Bryant  as  his  favorite  among  American  poets,  because  his 
writings,  besides  being  "noble,  natural,  and  invigorating, 
are  so  full  of  the  characteristics  of  his  country."  Among 
prose  writers  he  spoke  of  Lord  Bolingbroke  as  "a  writer 
of  the  most  perfect  English — rising,  at  times,  to  a  nervous 
and  sinewy  eloquence;"  Lord  Erskine"the  greatest  advo- 
cate since  Cicero,"  was  placed  second,  then  followed  Burke, 
Hooker    and    Bacon,     Among   modern   authors,    Cardinal 


THE   SKMI-CKNTKNXIAI..  4S!» 

Ntwman  was  considereil  a  inastor  of  Kn^jlisli,  aii<l  llaw- 
lliorne  was  inentioued  as  *' vour  •,M*eatfst  writur — tin-  master 
of  an  ex«juisito  ami  al»solutely  perfect  style."  The  stmlv  of 
the  classics  was  strongly  ailvisc<l,  iiainiiit;  in  order  of  ex- 
cellence Homer,  Virjjjil,  Kuripidis,  Catullus  and  Horace. 

Lord  Coleridge  concluded  his  admirable  a«ldre.ss  hy  tell- 
ing his  young  hearei"s  to  acquaint  themselves  with  good 
books,  as  "you  will  Hnd  your  memories  of  great  and  whole- 
some literature  a  constant  solace  and  refresh njent,"  coun.sel- 
ling  them  to  lea<l  earnest,  faithful  lives  and  "above  all 
preserve  yt)ur  nigral  purity.  Nothing  will  so  keep  you  to 
it,  nothing  will  tend  more  to  keep  you  from  evil,  than  the 
company  of  good  books  and  the  thoughts  and  counsels  of 
good  men. ' 

Another  lecturer  who  attracted  an  appreciative  audience 
was  James  Bryce,  M.I*.,  of  Oxford  Univci-sity,  England,  the 
brilliant  historian,  who  spoke  on  "The  Historical  Value  of 
tlie  Poems  of  Homer  and  Dante."  The  interest  excited  by 
this  lecture  resulted  in  starting  a  voluntary  class  for  the 
study  of  Italian,  under  President  Chase,  which  read  seven 
cantos  of  Dante's  "Inferno'' in  the  original.  Professor  Corson 
again  gave  two  lectures  and  readings  on  literary  .subjects. 

About  the  middle  of  the  year  the  .Senior  Class — who  felt 
the  need  of  clearer  knowle<lge  with  regard  to  the  issues  of 
the  day — invited  Jonathan  Chace,  then  a  representative  in 
Congress,  and  since  United  States  Senator  from  Khode 
Island,  and  James  Wood,  to  enlighten  the  students  on  the 
tariff  question,  from  the  respective  points  of  view  <»f  a 
manufacturer  and  farmer.  Both  of  these  lecturt»s  provetl  of 
great  interest  and  attracted  large  and  appreciative  audiences. 

Karly  in  l.sM  the  new  astronomical  telescope  was  mounted. 
During  the  previous  year  Professor  Sharpless   iiad  calle<i 


490  HISTORY    OV    HAVERKOKT)    COLLEGK. 

attention  to  the  importance  of  better  equipping  the  observa- 
tory. As  a  result  of  his  energy  a  sufficient  sum  was  raised 
to  warrant  tlie  ordering  from  A  Ivan  Clarke  &  Sons  of  a  new 
refractor  of  ten-inch  aperture.  The  original  intention  was 
to  mount  this  instrument  on  the  old  pedestal,  but  as  it 
approached  completion  it  became  evident  that  such  a  course 
would  prove  unsatisfactory.  As  on  so  many  other  occasions, 
James  Whitall  came  forward  and  contributed  tb.e  funds 
necessary  to  erect  a  new  dome  of  modern  construction,  just 
south  of  the  observatory,  and  connected  with  it  by  a  covered 
passage.  A  helioscope  and  spectroscope  were  also  added  to 
the  equipment,  thus  making  the  instrument  available  for 
work,  which  was  impossible  with  the  old  telescope.  The 
total  cost  of  dome,  telescope  and  equipment  A\as  S4,338, 
subscribed  by  about  twenty-five  contributors. 

One  important  experiment  was  made  in  the  Junior  Day 
exercises — that  of  devoting  two  days  to  the  subject,  and 
allowing  each  member  of  the  class  to  deliver  his  oration. 
As  this  was  the  first  opportunity  enjo^'ed  by  many  of  the 
students  for  exhibitions  in  public  of  their  forensic  skill,  it 
was  thought  by  some  that  the  number  of  speakers  should 
not  be  restricted. 

During  the  ensuing  summer  the  massive  granite  gateway, 
the  gift  of  Justus  C.  Strawbridge,  was  erected  on  the  Lan- 
caster Turnpike,  at  the  entrance  to  Maple  Avenue,  thus 
giving  the  approach  from  that  direction  an  imposing  and 
finished  aspect. 

Soon  the  rare  days  of  June  gave  warning  of  the  close  of 
the  year.  The  usual  electioneering  went  on  for  official 
positions  in  the  societies  and  other  college  organizations, 
the  cricketers  Avore  more  cheerful  countenances  under  the 
influence  of  brighter  prospects,  and  even  the  Seniors'  dignity 


THK   8KMI-rKNTKNNIAI..  4!»1 

relaxed  somewlmt  when  the  Faculty  {^ranted  them  u  week 
at  the  end  of  their  exertions. 

Five  speakers  contended  in  the  alumni  contest,  the  veii- 
erahle  Lopinian  held  once  more  its  "  puhlie  meeting,' 
"  W'entworth "  was  hurned  with  papm  ceremonies,  and 
Commencement  Day  came  and  went  without  "  strains  of 
music"  IxMug  heanl  l»y  :iny  of  the  audience.  This  delight 
was  reserved  for  the  riiihuUiphia  reporters,  wiio  got  up 
their  re|>orts  of  the  day  in  the  homi-  ollici". 

This  year  the  Hoard  of  Mamigers  lost  one  of  its  most 
useful  memhei's,  who  was  removed  by  <leath.  Kdwanl  J^. 
Scull  had  been  graduated  from  the  college  in  18G4  with  high 
rank  in  character  ami  scholarshij».  Ih  niidt're<l  valuable 
services  in  connection  with  the  erection  and  e<juipment  of 
Barclay  Hall  and  as  chairnum  of  the  committee  in  charge 
of  the  remodelling  of  the  interior  of  Foundei*s'  Hall.  "So 
long  as  his  healtli  |»ermitt<'d  he  bestowed  a  wise  liberality 
and  diligent  attention  upon  the  interests  of  Haverft)nl.  His 
tine  mental  attainments,  the  Christian  grace  of  his  char- 
acter, an<l  his  deep  and  lasting  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
young  men,  (pialilied  him  in  a  peculiar  degree  for  this  ser- 
vice, wherein  his  loss  will  long  be  felt."  By  his  will  he 
bequeathetl  §1(>,0(H>  to  the  corporation. 

Toward  the  close  of  the  college  year,  1883-84,  a  move- 
ment started  among  some  of  the  residents  along  the  line  of 
the  rennsylvania  Railroad,  who  felt  the  need  of  better 
school  facilities  near  home,  which  resulted  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  what  has  since  boconjc  known  as  Haverford 
College  Gramnuir  School.  A  sketch  of  this  school  is  a  legiti- 
mate part  of  the  history  of  the  colh>ge,  the  relations  between 
them  being  such  as  to  justify  a  short  notice  of  the  first  seven 
years  of  its  existence,  and  the  school  as  now  i>ermanently 


492 


IIISTOKV    OF    HAVKRFORD    COLLEGE. 


established,  on  u  separate  fouiulation,  being  free  from  the 
objections  to  the  defunct  preparatories. 

In  tlie  6th  month,  1884,  some  of  the  residents,  under  the 
lead  of  A.  J.  Cassatt,  offered  to  build  a  schoolhouse  on  the 
college  land,  and  present  it  to  the  corporation,  to  be  used, 
under  the  control  of  the  Managers,  as  a  school  preparatory 
to  the  college.     On  the  recommendation  of  the  Executive 


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Committee,  and  the  strong  endorsement  of  President  Chase 
and  Dean  Sharpless,  the  offer  was  accepted,  and  the  Board 
appointed  what  is  known  as  "The  Governing  Committee  of 
Haverford  College  Grammar  School."  This  committee  con- 
tinues to  be  one  of  the  standing  committees  of  the  Board, 
and,  with  the  President  of  the  college  as  an  ex-ofticio 
member,  is  charged   with   the  supervision   of  the  school. 


THK   SKMI-CKXTENM  Al..  103 

Wliile  the  oollt'^^e  lias  no  sluiro  in  tlu'  j»rolits  or  losses  and 
assumes  no  financial  responsibility  in  the  nnma^enient  of 
the  school,  the  committee  nominati'S  tlie  head-master  to  the 
Board,  makes  report  to  the  Board,  and  omsults  with  the 
iiend-master  respecting  some  parts  of  the  scholastic  work. 
As  it  was  found  impossihleto  have  a  scho<d-l»uildin;;  finished 
in  time  to  t>pen  for  the  Fall  term  of  18S1,  a  house  was  rented 
near  the  collej;e  station,  wlure  school  was  opened  Dtli  month 
•23d,  1SS4,  under  the  temporary  care  of  Dean  Sharpless.  A 
few  weeks  later  the  ( Jovernin^  Committee  appointetl  ( 'harles 
S.  Crosman.  a  graduate  of  Ilaverford  and  Harvard,  as  head- 
master, and  he  at  once  took  char«,'e  of  the  school. 

In  4th  month,  1885,  tiie  subscribers  to  the  building  fund 
began  the  erection  of  a  school-building  in  the  field  between 
the  college  lane  and  the  old  railroa<l  track — a  situation 
near  the  station  and  convenient  to  the  public  roads.  This 
new  building  was  occupied  at  tin-  opi-ning  of  the  .school 
year  1885. 

During  the  summer  of  1887  Ilnny  X  Iloxir.  a  teacher  of 
experience,  became  associated  with  Charles  8.  Crosman  as 
head-master,  and  the  Tall  term  of  the  same  year  was  o|>ened 
in  an  enlarged  school-building,  affording  greatly  improved 
accommodations.  In  180()  another  addition  wais  made, 
giving  a  fine  gymnasium-room,  well  e(iuip|»ed  with  modern 
apparatus,  and  other  rooms  nee<led  for  the  convenience  and 
health  of  the  puj)ils.  These  successive  additions  to  the 
original  buihling  have  brought  the  total  cost  of  the  structure 
up  to  nearly  :?'2r),()<M>,  all  of  which  has  become  the  property 
of  our  corporation  through  the  liberality  and  confidence  of 
the  patrons  and  head-masters  of  the  school 

The  situation  of  the  school,  amid  beautiful  an«I  iuallhful 
surroundings,  is  attractive,  and  with  courses  «)f  instruction 
modelled  after  tin-  best  schools  of  a  similar  urade.  with  a 


494  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOI'.D    COLLEGE. 

body  of  skilled  teachers  in  sympathy  with  the  college, 
engaged  in  developing  the  minds  and  bodies  of  many  boys 
gathered  from  among  the  neighl^ors,  the  school  conducts  a 
work  in  close  sympathy  with  the  higher  education  of  the 
college. 

In  spite  of  fears  felt  by  some  old  Haverfordians  that  the 
proximity  of  the  "  Incubator,"  as  the  school  was  early 
named,  would  somehow  injuriously  affect  the  dignity  or 
interests  of  the  college  students,  no  such  results  have 
followed.  ( )n  the  contrary,  the  best  of  feeling  has  always 
existed  between  the  young  men  of  both  places,  and  while  the 
experiment  is  not  fully  developed,  there  seems  good  reason 
to  believe  the  college  will  continue  to  derive  benefit  from 
the  establishment  of  the  Grammar  School.  The  attendance 
has  steadily  increased  from  27  pu})ils  in  1S84  to  115  in 
1891.  Of  the  22  graduates  of  the  school  who  have  entered 
college,  16  have  gone  to  Haverford. 

Before  the  college  opened  in  the  autumn  of  1884,  the 
British  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science  held  its 
annual  meeting  in  Montreal.  A  few  days  later  the  Ameri- 
can Association  met  in  Philadelphia,  and,  as  was  expected, 
many  of  the  British  members  attended.  The  college  au- 
thorities, under  proper  restrictions,  granted  the  use  of  tlie 
buildings  and  grounds  to  the  Ladies'  Local  Reception  Com- 
mittee, who  were  desirous  of  providing  an  open-air  enter- 
tainment, and  on  Otli  month  10th,  the  beautiful  park  sur- 
rounding the  college  was  the  scene  of  festivities  both  unique 
and  delightful.  From  5  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  until  0 
o'clock  the  grounds  and  halls  were  thronged  by  a  most  in- 
teresting company  of  guests,  from  our  own  and  foreign  lands. 
Many  of  these  spoke  with  pleasure  of  the  informality  of  the 
occasion,  and  all  i)ronounced  the  green  turf  and  grateful 
hade,  the   pure  air  and   comfortable  tem})erature  a    most 


Tin;    SKMI-CKNTKSXIAL.  405 

wulcoiiie  clmnj;u  rioin  the  stilling  city,  wliiTc  they  had  bitii 
eoiiHiU'il  during  a  week  of  the  most  oppressive  heat. 

The  beauty  of  the  grounds  won  universiil  coniinen<hition. 
"  How  like  the  park  of  an  Knglish  noldenianl"  said  a  digni- 
tary of  the  Churcli  of  Enghmd  to  Hishoji  Stevens,  as  they 
approaeliel  the  eollegu.  The  rooms  in  lUirchiy  Hall  were 
praised  for  their  cosy  convenienee,  pleasant  outlook  and 
tasteful  furnishing;  the  library  in  Alumni  Hall  (from  which 
the  l)enches  had  been  takrn  out  and  disposed  about  the 
grounds)  was  a  favorite  resort;  and  a  large  number  of  dis- 
tinguished scientists  visited  with  great  interest  the  observa- 
tories and  laboratory. 

As  tlarkness  approached,  the  grounds  were  illuminated 
with  electric  lights.  The  etlect  wa-  particularly  beautiful 
from  a  distance.  Persons  walking  in  reujote  portions  of  the 
grounds  looked  across  the  lawns  and  through  the  trees  to  a 
brilliantly  lighted  scene  in  front  of  Foun<lers'  Hall,  where 
ladies  and  gentlemen  were  seated,  or  moving  to  and  fro, 
eugage<l  in  animate<l  conversation,  or  partaking  of  refresh- 
ments from  the  well-furnishe«l  tables. 

Many  well-known  people  from  the  city  and  viriniiy  were 
present,  as  well  as  rej)resentatives  of  nearly  all  kindred 
institutions  in  the  United  States — the  ladies  acting  as  host- 
esses, (treat  Britain  naturally  furnished  the  largest  number 
of  foreign  visitors,  with  names  conspicuous  in  various  tiehls 
of  science,  professors  and  dons  fn»m  (►xford  and  Cambridge, 
also  from  France,  CJermany,  Hungary  and  .lapan. 

The  occasion  was  one  of  pleasant  interest  to  all  who  t<K)k 
part,  an<l  the  ohl  students?  who  surveyed  the  unwontinl 
scene  hoped  Haverford  would  be  benetited  by  being  pre- 
sentetl  under  such  favorable  circumstances  to  prominent 
visitors,  many  of  theni  engaged  in  e«lucational  work,  and 
nearly  all  thoughtful  an«l  influential  members  of  society. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

BEGINNING  OF  SECOND  HALF-CENTURY, 

1884-87. 

On  estates  an  eye  we  cast, 
And  pleasure  there  expect  to  find. — Thomas  Ellwood. 

Yet  another  material  addition  marked  the  advent  of 
another  year.  This  was  the  establishment  of  an  entirely  new 
course — that  of  engineering.  There  had  long  been  a  demand 
for  such  a  course,  and  the  well-equipped  machine-shop  and 
appliances,  under  tlie  charge  of  James  Beatty,  Jr.,  tVom 
Stevens'  Institute,  Hoboken,  at  once  proved  very  attractive 
to  those  who  expected  to  follow  engineering,  or  desired  to 
become  proficient  in  the  use  of  tools. 

The  chemical  students,  on  their  return,  found  the  labora- 
tory much  improved  by  the  addition  of  new  working  tables, 
so  that  thirty-eight  students  could  now  work  at  one  time  to 
fairly  good  advantage.  Thomas  Newlin  came  from  the 
West  as  Professor  of  Zoology  and  Botany  and  assistant  in 
the  discipline. 

Henry  Carvill  Lewis,  who  had  in  the  previous  year  accep- 
tabl}"  lectured  before  the  students  on  geological  subjects, 
was  appointed  Professor  of  Geology,  but  owing  to  his  ab- 
sence in  Europe  he  was  unable  to  give  regular  instructions 
in  this  de})ariment.'      Professor  Sharpless,  in  addition   to 

^  Professor  Lewis  was  a  young  scientist  of  unusual  brilliancy  and  promise, 
and  distinguished  himself  greatly  by  his  observations  and  theories  on  Terminal 
Moraines  and  other  subjects.  These  attracted  so  much  attention  at  a  session 
of  the  I'rilish   Association   for  tiie    Advancement  of   Science,  tliat    he    was 


l>^\\iii     .-*CULU    SKNIOK 


i:k<.isnin».  of  sk<on'i«  ham -(  KNTi  lev.  4".»7 

actiiij;  as  l'iotVs.s4.)r  i>t  Matheiimtits  uinl  A.^UoMuiiiy,  at  tliis 
time  eiitereil  with  zeal  into  the  hiborious  and  responsible 
<hities()f  Dean,  ami  took  charge  of  the  l)Usiness  manajijenient, 
the  discipline  anil  the  dojnestic  atlair-.  1  lu^  powers  and 
•  hities  of  the  President  reinaine<l  unchanp-tl.  lie  continued 
to  he  the  literary  head  of  the  college  and  its  representative 
on  public  occasions,  and  in  consultation  with  the  Faculty 
directed  the  courses  of  study. 

The  Catalogue  of  this  year  notes  a  changi'  in  the  title  of 
the  ct»urse  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  (»f  Arts.  It  was 
now  called  the  "Course  in  Arts  and  Science, "  instead  of  the 
"Classical  Course" — a  wise  change,  since  the  coui^se  is  no 
narrow  om*.  l>ut  requires  a  knowltdgc  nt  the  great  jirnuiples 
of  niathematics,  physics,  chemistry  and  natural  history  in 
addition  to  languages. 

On  the  day  lu-fore  Christmas,  l»avid  Siull,  the  elder, 
died.  He  was  born  in  the  I'Jth  month,  171M»,  at  Sculltown, 
N.  .1.  His  mother  was  an  acknowledged  Minister  in  the 
Society  of  Friends.  I",arly  in  life  he  succeeded  his  father, 
(Jideon  ►Scull,  in  tin-  management  of  a  country  store.  In 
1S:>7  he  removed  to  l'hiladelj»hia.  and  engagetl  in  the 
wholesaledry  goods  business,  until  KS4*J,  when  he  left  it  and 
followed  the  wool  business,  with  his  sons,  and  here  laid  the 
foundation  of  his  fortunr.  retiring  in  iS'lL'.  lU-  wa-  a 
man  of  great  probity,  highly  res|»ected  by  those  who  knew 
him,  and  was  of  noble  and  commanding  j>re.'<ence.  He  be- 
came a  Manager  of  Haverford,  and  continued  his  active 
interest  in  the  institution   until    his  death — his  will  bear- 

honoinl  witli  an  invitation  fn.n>  tlie  t^iietn  to  dinr  willi  her.  Two  vi-il^  to 
England  internipted  hijiconni«cif  leclnrr*  nt  Havrrfoni,  and  dnring  tlip  lant 
nf  tliew  hv  wi»  rut  ofl  in  the  prime  of  liin  farerr  l>y  an  attack  of  malarial 
fpver,  dvint;  while  nbmad.  He  tttmhintHl  with  unu<ual  lalent.«  for  M-ienlifir 
inre!>ligation  a  great  dignity,  urbanity  and  l>cnuty  of  chararter. 
3J 


498  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORI)    COLLEGE. 

ing  evidence  of  that  interest.  In  1823  he  married  Lvdia 
Lij)pincott.  Their  youngest  son,  Edward  Lawrence  Scull, 
preceded  his  father  to  the  better  land  only  a  few  months. 
The  family  have  been  among  the  college's  most  liberal  bene- 
factors. 

"  The  still  air  of  quiet  studies"  was  rustled  by  the  stirring 
Presidential  campaign  of  1SS4.  A  Blaine  and  Logan  Club 
was  formed,  and  gowns  and  mortar-boards  adopted  as  a  uni- 
form, which,  although  stimulating  to  the  wits  of  the  wayside, 
commanded  reverence  from  the  worthy  and  fair.  The  un- 
speakable satisfaction  of  Avalking  in  a  torchlight  procession 
and  of  quencliing  patriotism  in  hot  campaign  cotfee,  comes 
rarely  to  the  undergraduate,  and  our  young  Republicans 
fully  believed  the  large  majority  of  their  party  in  Pennsyl- 
vania was  partly  due  to  their  eftbrts.  But  when  accounts 
were  balanced  the  few  Democrats  and  Mugwumps  were  the 
only  ones  able  to  march,  after  their  kind,  in  celebrating  a 
victory;  and  the  invidious  said  that  such  great  impecuni- 
osity  prevailed  in  the  camp  of  the  vanijuished  that  a  Senior 
would  rather  have  a  §4.50  text-book  charged  to  his  account 
than  pay  25  cents  in  cash  for  a  second-hand  copy. 

The  lectures  of  the  year  were  more  numerous  than  usual. 
Luigi  Monti,  "  the  young  Sicilian"  of  Longfellow's  "  Tales 
of  the  Wayside  Inn,"  delivered  four  of  them,  one  of  which 
was  devoted  to  the  dramatis  personse  of  that  poem.  On 
"Washington's  Birthday,  1885,  a  large  audience  gathered  in 
Alumni  Hall  to  listen  to  an  address  by  the  accomplished 
lawyer,  Wayne  MacVeagh,  late  Attorney-General  of  the 
United  States.  In  graceful  manner  and  witli  elegant  and 
vigorous  language  he  strongly  appealed  to  his  hearers  to 
consider  the  important  questions  of  the  times,  and  to  appre- 
ciate more  highly  the  duties  of  American  citizenship.     On 


HK<UNNIX<t    «)F    SE(«»NI>    II  Al,F-rKNTURY.  lUO 

I'Uli  iiionlh  l»illi,  st'ven  stiuleiits  s|)okt'  ul  tlu-  Junior 
Kxhibiliuii.  I'rosident  Chase  opened  the  exercises  with 
remarks  in  Latin,  aixi  alhidcd  t<>  the  silver  tankard  on  ex- 
hihitiun  in  tlie  Lil»rary,  won  hy  the  eolK-jie  iriekel  chil*, 
whieh  then  lieM  tlie  ehani|>ionshij»  in  the  lnter»»>U«'«;iate 
Cricket  Association. 

Jacob  1*.  Jones,  whose  nm^nificent  intentions  had  till  now 
oidy  been  foreshadowed  in  intimations,  died  on  the  lioth  of 
otii  niontii,  ISSo;  and  wc  must  di^Mtss  tVom  our  beaten 
track  lonj;  enough  to  intio<hice  a  sketch  of  the  life  and 
antecedents  of  this  excellent  man — the  j^reat  benefa<tor  of 
our  college. 

The  history  of  the  early  settlement  of  Ilaverford,  Radnor. 
Merion,  and  indeed  that  of  Philadelphia  itself,  is  closely 
connected  with  that  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  religious 
Society  of  Frien<ls  in  Wales. 

(Jeorge  Fox  began  his  |>ublic  ministry  in  the  year  1«;I7, 
but  it  was  not  until  the  year  H'l't'-'t  that,  to  use  his  own 
words,  "one  Morgan  Floyd,  a  priest  of  Wrexham,  sent  two 
of  his  congregation  to  the  North  of  England  to  trie  us,  an«l 
to  bring  home  an  account  of  us."  Both  of  these  messengers 
were  convinced  of  the  truth,  as  held  by  Friends,  and  one  of 
them,  John  ap  John,  became  an  earnest  advocate  of  it.  In 
the  year  1«>'>7  In-  accompanied  I'ox  in  his  tirst  visit  to 
Wales,  l)eginning  at  Carditl  and  passing  so  far  north  as 
Beaumaris. 

There  is  something  in  the  Welsh  character  which  leads 
to  indepen«lence  of  thought  and  action,  and  non-conformity 
to  the  ICstablished  Church  had  a  large  place,  even  then,  in 
Wales.  Hence  the  people  were  more  ready  to  hear  Fox 
and  his  associates  than  had  been  the  case  elsewhere.  At 
Cardifl",  at  Swai)'^-  ■      •    I>olgelly,  and  its  neighboring  t<»wn 


500  lIISTOJ{Y    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

of  Bala,  large  and  "blessed"  meetings  were  held.  From 
among  the  first  the  converts  to  (Quakerism  in  "Wales  were 
from  the  more  intelligent  classes.  Fox  himself  mentions 
that  among  those  who  received  them  kindly  and  attended 
his  meetings  were  "  the  justices  of  the  peace,  the  Mayor  of 
the  town,  professors,  priests,  the  gentry  of  the  country."  In 
concluding  the  interesting  narrative  of  his  journey  through 
Wales,  Fox  writes:  "I  had  travelled  through  every  county 
in  "Wales,  preaching  the  everlasting  gospel  of  Christ;  and 
a  brave  people  there  is  now  who  have  received  it  and  sit 
tinder  Christ's  teachings ;  the  Lord  hath  a  precious  seed 
thereaway,"  and  he  pathetically  adds,  "  they  have  suffered 
much  for  Him." 

From  among  these  brave  people — this  precious  seed — 
came  the  Friends  who  settled  Haverford,  Radnor,  Merion, 
and  much  of  Philadelphia. 

Samuel  Jones,  father  of  Jacob  Paul  Jones,  the  subject  of 
this  memoir,  was,  on  his  paternal  side,  a  direct  descendant 
of  Henry  Lewis,'  who,  with  his  friends  Lewis  David  and 
William  Howell,  made  the  first  settlement  in   Haverford 

^"The  fii'st  settlement  made  in  Haverford,  in  16.S2,  was  by  Henry  Lewis, 
Lewis  David  and  William  Howell.  .\s  a  member  of  tlie  Society  of  Friends. 
Henry  Lewis  was  strict  in  the  performance  of  his  religious  duties.  He  devoted 
also  much  of  liis  time  to  civil  affairs  and  acts  of  benevolence.  Before  the 
establishment  of  Haverford  Monthly  Meetin<j,  in  16S4,  he  belonged  to  Phila- 
delphia Monthly  Meeting,  and  was  by  that  body  a[)pointed  one  of  a  committee 
to  visit  thesick  and  tiie  jioor  and  administer  what  they  should  judge  convenient 
at  the  expense  of  the  Meeting.  He  held  the  office  of  ''  j)eacemaker"  for  the 
County  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  foreman  of  the  first  (irand  Jury  of  tlie 
County." — Smilh'.'t  History  of  Dduirare  County. 

William  Penn,  in  his  letter  of  16S3  to  tlie  Society  of  Free  Traders,  says  ; 
"To  prevent  lawsuits,  there  are  three  peacemakers  chosen  by  every  County 
Court,  in  the  nature  of  Common  Arbitrators,  to  hear  and  to  end  diflferences 
betwi.xt  man  and  man." 

The  Hon.  Eli  K.  Price,  in  his  Centennial  address,  speaks  of  Henry  Lewis 
as  "  the  loved  and  trustod  friend  of  William  Penn." 


MK<JlNNIN<i    "K    SKCoNIt    HALF-i  KNTIKY.  "'"1 

township;  and  of  Davi«l  Joir'S,  to  whom,  in  l«i!V.»,  was 
^raiit»'<l  a  tract  of  some  hundreil  acivs  in  ihv  township  of 
Hlockley,  wliich  is  still  a  part  of  the  family  estate. 

On  his  mother's  side  he  was  fourth  in  descent  from  John 
ap  Thomas,  who  purchased  of  Williiiiii  I't mi  10,(MK)  acres 
of  land,  in  what  is  now  the  township  of  Mrrion,  for  himself 
and  other  Friends  of  Tenllyn,  North  W'aU's. 

•lohn  ap  Thomas  was  one  of  the  gentry  of  the  country 
referred  to  in  Fox's  journal,  and,  hecomin;;  a  Friend  at  or 
about  the  time  of  Fox's  visit,  was  greatly  a  sufferer  thereby. 
For  while,  in  the  early  visit  of  Fox  and  his  coadjutors,  they 
were  kindly  received, yet  so  many  were  drawn  to  their  faith 
anil  teachings  that  the  priests  an<l  magistrates  were  stirred 
up  to  l»itter  persecution,  and  John  ap  Thomas  and  other 
Friends  had  to  endure  lines,  imprisonments  and  mueli  loss 
of  worldly  goods. 

Llaithgwm,  his  old  home,  a  few  miles  from  Bala,  North 
Wales,  is  still  standing,  and  is  a  large  stone  building,  with 
numerous  smaller  farm-h<»uses  near  it.  The  house  itself  is 
sheltered  by  the  side  of  a  hill,  w  hile  but  ;i  few  rods  beyond 
there  is  a  beautiful  distiint  mountain  and  river  view.  The 
old  Meeting  House  at  HendriMawr,  a  mile  orso  dist^mt,  from 
which  came  many  of  tlu-  certificates  of  removal  of  the  «'arly 
settlers  of  Pennsylvania,  is  still  there,  though  now  sadly 
changed;  while  Ilavod  Vadog,  the  burial  ground  of  these 
early  Welsh  Friends,  is  yet  to  be  seen,  but,  like  .so  many  of 
tlie  burial  plact«  of  Friends  in  Wales  and  ebsewhere,  in  a 
state  of  great  neglect.' 

SainuelJoues  was  iiid 1  of  purely  W.l-h  M""!      il.   waa 


'  Fi»r  B  fuller  hiiitnnr  of  Jujiii  tip  Tlif»ma»  niiil  lii*  l-"ri«'ii.|».  m.**?  Tlit  /'r>i;iiri//- 
mqi'i  Mngnzinr  nf  Ilmlnrij  niul  /fi<<;;r.i/i/ii/.  N'l.I.  I\'.  |>|.  301  i-/  v-/.  and  \>\t. 
47 1  tl  *e«/. 


502  HISTORY    OK    HAVKItFOKI)    COLLEGE. 

man  of  genial  manners,  courteous  in  bis  bearing,  active 
in  bis  movements,  and  mucb  beloved.  Some  of  tbe  older 
scholars  of  Haverford  may  yet  recall  bis  kind,  genial  face 
and  venerable  appearance  in  tbe  preachers'  gallery  at  Hav- 
erford Monthly  Meeting,  of  which  he  and  his  wife  were 
members.  Old  as  he  then  was,  be  was  remarkably  agile, 
and  there  was  a  story  current  among  tbe  students  that  on  a 
summer's  day  his  horse  became  restive  and  was  in  danger 
of  injuring  his  "chair"  and  other  carriages  about  him. 
Samuel  Jones  saw  tbe  threatened  mischief  and  tbe  need  of 
prompt  action  to  avert  it.  Tbe  clerk  was  reading  at  the 
head  of  the  gallery,  and  be  was  too  polite  to  interrupt  him  ; 
all  the  seats  below  him  were  occupied,  so  laying  bis  bands 
on  the  upper  rail  of  tbe  gallery,  with  all  the  agility  of  a 
young  athlete,  be  threw  himself  lightly  over  it  and  in  a  few 
minutes  was  at  the  bead  of  bis  restive  horse.  He  died  at 
tbe  old  home  of  bis  family,  Rbos  y  mynydd,  A. I).  1850. 

He  married  Martha,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Paul,  of 
Plymouth,  Montgomery  County.  She  was  an  earnest,  gentle. 
Christian  woman,  strongly  attached  to  tbe  religious  Society 
of  Friends,  in  whose  faith  she  bad  been  reared.  She  died  a 
year  before  her  husband.  With  such  an  ancestry  it  is  not 
surprising  that  Jacob  P.  Jones  was  strongly  attached  to  tbe 
faith  of  bis  fathers,  and  that,  though  not  adopting  tbe  pecu- 
liar garb  of  tbe  Society,  and  tolerant  in  bis  judgment  of 
others,  he  was  yet  always  at  heart  a  Friend. 

He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  on  Second  Street,  near  Arch 
Street,  where  his  parents  were  then  temporarily  residing,  5tb 
month  9th,  1806.  Much  of  his  boyhood,  as  well  as  of  his 
later  years,  was  passed  in  tbe  country,  at  his  Blockley  home 
or  at  that  near  the  Wissabickon.  He  loved  tbe  country  and 
tbe  outdoor  life  it  afforded.     I  lis  earlv  education  was  at  tbe 


l!K(iINMN«.    <>l     SK<  OM>    llAI.F-CKNTrKY.  .')U3 

Frit'iitls'  .School, tlun  tauj;lit  l)y  Kliliu  Pickorin^;  Ijut,  a  few 
years  before  reaclun*;  luanliood,  he  heeaine  a  pupil  (*{  the 
late  John  Ciumiuere,  whose  school  at  Hurliii^toii  had  then 
attained  great  proniinente.  .laeoh  1'.  .loins  was  j^natly 
attached  to  his  old  preceptor, and  always  spoke  of  liiiii  with 
respect. 

.Nhuhintiv  and  its  workings,  from  his  boyhood,  had  a  great 
charm  for  him,  and  soon  after  leaving  school  \iv  visited  the 
principal  woolen  nui  nil  factories  of  New  Kngland,  in  one  of 
which  he  became  an  ap|>rentiee  and  wa-  for  a  slii»rt  tinu- 
engaged  in  business  there  on  his  own  account.  All  |duns 
of  this  kind  were  set  aside  by  the  failing  health  an<l  later 
by  the  death  of  his  materiuil  uncle.  Samuel  I'aul,  who  be- 
(leathed  to  him  his  property  on  the  Wissahickon.  For  years 
the  I'aul  family  had  hem  owners  of  land  in  riyinnuth 
township  and  its  vicinity,  and  had  been  profitably  interested 
in  the  milling  business  on  the  Wissahiikon.  The  oppor- 
tunity of  at  once  engaging  in  a  .self-supporting  business  was 
too  tempting  to  be  resisted,  and  the  young  nephew  at  once 
took  up  the  business  whiih  his  uncK-  hail  hitherto  so  suc- 
c«'8sfully  carried  »»n.  Here.  <»n  the  banks  of  the  Wissiihickon, 
many  years  were  pleasantly  passed.  His  home  was  pre- 
sided over  by  his  mother's  sister,  Elizabeth  Paul,  for  whom 
the  subject  of  this  memoir  retained,  so  long  as  she  lived,  a 
warm  aflection.  ^'oung  cousins,  too,  made  the  house  at- 
tractive, and  the  days  at  Wissahickon  were  always  remem- 
bered with  pleasure. 

This  idyllic  life,  however,  was  not  to  continue;  otht  i  unu 
larger  fields  of  labor  were  opening  before  him,  an<i  early  in 
llie  year  l.S3<»  Jacob  P.  Jones  left  his  mill  at  Wi.Hsaiiickon 
to  engage  in  |)Ui-suits  which,  stea<lily  wi<lening  in  their  ex- 
tent, claimed   hi<  attention  during  the  remaining  years  of 


504  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

his  business  life.  Between  the  members  of  his  father's 
family  and  those  of  the  late  Israel  W.  Morris,  of  Green  Hill, 
there  had  long  existed  the  closest  friendship.  Members  for 
many  years  of  the  same  Meeting,  growing  up  in  the  same 
neighborhood,  it  was  but  natural  that  he  should  favorably 
receive  the  proposal  of  his  friend  Israel  Morris  to  join 
him  in  what  even  then  promised  to  become  a  highly  lucra- 
tive business.  In  the  year  1836  was  formed  the  firm  of 
Morris  &  Jones,  buyers,  sellers  and  importers  of  iron  and 
steel.  This  association  continued  unchanged  for  nearly 
a  quarter  of  a  century — in  the  words  of  the  surviving  part- 
ner, with  their  relations  in  business  to  each  other  "  perfect," 
while  the  close  association  served  but  to  strengthen  the 
friendship  of  their  earlier  years.  Their  place  of  business 
was  at  Market  and  Schuylkill  Seventh  Streets  (the  latter  now 
called  Sixteenth),  then  a  remote,  unpaved  part  of  the  town. 

At  this  date  the  manufacture  of  iron  in  the  United  States 
was  almost  unknown.  Indeed,  it  was  difficult  to  convince 
those  who  used  iron  that  it  could  be  made  here.  Such,  how- 
ever, was  not  the  opinion  of  this  house.  On  the  contrary, 
tliey  did  everything  in  their  power  to  encourage  its  manu- 
facture, by  personal  aid  and  by  promptness  in  receiving  and 
placing  it  favorably  on  the  market.  "It  was  uphill  work  at 
first,"  says  the  surviving  partner;  "  there  was  everything  to 
learn  and  there  was  much  prejudice  to  overcome."  Happily 
all  this  was  surmounted,  and  these  pioneers  in  the  good 
work  lived  to  see  the  complete  success  of  the  undertaking. 
At  this  time  there  is  but  little  iron  brought  into  tiie  States, 
and  it  is  generally  acknowledged  that  iron  made  here  is  better 
and  stronger  than  that  formerly  imported. 

Success  in  this  and  other  departments  of  their  business 
brought  its  ami^le  remuneration, and  in  the  year  18C0  Jacob 


nK<iIXNIN<;    OF    8K<ONl)    H Al.K-CKNTLICY.  'tOO 

V.  .lones  rt'tiivtl  from  activr  participation  in  a  luisiness  to 
which  for  nearly  twi'iity-Hvi*  years  he  Ijad  devoted  himself 
with  industry  and  zeal.  Tiiis  retiring  from  business,  liow- 
ever,  did  not  nu-an  a  life  of  idleness;  on  tlu-  contrary,  it  was 
used  as  all'ording  tiie  i>pportunity  for  larger  en^a^enniit<  in 
public  and  in  benevolent  work. 

For  nearly  forty  yeai^s  Jacob  1*.  Jones  was  a  Director  in 
the  Hank  of  North  America;  for  more  than  twenty-five  years 
in  the  Hoard  of  Managers  of  the  Pennsylvania  Company  for 
Insurances  on  Lives  and  ( Jranting  Annuities;  for  many  years 
in  those  of  tlie  Delaware  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  and 
the  Western  Saving  Fund,  besides  being  actively  engaged 
in  numerous  iron,  railway,  coal,  gas  and  other  companies. 

In  charitable  work  lir  was  now  esju'cially  active.  The 
Young  Men's  Institute,  of  IMiiladelphia.  with  it.s  subordinate 
branches,  was  to  him  especially  interesting.  At  the  time  it 
was  established,  about  the  year  iSoO,  tln're  existed  in  Phila- 
delphia, especially  in  its  suburban  districts^,  clubs  of  lawle.«<s 
young  men,  whose  evenings  were  spent  in  disorder,  often 
ending  in  crime.  It  occurred  to  William  Welsh,  Hishop 
Potter,  John  Farnuni,  and  other  good  citizens,  that  if  there 
were  estal)lishe<l  in  ditlerent  parts  of  the  city  ami  districts 
free  night-schools  and  free  reading-rooms,  furnished  with 
interesting  literature,  and  if  entertaining  lectures  were 
given,  to  which  these  young  nun  might  be  attracted,  much 
of  the  lawless  assembling  might  be  done  away  with,  and 
these  young  men  themselves,  under  new  and  better  in- 
fluences, might  become  reputable  and  even  useful  citizens. 

Tlie  ex|)oriment,  if  not  in  every  way  a  success,  proved 
eminently  useful.  The  corporation  known  as  the  Young 
Men's  Institute  of  Philadelphia  was  the  main  body  from 
which  proceede<l  various  l)ranches  in  diirerent  parts  of  the 


506  HISTOltY    OF    HAVKKFORI)    COLLKGK. 

city — in  Moyamensing,  Soutlivvark,  Spring  Garden,  The 
Northern  Liberties,  and  West  Phihidelphia.  These  various 
branches  were  independent  of  each  other,  were  tlioroughly 
unsectarian  and  non-partisan  in  their  character,  but  were 
all  more  or  less  helped  by  the  association  known  as  the 
Young  Men's  Institute — the  head  centre,  if  we  may  change 
the  figure,  of  them  all.  Perhaps  one  of  the  best  known  of 
these  branches  is  the  City  Institute,  though  the  Spring 
Garden,  the  West  Philadelpliia,  and  some  others,  are  all  in 
active  operation.  The  former  of  these,  now  situated  at 
Chestnut  and  Eigliteenth  Streets,  has  for  years  had  an 
absolutely  free  library,  whose  shelves  now  contain  more 
than  13,000  volumes.  During  the  past  year  there  have 
been  60,700  readers  registered,  while  nearly  42,000  books 
have,  from  time  to  time,  been  loaned  during  the  year  1800. 
In  this  good  work  Jacob  P.  Jones  and  his  friend  Israel 
IMorris  were  for  3'ears  active  participants.  Among  their 
interested  co-workers  was  the  late  Judge  William  D.  Kelley, 
long  one  of  Philadelphia's  most  distinguished  representa- 
tives in  the  National  Legislature. 

For  many  years  a  Manager  of  Preston  Retreat,  a  lying-in 
charity  Ibunded  by  the  will  of  the  late  Dr.  Preston,  an  uncle 
of  his  wife,  Jacob  P.  Jones  was  for  more  than  twenty  years 
one  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital. 
In  this  venerable  institution  and  in  its  3'ounger  department 
— the  Hospital  for  the  Insane — ho  was  deeply  interested. 
Between  him  and  the  late  Dr.  Kirkbride  there  existed  a 
warm  personal  friendship,  and  in  the  annual  reports  of  the 
latter  for  many  successive  years  may  Ije  found  acknowledg- 
ments of  gifts  from  his  generous  hands. 

Jacob  P.  Jones  married,  7th  month  15th,  1840,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  Thomas,  of  Chester  Valley, 


HK<.INNIMi    OF    SKruNI»    IIA  1.1 -(  I.M  IK  V.  507 

I'a  Two  iliildrt'i)  were  l>orii  to  tluiii.  Kichanl  T.  and 
Marlliu  Jones.  Kieliard  T.  Jones,  the  s(»n,  was  a  youtli  of 
njueli  gentleness  of  cliaraeter.  with  a  hright,  winning  fact- 
and  a  mind  wrll  «ultivat»'d.  lii-  was  edueated  at  IlaviT- 
ford  College,  to  which  j>hi(«-  he  was  warmly  attached  and 
where  he  was  a  personal  favorite.  The  fact  that  his  son 
was  for  four  years  a  residint  at  the  college  often  hrought 
Jacoh  1*.  Jones  to  it,  and  made  him  actjuainted  intimately 
with  its  workings,  its  capacities  for  usefulness  and  its  needs. 
A  warm  feeling  of  gratitude  for  tiie  care  and  training  of  his 
only  son  was  even  then  developed,  and  the  writer  of  this 
memoir  has  heard  him  express  his  grateful  appreciation  of 
the  uniform  kindness  and  personal  interest  in  his  son.  of 
the  President  of  the  College,  Thomas  Chase.  This  feeling 
of  gratitude  deej)ened  still  mure  when  that  only  son  was  hy 
death  taken  from  him,  and  theii-  is  no  douht  that  it  had 
much  to  ilo  in  determining  events  t(t  which  we  shall  here- 
after refer. 

Richard  T.  Jones  graduated  at  Ilaverford  in  the  class  of 
lS<).'i.  Of  agreealde  maniuis.  he  hecame  popular  in  a  large 
social  circK',  and  his  parents  naturally  looked  forwanl  with 
pleasure,  if  not  with  jtride,  to  the  hright  future  which 
seemed  to  await  him. 

In  the  year  18'1<5  Jacoh  1*.  Jones  and  his  wife,  with  their 
two  clnldren,  in  comjiany  with  l-rael  Morris  and  wife  and 
otijcr  friends,  made  an  extensive  tctur  on  the  continent  of 
Europe,  going  so  far  south  as  Rome,  and  renuiining  ahroad 
for  six  months.  This  was  the  tirst  l(»ng  vacation  Jacoh  P. 
Jones  had  ever  taken,  and  was  greatly  enjoyed  hy  him. 
Happy  in  tlie  companionship  of  his  wife  and  ciiildren, 
happy  with  congenial  friends,  the  visit  was  always  reraem- 
bored  willi  pleasure,  even  after  the  sad  events  had  occurred 
which  ma<le  his  home  a  childless  one. 


508  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

Richard  T.  Jones  entered  tlie  counting-house  of  Morris  & 
Jones  and  threw  himself  zealously  into  his  work.  But  his 
health,  never  very  robust,  began  to  fail,  and  he  was  obliged 
to  relinquish  for  a  time,  at  least,  his  work.  In  the  year 
1868  (-Ith  month,  '29th),  he  married  Marie  Louise,  daughter 
of  Joseph  T.  and  Marie  Louise  Bailey,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
the  young  couple  embarked  for  England  on  their  wedding 
tour.  The  hopes  entertained  of  benefit  from  travel  were 
not  fulfilled,  and  the  sad  duty  devolved  on  Jacob  P.  Jones 
and  his  wife  to  bring  home  from  ( Jeneva,  where  they  had 
gone  to  the  young  couple,  their  dying  son.  Richard  T. 
Jones  lived  to  reach  his  home,  but  died  6th  month  6th, 
1869,  within  a  fortnight  of  his  arrival.  Great  as  was  this 
sorrow,  other  bereavements  awaited  the  stricken  parents. 
Their  only  surviving  child  soon  showed  symptoms  of  illness, 
and  on  the  11th  of  5111  month,  1871,  she  too  fell  a  victim  to 
pulmonary  disease.  His  young  daughter-in-law,  to  whom 
Jacob  P.  Jones  was  tenderly  attached,  died  a  few  years  later, 
and  at  middle  life,  or  soon  after,  he  and  his  faithful  wife 
were  left  childless.  His  only  sister,  a  woman  of  much 
grace  and  mental  culture,  had  died  in  early  womanhood^ 
and  there  remained  in  his  desolate  home  only  himself  and 
his  sorrowing  wife.  The  agony  of  the  patriarch,  whose  cry 
has  come  down  to  us  through  the  ages,  was  theirs :  "  If  I 
be  bereaved  of  my  children  I  am  bereaved." 

It  was  indeed  an  almost  crushing  blow.  Only  his  most 
intimate  friends,  who  knew  the  affectionate  pride  with 
Avhich  he  regarded  his  son,  and  the  tender,  loving  sympathy 
between  him  and  his  daughter,  could  at  all  measure  the 
loneliness  of  heart  which  came  with  their  death.  Happily, 
in  this  great  sorrow,  he  could  turn  to  the  Comforter;  and 
he  did  so — and  found,  as  other  wounded  hearts  have  found,. 


JACOB     l^v    .T«>NfcC» 


BKGINNIXO    OF   SKCOND    H AI.F-CKNTUKY.  oOO 

the  ht'uling  tlien-.  Ami  tlu'ii  out  of  tliat sorrow  caiin-  the  joy 
of  l»roatler  sympathies  aiul  of  lUcper  interests  in  his  fellow- 
men.  IVrhap-s,  K-ss  active  in  piihlic  husiness,  he  was  the 
more  interested  in  liis  henevok*nt  work;  and  tliis  showed 
itself,  not  only  in  larger  eharities,  hut  also  in  little  acts  of 
delicate  thoughtfulness  for  others.  Christmas  !>ay,  which 
had  heen  so  brij^ht  at  hisown  li«artli,  over  which  the  shadow 
of  past  memories  now  sadly  rested,  was,  by  his  generous 
care,  made  a  happy  one  for  the  afllictod  in  the  hospital  and 
for  the  poor  in  his  honje. 

A  chastened  tenderness  of  heart  iiavc  him  a  i;entleness  of 
manner,  which  won  the  love  of  all  with  whom  he  was  a.sso- 
ciated,  and  hore  for  him  its  rich  fruit  of  gratitude  and 
affection.  And  this  gratitude  and  affection  continued  to  the 
end  of  liis  days,  so  that  U>ving  friends  watched  over  the 
sick-bed  of  this  childless  man, and  soothed  his  dying  hours, 
with  all  the  care  and  tenderness  of  lilial  devotictn. 

Though  seemingly  in  good  health,  and  looking  many 
years  y<ninger  than  he  really  was,  Jacob  P.  .lones  had  long 
suffered  from  valvular  disease  of  the  heart — a  condition 
which  greatly  complicated  an  attack  of  pneumonia,  which 
ended  his  life,  "ith  month  lidth,  188'),  in  his  eightieth  year. 
He  was  taken  ill  Tith  month  loth,  and  fmni  the  first  iiis 
sickness  was  regarded  as  a  serious  one  l.y  his  jdiysician  and 
by  himself. 

"  I  do  not  fear  death,"  .sai<l  he  to  a  relative,  early  in  his 
illness:  "I  have  tried  to  do  justly,  to  love  mercy,  and  to 
walk  humbly;  ami  my  trust  is  in  my  Saviour.  "  And,  with 
this  child-like  trust,  he  passed  into  the  presence  of  Him 
whom,  not  having  seen,  he  h''d  yet  long  loved. 

Jacob  I*.  Jones' attachment  to  Haverford  was  well  known; 
already  lie  had  given  $10,00<»  townnl  the  building  of  liar- 


510  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLE(iE. 

clay  Hall,  and,  for  some  years,  had  contributed  large  sums 
annually  to  her  support.  Few  of  his  friends,  however, 
were  prepared  for  the  numihcent  })rovision  made  in  his  will 
for  our  college.  After  numerous  legacies  to  personal  friends 
and  relatives,  and  generous  bequests  to  public  institutions,' 
and  a  legacy  of  live  thousand  dollars  to  establish  a  scliolar- 
ship  in  memory  of  his  son,  his  will  devises,  on  the  death  of 
his  wife,  the  residue  of  his  estate  to  the  corporation  of 
Haverford  College,  their  successors  and  assigns,  in  these 
words :  "  Having  full  faith  in  the  tenets  of  the  Christian 
religion,  and  entertaining  great  confidence  in  the  wholesome 
influence  exercised  over  those  who,  in  their  youth,  are 
under  the  training,  care,  teaching  and  example  of  instructors 
professing  the  faith  and  observing  the  discipline  of  the 
religious  Society  of  Orthodox  Friends,  it  is  my  desire  and 
request  that  the  above-named  corporation  shall  retain  and 
keep  invested  the  capital  of  the  funds  and  estate  which 
shall  come  to  them  under  the  residuary  provisions  of  this 
my  will  as  a  permanent  endowment  fund,  and  spend  and 
appropriate  the  income  only  thereof  in  carrying  out  the 
work  and  objects  of  their  incorporation. 

"And,  so  far  as  they  may  be  enabled  out  of  the  said  in- 
come to  admit  a  })ortion  at  least  of  their  students  or  scholars, 
either  free  of  charge  or  at  reduced  rates,  I  desire  that  to  be 
done,  giving  the  preference  for  those  who  shall  be  so  ad- 


'  Among  these  public  bequests  were : 

To  the  Merchants'  Fund  of  Philadelphia  .    .    .  $15,000 

To  Old  Men's  Home  of  Philadelphia  ....  10,000 

To  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital 10,000 

To  the  Foster  Home 10,000 

To  Home  for  Aged  and  Infirm  Colored  People  10,000 

To  Female  Society  for  Relief  of  Poor  ....  5,000 

To  Howard  Association 5,000 


nK<iINNIN«i    OF    SKt'uM)    HAI.I -CKNTIKY.  ')!  1 

initted  tree  or  at  ivduiiMl  rates,  tirst  to  the  sons  of  <  )rtliodo.\ 
Friends,  and  oxtnuliu^  it  afterward  l>«v(»ii(i  that  rhiss  to 
others,  if  the  said  income  !'«•  t'ouml  sutHcient  and  enough 
of  such  Hrst-nannd  chiss  shall  not  j>rcst'nt  themselves  to 
absorl)  it. 

"In  expressinji  tl»e above  wishes  1  am  not  ti)  ho  untlerstood 
as  desiring  that  tlie  institution  shall  i-ver  adopt  rules  which 
shall  exclude  children  ot  part  nts  who  an- not  members  of 
the  Society  of  Orthodox  Friends  from  the  henetits  of  their 
institution.  <  >n  the  contrary,  my  own  views  are  that  the 
true  way  to  di'inonstrate  the  advantages  of  instructi<»n  by 
Friends  is  not  to  adopt  the  policy  of  exchnling  the  chiMren 
of  others,  as,  I  fear,has  been  too  much  tlneMsc  in  times  past. 
Therefore,  so  far  as  my  injunction  can  avail.  I  trust  they 
will  always  freely  invito'  such  others  to  the  henetits  of  the 
institution  ;  and  1  l)elieve  the  corporation  itself  will  best 
prosper  and  carry  out  its  work  by  opening  its  doors  freely 
to  all  reputable  and  de.serving  yi»uth.  to  whatever  religious 
instruction  they  may  have  been  subject  before  being  received. 

"Neither  am  I  to  be  un<lerstood  as  imposing  any  injunction 
for  the  application  of  any  further  or  greater  portion  of  said 
income  toward  the  furnishing  of  free  or  reduced-rate  instruc- 
tion, tham  what  there  shall  be  left  for  application  in  that 
manner  after  the  reasonable  expen.ses  of  the  institution  shall 
have  been  provided  for  from  such  income  and  the  other 
resources  of  the  corporation. 

"  But  my  hope  is  that,  under  the  blessing  an«l  favor  of 
<tod,  there  will  come  from  this  source  a  revenue  which  shall 
be  productive  of  growth  ajid  vigor  in  the  institution,  as 
well  as  help,  at  this  critical  period  of  their  lives,  to  many 
deserving  young  men  of  slen«ler  patrimony  " 


512  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

As  has  already  been  noted,  the  township  of  Haverford 
was  first  opened  to  the  settlement  of  Friends  by  Henry 
Lewis,  of  Pembroke,  Wales,  one  of  the  ancestors  of  Jacob  P. 
Jones.  Others  of  his  family  were  among  the  first  in  Wales 
to  accept  the  faith  of  Fox  and  Penn,  and  after  much  sufier- 
ing  for  conscience'  sake  at  home,  were  willing  to  brave  the 
perils  of  the  sea  and  the  hardships  of  a  new  world  that  here 
*'  the  word  of  the  Lord  might  have  free  course  and  be  glori- 
fied. "  Two  centuries  later  it  was  left  for  their  descendant, 
with  like  convictions  of  duty,  to  strengthen  the  foundations 
and  open  wider  than  ever  before  the  doors  of  Haverford  Col- 
lege— an  institution  of  learning,  wliose  object,  in  the  words 
of  its  founders,  is,  "  while  giving  a  course  of  instruction  as 
extensive  and  as  complete  as  any  literary  institution  in  the 
country,  to  imbue  the  minds  of  its  pupils  ivith  the  principles  of 
the  Christian  religion  as  always  maintained  by  Friends,  that 
they  may  be  prepared,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  to  become 
religious  men  and  useful  citizens."  Sureh'  the  seed  planted 
by  Fox,  in  his  memorable  visit  to  Wales,  watered  by  faith- 
ful husbandmen,  has  not  failed  of  the  Divine  increase. 

The  graduating  class  this  year  numbered  twent}'  mem- 
bers— the  largest  number  so  far  sent  out  at  one  time.  In 
his  baccalaureate  address  President  Chase  spoke  especially 
of  the  position  of  Haverford  among  colleges  and  the  quality 
of  the  training  it  imparts,  dwelling  on  the  graces  and  vir- 
tues of  Richard  T.  Jones,  of  the  class  of  63,  in  whose  name 
a  scholarship  had  recently  been  established,  and  of  the 
high  character  of  his  father,  Jacob  P.  Jones.  After  the 
regular  exercises  of  the  morning,  James  Wood  presented  to 
the  college  an  oil  portrait  of  President  Chase,  painted  by 
J.  H.  Lazarus,  of  New  York.     This  gift  was  made  on  be- 


half  of  a  i»uin\n.'r  of  stmlentsuiuler  Prt'sideiit  C'luisf,  in  the 
earlier  days  of  iiis  coimeetion  with  the  eolle«,'e.  and  was 
Itrompted  hv  an  atl"ectii)nate  interest  in  Ilaverford  and  a 
desire  to  jjive  some  expression  to  their  n-^'ard  for  itsotlicial 
head. 

One  of  those  pleasant  intermissions  in  routine  life,  which 
aire  so  frecpient  at  Ilaverford,  occurred  <'»th  month  11th, 
when  the  Senior  Class  tentlered  a  farewell  supper  to  l'rofess(»r 
Allen  C.  Thomas,  who  was  ahout  starting  on  a  year's  leave 
of  ahsenceahroad.  This  event  was  not  without  si«;niticance, 
as  showing  more  harmonious  relations  hetween  the  Faculty 
and  stuclents.  There  was  a  time  when  such  a  tribute  would 
not  have  been  paid  to  any  member  of  the  Faculty. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  raising  of  the  cost  of 
board  and  tuition  from  $425  to  $o(Mi,  which  went  into  effect 
at  the  beginning  of  the  next  college  year,  while  it  materially 
increased  the  revenue,  .so  far  as  is  known,  did  not  deter  a 
single  student  from  entering.  The  management  took  this 
8tej»  after  mature  <leliheration,  and  considered  the  advance 
justifie*!  by  compari.«'on  with  the  charges  ami  exi)enses  at 
rolleges  offering  e«|Ual  advantages,  and  neces-ary  to  furnish 
the  means  for  maintaining  the  present  r(|uipmfnt  of  the 
<  ollege. 

The  students,  on  their  return  this  autumn,  lound  Professor 
I)aveni>ort  in  the  chair  of  History  and  Literature,  during  tlie 
absence  of  Profe.s.sor  Thomas.  Professor  Giflbrd,  after  two 
years  of  study  at  the  I'niversilies  of  Berlin,  B<»nn  and 
Munich,  now  returned  to  his  classes  with  increa.sed  stores  of 
cla.ssical  knowledge.  The  Freshman  Class  nnistered  thirty- 
one  mendx'rs — the  largest  tliat  ever  ent«'red  Ilaverford — 
and  with  the  other  cla.<<se9  holding  tiieir  own  in  numbers, 
the  increa.«»e  in  good  feiding  among  thestu<lenU',and  various 


514  lIISTiMIY    OV    TIAVERFORD    COLLKCiE. 

improvements  in  outwanl  things,  gave  promise  of  a  success- 
ful year.  These  "  improvements"  comprised  a  complete  new 
system  of  drainage,  extending  to  hotli  the  large  halls,  tire- 
escapes  on  Barclay  Hall,  and  a  new  boiler  and  engine  in  the 
work-shop — small  matters  in  themselves,  but  not  witliout 
influence  on  the  internal  life  of  the  college. 

The  opening  exercises  of  Bryn  Mawr  College  were  held 
on  9th  month  23d,  1885.  Haverford's  "twin  star"  had 
begun  to  twinkle.  For  long  years  astronomers  had  pre- 
dicted its  appearance,  and  its  disturbing  influence  had  been 
noticed  among  the  heavenly  bodies.  The  ceremonies  were 
largely  attended,  the  presence  of  James  Russell  Lowell 
being  a  peculiar  attraction.  In  his  witty,  off-hand  address, 
he  alluded  to  a  visit  he  had  paid  to  Haverford  College  in 
1845,  saying:  "  I  Avas  much  impressed  by  a  neglected  liot- 
house  into  wliich  1  went,  and  in  which  I  found  a  (juantity 
of  exquisite  tea  roses.  It  was  like  breaking  into  the  palace 
of  a  sleeping  beauty — it  was  the  one  outlet  allowed  by  the 
(Quakers  for  their  sense  of  the  beautiful.  I  am  very  glad 
there  is  a  more  cordial  feeling  between  the  Society  and 
color  than  there  was  in  those  days;  yet,  drab,  I  believe,  from 
the  generous  treatment  I  received,  to  be  the  warmest  color, 
and  if  this  were  not  a  Quaker  college  I  would  not  have  come 
here."  He  spoke  of  the  simplicity  and  worth  of  the  (Quakers, 
as  he  insisted  he  should  call  them,  and  told  humorously  of 
liaving  attended  a  Quaker  meeting,  where  "  every  one  sat 
silent  and  looked  wise,  and  those  wlio  had  nothing  to  say 
made  a  profound  secret  of  it." 

Early  in  the  autumn  Archdeacon  F.  W.  Karrar  visited 
the  college,  and,  after  looking  over  the  grounds  and  build- 
ings, met  tlie  students  in  Alumni  Hall,  and  spoke  of  the 
responsibilities  of  young  men,  and  especially  American 
young  men,  as  trustees  of  posterity. 


r.K<;INNINi.    "1     >l.t  t)NL)    lIAI.r-CKNTLRY.  51o 

As  is  reconled  in  a  previous  chapter,  a  Younj;  Men's 
Christian  Association  was  formed  at  the  ((tile;!*'  six  years 
before.  Since  that  time  the  organization  had  gone  on, 
hoKIing  reguhir  meetings  and  doing  some  outside  work, 
never  nmking  any  great  stir,  l»iit  always  exerting  an  in- 
Hueuee  for  good,  and,  without  doubt,  sending  out  its  mem- 
bers from  the  colU'ge  better  prepared  to  fight  the  battles  of 
life — stronger  and  more  faithful  Chri^^tians — from  the  bene- 
fits received  under  its  auspices.  A  movement,  starte<l  some 
time  before,  to  secure  a  building  or  separate  apartments  for 
the  use  of  the  association,  resulted  in  tin-  room  undtr  the 
|>arlor  in  Foundei"s'  Hall  being  givt-n  by  the  college  for 
this  purpose.  After  being  suitiibly  furnished  it  was 
"opened"  with  suitable  exercises,  and  has  since  remained 
in  use  for  all  in  the  college  who  are  willing  to  observe  the 
few  necessary  restrictions. 

With  the  beginning  of  the  second  half-year  the  plan  was 
tried  of  dining  at  ♦)  o'clock  instead  of  at  noon,  as  had  long 
been  the  custom.  Originally  intended  as  an  experiment 
the  change  met  with  such  universal  approbation  that  it  has 
been  ever  since  in  vogue;  and  the  undergraduate  of  to-day 
wonders  how  his  father  ever  mastered  the  mysteries  of  the 
Aorist,  or  got  around  a  nodal  circular  cubic,  immediately 
after  a  dinner  of  stuffed  vqal  and  an  apple-pie  <lessert. 

Another  regulation,  which  was  found  to  work  very  satis- 
factorily, was  tile  nmking  of  gymnasium  exercises  compul- 
sory for  the  Kreshmen  and  Sophomores.  This  work  was 
required  for  one  hour,  twice  a  week,  between  1  and  •» 
o'clock.  When  coasting  and  skating  were  good,  many 
groans  arose  from  the  devotees  of  these  8|>orts.  The  new 
plan  kept  up  the  interest  in  athletic  pursuits  and  had 
a  beneficial  result  Ufwn  the  health  of  those  students  who 
were  inclined  to  neglect  their  physical  development. 


016  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEOK. 

On  Washington's  Birthday  thi'  Faculty  gave  the  usual 
lialf-holiday  in  the  afternoon.  An  eloquent  address  was 
delivered  by  Hampton  L.  Carson,  of  tlie  Philadelphia  l)ar, 
in  which  he  traced  the  history  of  popular  government  and 
the  growth  of  the  principles  of  political  freedom,  which 
resulted  in  the  struggle  of  177*)  and  the  foundation  of  our 
Republic. 

As  the  year  drew  toward  a  close.  President  Thomas  Chase, 
owing  to  failing  health,  after  thirty-one  years  of  continuous 
service,  was  obliged  to  re<|uest  a  leave  of  absence  for  travel 
abroad.  This  was  granted,  and  Professor  Pliny  E.  Chase 
was  appointed  acting  President  during  the  interval.  In 
the  11th  month  following,  however,  Thomas  Chase  for- 
warded to  the  Board  his  resignation.  Feeling  that  his 
physical  condition  was  run  down  by  too  long  continuous 
application  to  his  duties  as  President  and  Professor,  he  was 
disinclined  to  undertake  again  the  strain  of  the  situation. 
Called  to  Haverford  in  1855,  he  succeeded  to  the  presi- 
dency just  twenty  j^ears  later.  During  all  this  time,  and 
up  to  the  point  when  his  connection  with  it  was  actually 
severed,  he  gave  the  college  the  very  best  of  his  ripe 
.scholarship.  In  accepting  his  resignation  the  Board  of 
Managers  gratefully  acknowledged  "  that  the  present  reputa- 
tion of  Haverford  as  a  nursery  of  sound  learning,  and  its 
promise  of  greater  usefulness  in  the  future,  are  largeh'  due 
to  the  labors  and  influence  of  Thomas  Chase." 

President  Chase,  having  been  asked  for  the  materials  for 
a  brief  memoir,  has  furnished  the  subjoined  sketch,  which 
is  so  finished  and  satisfactory  that,  with  his  permission,  we 
transcribe  it  on  our  pages  in  his  own  language,  having 
adverted  elsewhere  to  some  incidents  not  referred  to  by 
him,  and  alluded  to  his  ancestry  in  the  memoir  of  his 
equally  distinguished  brother. 


IlKtilNNINt.    <»|     SKCONh    II A  l.l-CKNTl'K  Y.  "17 

"  I  was  born  ami  Kruu^ht  up  in  'tin-  lieart  of  Massachu- 
st'tts,'  ill  wliat  was  tlu-n  tlu-  pretty  rural  town  of  Worcester. 
My  education  was  piined  in  greater  j»art  at  the  excellent 
public  schools,  in  which  'object-lessons'  and  the  methods 
of  I*estnl«)/./.i  had  alreatly  been  introduced.  My  school-days 
bopm  Ix'fore  I  was  three  years  oM,aii«I  I  was  studying  Latin 
when  I  was  nine,  an«l  CJreek  a  year  later.  The  tirst  Latin 
text-book  at  that  time  was  Adams's  Latin  (irammar,  which 
Kuskin,  who  was  brou«;ht  up  on  it,  declares  so  vastly  sup«rior 
to  any  of  its  successors. 

"There  was  not  much  talk  alxuit  '  iiietho«ls'  of  teaching; 
the  classics,  but  we  read  a  great  deal— much  more  than  is 
read  now  by  students  prej)aring  for  college — and  somehow 
we  became  really  familiar  with  the  languages.  We  heard 
nothing  about '  reading  at  siglit ' — (the  master  would  have 
been  more  likely  to  .say,  ad  npa'turani  lihri) — but  he  was  a 
dull  boy  who  could  not  come  oil"  fairly  well,  if  from  any  real 
orsu|>po,sed  necessity  he  found  himself  in  his  class  in  Xeiio- 
phon  or  Cicero  without  having  looke<l  at  his  lesson. 

"  We  recited  once  a  day  in  eacli  language,  and  sometimes 
more  fre<juently.  Hnglish  was  not  neglecte*!,  especially 
Knglish  composition.  We  studiecl  the  elements  of  |ihysics, 
as  well  as  mathematics,  ancient  and  modern  history,  and 
al.so  some  general  -iubjects  not  required  for  college.  I  read 
the  Greek  Testament  through — my  class  at  Harvard  being 
the  last  one  in  which  that  book  was  re<|uired  of  candidates 
for  admission.  We  u.se<l  an  excellent  text-lKH)k  in  French, 
in  which  then-  were  reading  lessons  from  the  earliest  period 
of  the  literature  to  the  age  of  Louis  XI\',  giving  a  historical 
view  of  the  language,  which  I  afterward  found  very  useful. 

■'In  my  last  two  years  at  school  tiie  <Jerman  methods 
had  come  in  largely  alongside  of  the  traditional  methods 


518  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

of  the  great  English  schools,  and  the  new  philoloiiy,  with  its 
minute  and  strenuous  analysis,  had  been  fully  introduced. 
The  English  methods  favored  long  lessons  for  translation 
and  much  practice  in  composition,  and  dwelt  upon  the 
beauties  of  the  literature  and  the  history,  mythology  and 
antiquities;  the  (Jerman  took  a  wider  view  of  the  history 
and  structure  of  the  ancient  languages,  treated  of  the  syntax 
metaphysically,  with  great  acumen,  and  called  in  the  aid  of 
comparative  philology,  particularly  in  etymologies.  The 
union  of  the  two  in  right  proportion,  with  the  free  handling 
and  spontaneity  which  have  marked  the  great  teachers  in 
every  age,  is  the  best  method  of  classical  instruction. 

"  The  venerable  President  of  Harvard  University,  Josiah 
Quincy,  took  my  testimonials,  as  I  presented  mj'self  for  ex- 
amination at  University  Hall  at  0  o'clock  in  the  morning. 
The  examination  occupied  two  days,  and  was  strict  and 
thorough.  Besides  oral  examination  in  the  books  we  had 
read,  we  wrote  translations  of  four  long  passages  from 
authors  we  had  never  seen,  in  prose  and  verse,  Greek  and 
Latin,  as  well  as  exercises  in  writing  both  languages.  I 
believe  that  at  no  period  in  the  educational  history  of  this 
country  have  Harvard  and  the  great  schools  that  send  up 
to  her  been  more  thorough  in  their  work. 

"  My  college  days  corresponded  nearly  with  the  presidential 
term  of  Edward  Everett.  His  ripe  and  varied  scholarship, 
exquisite  refinement,  and  captivating  eloquence,  were  potent 
forces  in  moulding  the  minds  and  manners  of  the  students. 
With  the  self-sacrifice  characteristic  of  the  no])lest  souls,  he 
laid  ui)on  himself  the  lowliest  duties,  taking  in  his  own 
hands  the  pettiest  details  of  the  discipline — a  discipline 
then  strict  and  minute.  While  chiding  the  students  one 
day  in  chapel  for  certain  disorders,  he  said,  'The  attention 


l'.K(!lNNIN<i    OK    SKCONI)    HAl.r-«  KNTIKY.  olO 

wliicli  I  must  give  to  tlu-se  things  lias  forced  me,  for  the  first 
time  in  many  years,  to  give  up  my  daily  reading  in  tho 
Cireek  Tragedians.'  lie  took  eare  that  his  successoi-s  sliouhl 
not  he  l)urdened  by  sucli  drudgery,  securing,  just  before  he 
left  his  office,  the  ai»i»»intment  of  a  regent  and  class  tutors 
to  relieve  the  President  from  all  those  petty  cares. 

"  I  was  a  hard  and  not  unsuccessful  student,  enjoying 
more  than  wonls  can  lei!  the  instructions  t»f  great  men  and 
accomplished  scholars,  among  them  I)r.  Walker  in  meta- 
physics and  foreiisics;  (  lianniiig  in  l%iiu:li>"li  composition, 
rhetoric  and  logic;  Heck  in  Latin;  I'elton  in<ireek;  Long- 
fellow in  Dante;  Agassi/,  in  /oology  and  geology;  Count  <le 
Laporte  in  French;  Kolker  inCJerman;  Peirce  in  mathe- 
matics; Lovering  in  physics;  CJray  in  botany;  Horsford  in 
chemistry;  Sparks  in  Aincriean  history,  and  Torrey  in 
general  history  and  declamation. 

"In  18')(>  Dr.  Heck  resigned  the  j)rofes.soi'ship  ol  Latin, 
and  at  his  suggestion  I  was  appointed  to  hold  his  chair  for 
a  year,  until  the  return  from  (iermany  of  Profes.sor  Lane,  who 
had  been  promise<l  the  succession.  I  heard  all  the  recita- 
tions and  examined  the  compositions  in  Latin  in  the  three 
upper  classes.  After  this  year  I  remaineil  a  year  and  a 
half  longer — for  one  year  as  instructor  in  history,  occupying 
the  chair  which  had  been  held  by  President  Sparks  (and 
also  teaching  the  Freshmen  in  chennstry  for  one  term, 
during  the  absence  in  I'.urope  of  my  classmate.  Professor 
Cooke),  and  afterward  as  tutor  in  Latin 

"  Farly  in  lS-">3  I  started  on  a  l«Mig-de<m.i  tour  to  KurojH', 
for  purposes  of  travel  and  stutly,  which  occupietl  two  years 
and  a  half.  I  visited  with  great  delight  the  classic  scenes 
and  monuments  of  Italy  and  Greece,  an<l  afterward  was 
matriculated  and  studied  for  nearly  a  year  in  the  I'niversity 


520  HISTORY    OK    HAVKRFOKI)    COLLE(;E. 

of  Berlin,  where  I  took  courses  with  Bockh,  Trendelenberg, 
and  Curtius,  and  attended  lectures  of  some  others  of  the 
great  men  who  adorned  the  I'niversity. 

"Through  one  term  I  attended  lectures  at  Paris,  at  the 
College  de  France  and  the  Sorbonne.  Through  the  courtesy 
of  the  professors  I  heard  lectures  also  at  the  University  of 
Athens  and  a  number  of  the  universities  in  (Germany  and 
Italy;  while  at  Oxford  I  was  received  with  great  kindness, 
as  well  as  at  Cambridge,  where,  however,  I  could  make  only 
a  short  visit.  My  connection  with  Harvard  and  my  letters 
of  introduction  procured  me  admission  at  these  seats  of 
learning,  and  I  studied  with  great  interest  their  methods  of 
instruction  and  all  their  arrangements. 

"When  I  returned  to  America,  in  the  late  summer  of 
1855,  my  friends  at  Harvard  held  out  offers  of  future  ap- 
pointment, and  recommended  my  taking  private  pupils  in 
Cambridge  until  the  proper  vacancy  should  occur.  But 
I  was  impatient  to  be  at  some  regular  work  after  my  long 
holiday,  and  receiving  just  at  this  time  an  offer,  through 
Thomas  Kimber,  of  the  classical  teachership  at  Haverford, 
I  consented  to  go  and  view  the  ground.  The  kindness  with 
which  I  was  received  by  the  Managers  and  friends  of  the 
college,  the  beauty  of  the  place,  and,  above  all,  the  interest 
attaching  to  the  experiment  of  providing  for  the  highest 
culture  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  induced  me  to  accept  the 
appointment,  and  at  the  opening  of  the  school  year,  in  the 
10th  month,  1855, 1  entered  upon  my  work.  I  took  the  place 
with  the  express  understanding  that  I  was  at  liberty  to  leave 
at  the  end  of  the  year.  When  that  time  came,  my  interest 
in  the  college  became  so  great  that  I  renewed  my  engage- 
ment; and  in  after-years  similar  considerations  prevailed 
against  jnany  inducements  which  called  me  elsewhere. 


I.KiilWIN.,     i)\      >K(<»M»    IIAI  l-i   KN  I  II;N'.  521 

■  >nuck  III  lilt'  uuisii,  buili  by  the  j^rtai  ncttls  of  the  eol- 
le«;e  ami  its  great  capabilities,  I  was  ready  to  lenrl  all  tiio 
help  I  coujtl  to  supply  the  one  and  <levelop  the  other,  un- 
grudgingly giving  many  additional  hours  of  labor,  in  order 
to  proviile  instruction  in  many  ntw  studies.  The  able  and 
faithful  men  with  whom  1  was  associated  showed  the  same 
spirit,  and  the  stuilents  heartily  seconde*!  our  etlbrts.  Long 
lesst>ns  were  cheerfully  learned,  so  that  when,  on  behalf  of 
the  Faculty,  I  presented  Ilavcrford's  lirst  baccalaureates  to 
the  Managers  for  their  degree,  1  could  honestly  say,  'i/uo8 
scio  t'Mt  idoneos.' 

"Throughout  my  life  at  Ilavirford,  botii  by  suggestion 
an<l  personal  labor,  I  strove  to  aid  and  initiate  such  meas- 
ures as  would  enlarge,  widen  and  liberalize  the  courees  of 
study  ami  increase  the  usefulness  of  the  college  as  a  place 
of  generous  culture.  I  endeavored  to  introduce  every  im- 
provement of  which  our  circumstances  would  admit,  and  to 
keep  fully  abreast  (where  we  were  not  already  in  advance) 
of  the  times.  Nor  was  I  less  desirous  that  the  noble  aim 
of  the  Founders,  to  make  the  place  a  nursery  of  true  Chris- 
tian character,  should  always  be  foremost  in  our  thoughts. 
I  strove  to  excite  the  interest  and  enthusiasm  of  the  stu- 
dents, to  nuike  the  great  words  of  the  men  of  old  sound  as 
on  living  tongues,  to  impress  upon  the  mind  the  great  essen- 
tial facts  and  principles  in  which  minnr  details  are  en- 
wrapped, to  bring  out  the  philosophy  of  the  syntax  and  the 
real  signiticance  of  the  forms,  to  nuike  the  stmlents  ambi- 
tious of  maMerij  of  their  subject,  antl  to  use  the  study  of 
classical  literature  as  an  eflfective  means  of  general  culture. 
It  was  always  my  aim  to  increase  the  Ijcauty  and  attractive- 
ness of  the  place,  to  nnike  the  most  of  its  historical  associa- 
tions, to  heighten  its  charms  by  tastefid  and  appropriate 


522  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOKD    COLLKGE. 

architecture,  pictures,  inscriptions,  museums  and  apparatus, 
and  to  call  forth  and  quicken  in  the  minds  of  the  students 
an  ardent  love  for  their  good  and  beautiful  college." 

President  Chase's  chief  publications  have  been  an  edition 
of  Cicero's  "  First  Tusculan  Disputation"  and  other  writings 
on  the  "  Immortality  of  the  Soul ;"  school  and  college  editions 
of  Virgil,  Horace,  Livy  and  Juvenal,  and  a  Latin  Grammar; 
a  narrative  of  a  tour  in  Greece,  entitled  "  Hellas :  Her 
Monuments  and  Scenery ; "  articles  in  the  North  American 
Review  (particularly  those  on  the  "  Homeric  (Question," 
"Wordsworth"  and  "  Curtius's  History  of  Crreece");  ad- 
dresses on  Goethe  and  Schiller,  Abraham  Lincoln,  John  G. 
Whittier  and  William  Penn;  and  articles  in  Johnson's  "  En- 
cyclopajdia"  on  the  chief  manuscripts  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment. He  has  also  been  the  author  of  various  addresses  at 
educational  and  Bible-school  conferences,  and  contribu- 
tions to  the  Friends'  Review,  The  Student,  The  Sicudaij  Scliool 
Times,  etc. 

About  this  time  tlie  Warner  tract  of  land,  bordering  on 
the  college  lane  leading  to  the  turnpike,  was  offered  for  sale. 
The  representatives  of  the  Warner  family,  who  had  always 
been  friendly  to  the  college,  gave  the  Managers  timely 
notice.  There  was  much  danger  that  a  change  in  owner- 
ship would  result  in  the  property  being  cut  up  into  small 
lots  for  liouses,  which  would  back  upon  the  college  grounds. 
Therefore,  a  few  members  of  the  Board  generously  joined 
in  purchasing  the  land.  By  an  agreement,  which  secured  a 
front  on  the  college  land,  it  is  provided  that  the  corporation 
may  at  any  time  become  absolute  owner  of  the  property 
upon  the  payment  of  a  fair  price.  Under  this  promise  one 
lot  has  been  bought  by  the  corporation  and  two  houses 
erected  for  the  use  of  the  Professors;  whilst  the  other  im- 


l:i(il\\INt.    <.i     -iroNl,    H  All  -CKNTritV.  023 

proveiiU'iili;  ujiuii  tlit-  irucl,  cumpiisiii^'  Hvf  haiulsonu'  stone 
dwelliiij^s,  have  been  put  U|>  at  the  expense  of  the  syndicate 
who  purehastd  the  property. 

I'pon  an  apjdication  nimle  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
of  Dehiware  County,  in  thr  i.tli  month,  l'^^<■>,  amendments  to 
tlie  charter  of  the  corporation  of  llaverf(»rd  ColK-j^e  were 
npprovetl.  Tlie  tirst  of  these  removed  tlie  limitation  as  to 
the  amount  of  the  personal  estate  that  mi^ht  he  hehl  hy 
the  institution,  an<l  foiwer  forhade  the  distrihution  of  any 
of  the  estate  of  the  corporation,  w  hcther  real  or  persoiuil, 
among  its  membei-s.  The  other  created  the  new  oflice  of 
Tresident  of  the  corporation.  These  amendments  were 
iluly  accepte«l  at  the  ensuing  annual  meeting,  and  Wistar 
Morris,  the  oldest  member  of  the  Hoard  in  continuous  ser- 
vice, was  elected  to  the  position  <>l'  Pnsitlint  of  the  corpo- 
ration. 

The  opening  t»l'  the  new  year  hrouglit  still  more  changes 
in  the  Faculty.  Professor  Thomas  returned  fronj  abntad 
and  resumed  his  duties  as  Librarian  and  Professor  of  His- 
tory and  Political  Science.  Myron  K.  Sanford,  .A.M.,  a 
graduate  of  Weslevan  Cniversity,  came  in  as  Registrar  and 
Proft'ssor  of  Latin.  The  n«w  professorship  of  Hitdogy  was 
tilled  by  .1.  Playfair  McMurrich,  Ph.D.  ami  A.M..  of  To- 
ronto University,  who  received  ids  doctorate  at  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  where  he  had  also  acted  as  instructor  for 
one  year  in  osteology  and  mammalian  anatomy. 

Although  Profes.sor  Newlin  had  given  instruction  in  Pi- 
ology  and  acted  as  Curator  of  tln'  Museum  for  the  two  pre- 
vious years,  his  duties  as  a  disciplinary  ollicer  |»revented  full 
attention  being  given  to  the  above  <lepartinents.  During 
his  term  of  .service  tiie  mu.«<eum  received  from  the  U.  .S. 
National  Museum  an  educational  series  of  al>out  150  species 
of  marine  invertebrates. 


524  HISTOKY    OI'    HAVKRKORD    COLLEGE. 

Tlie  coming  of  Professor  McMurrich  gave  a  new  impetus  to 
tlie  study  of  biology.  Much  credit  is  due  him  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  thorough  course  of  laboratory  work,  and  for 
fitting  up  the  laboratory  so  that  better  results  in  demonstra- 
tion and  original  research  could  be  obtained.  This  was 
accomplished  by  arranging  tables  before  the  north  windows 
of  the  museum  in  the  second  story  of  Founders'  Hall,  and 
i'urnishing  a  new  outfit  of  microscopes  of  high  power,  by 
which  students  could  properly  study  the  more  complicated 
organisms. 

The  most  important  addition  to  the  Faculty,  however, 
was  the  appointment  of  J.  Rendel  Harris  as  Professor  of 
Biblical  Languages  and  Ecclesiastical  History.  Born  at 
Plymouth,  England,  in  1852,  Professor  Harris  was  a  Fellow 
and  Mathematical  Lecturer  for  many  years  at  Clare  College, 
Cambridge,  England,  where  he  had  taken  the  highest  honors 
as  a  Wrangler.  For  two  years  he  had  been  Professor  of  New 
Testament  Greek  at  Johns  Hopkins,  and  he  had  a  wide 
reputation  as  one  of  the  best  authorities  on  this  subject. 
The  Managers'  report  to  the  corporation  this  year  states 
that  "This  appointment  has  been  made  from  a  belief  that 
facilities  ought  to  be  afforded  at  Haverford  for  such  a  study 
of  the  history  of  Christian  doctrine  as  will  lead  to  a  better 
appreciation  of  the  doctrines  held  by  the  Society  of  Friends." 
His  books  were  nearly  all,  if  not  all,  published  after  his 
connection  with  Haverford. 

At  this  time  a  change  was  made  in  the  courses  of  study, 
by  which  both  French  and  German  were  made  ojUional 
with  Greek  for  admission  to  the  Freshmen  Class  for  the 
degree  of  A.B.,  and  with  Latin  for  the  degree  of  S.B.  Levi 
T.  Edwards,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  '81,  this  year  took 
charge  of  the  machine-shop  and  the  instruction  in  engi- 
neering. 


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r.KOIXXINO    Ml'    SKCoNI*    IIAI.I  -(  KNTIK  Y.  ')2rt 

I'ndiT  lair  i)rosj)et'ts,  and  with  t\\v  institution  full  in  all 
its  parts,  tlu*  work  of  tlit-  nrw  your  Itfi^an.  Soon,  however, 
these  prospects  were  sadly  iiiarn-d  hy  a  severe  h>ss.  Pro- 
fessor Pliny  E.  Chase,  the  acting  President,  had  heen 
uiuible,  for  some  time,  to  meet  liis  classes  regularly,  ()wing 
to  intirin  health,  and  had,  at  times,  found  it  necessary 
to  hear  some  recitations  at  his  home.  It  was  not  long 
before  it  became  evident  that  the  complication  of  diseases 
with  which  he  was  atlected  would  prove  too  powerful  f»»r 
bis  failing  strength.  The  anticipated  event  was  imt  long 
<lelayed,  and  he  died  12th  month  17th,  ISSC).  A  man  of 
rare  mental  <|ualities,  of  singular  attainments,  of  a  disposi- 
tion renuirkahly  lovable  and  sympathetic,  he  was  endeared 
to  all  who  came  in  contact  with  him,  winning  peculiar  affec- 
tion from  bis  students.  A  graceful  tribute  to  his  memory 
appeal's  in  The  Havcrjordian,  \o\.  IX,  No.  1,  written  from 
Rome,  by  his  brother.  Thomas  Ciiase,  which  apj)ropriately 
concludes: 

'*  Quin  dfsiili-rio  fit  jnuhtr  aut  tnr)du$ 
Turn  rtiri  cnjtilif  f" 

Tile  following  sketch  of  his  life  is  condensed  from  a 
memoir  published  by  the  American   Philosophical  Society: 

Pliny  Karle  Chase,  the  son  of  Anthony  and  Lydia  Karle 
Chase,  was  born  at  Worcester,  Ma.'^s,,  on  the  8th  of  Stb 
month,  1820,  and  was  of  the  eighth  generation  in  descent 
fronj  lialph  Karle,  who  "  was  on  tiie  island  of  Rhode  Island 
in  1«IIJS,  was  one  of  the  petitioners  to  the  king  for  ptrmission 
for  the  formation  of  a  '  body  j)olitic'  on  that  island, and  was 
subsequently  a  njember  of  their  Legislative  Af^^embly." 

Pliny's  early  education  was  received  at  the  Worcester 
I^tin  Scljool;  lie  afterward  attended  the  Friends'  Roarding- 
i!>chool    at    Providence,  being  there  a  pupil    of  Samuel  .1. 


526  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORI)    COLLK*;]:. 

Gummere,  and  in  1835  entered  Harvard,  taking  liis  Bache- 
lor's degree  at  that  University  in  1839,  and  that  of  A.M.  in 
1844.  The  degree  of  LL.D.  lie  received  from  Haverford 
College  in  1876,  in  consideration  of  "  his  attainments  and 
original  researches  in  Mental  and  Physical  Philosophy." 

Immediately  upon  taking  his  Bachelor's  degree,  he  en- 
tered upon  his  career  as  a  teacher,  teaching  first  in  the 
district  schools  of  Leicester  and  Worcester,  then  as  associate 
teacher  in  the  Boarding-School  at  Providence;  then,  in 
1841-2,  at  Friends'  Select  School  in  Philadelphia,  and,  from 
1842  to  1844,  conducting  a  private  school  in  that  city. 
About  1845  he  published  his  first  book,  the  "  Elements  of 
Arithmetic,"  followed,  in  1848,  by  "The  Common  School 
Arithmetic,"  and  in  1850,  in  connection  with  Horace  Mann, 
he  publi-shed  "Mann  and  Chase's  Arithmetic,  Practically 
Applied."  Ex-President  Hill,  of  Harvard,  says:  "Chase's 
Arithmetic  was  the  best  I  ever  saw.  The  two  books  'Chase' 
and  'Chase  and  Mann,'  as  we  called  them,  were  worth  all 
other  arithmetics  that  I  ever  saw,  put  together."  From 
1847  till  18GG  he  was  engaged  in  manufacturing,  but  re- 
turned to  his  chosen  profession,  and  conducted  the  School 
for  Young  Ladies,  which  had  been  established  by  Charles 
Dexter  Cleveland,  in  Philadelphia. 

In  1871  his  connection  with  Haverford  College  began,  as 
Professor  of  Natural  Sciences,  and  from  1875  till  his  death, 
in  1886,  he  occupied  the  chair  of  "  Philosophy  and  Logic." 
As  a  college  Professor  he  was  clear  and  agreeable  in  his 
demonstrations,  and  won  the  affection  and  respect  of  his 
students;  as  a  disciplinarian  he  was  mild  to  a  fault — gov- 
erning purely  by  gentle  suasion.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
learning,  and  read,  with  the  help  of  dictionaries,  and  was 
more  or  less  familiar  with,  one  hundred  and  twentv-three 


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r-I-IN-V      KAWI.I-:     CI  I  ASK. 


BKGlNNIN<i    OF   SECOND    1!  AI.F-»  |;N'H  KY.  :)'lt 

languages  and  ilialects,  claiming  thorough  accjuaintance 
with  thirty  ot"  them.  Vet  of  over  one  huntlretl  and  lifty 
papers  contributed  hy  him  to  the  various  learned  societies, 
not  more  than  one-tenth  were  philological,  the  remainder 
being  mostly  on  meteorological,  co.smical  and  physical  sub- 
jects. He  sought  to  demonstrate  a  cosnjical  evolution,  and 
through  proof  of  the  "  quantitative  equivalence  of  the  differ- 
ent forms  of  force  which  we  call  light,  heat,  electricity, 
chemical  atlinity  and  gravitation,"  to  establish  a  law,  that 
"all  physical  phenomena  are  due  to  an  omnipotent  power, 
acting  in  ways  which  may  be  represented  by  harmonic  or 
cyclical  undulations  in  an  elastic  medium." 

.\m  eminent  scientific  man  writes  of  Jiis  later  work  :  "  It 
may  prove  prophetic  of  developments  that  will  take  us  a 
long  step  below  our  present  j)hilosophy  of  things — or  it  may 
not.  Time  will  show."  Many  of  his  mn>t  learne<l  produc- 
tions were  contributions  to  the  American  Philosophical 
Society,  and  the  London,  Kdinburf/h  ami  Publin  Philosophiral 
Magazine,  and  not  in  book  form. 

He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Philosophical  Soeiety  in 
1803,  and  became  successively  one  of  its  Secretaries  and 
Vice-President,  receiving  the  Magellanic  Premium  in  lSti4 
for  an  essay  on  "  The  Numerical  Relation  between  (Jravity 
and  Magnetism."  He  was  also  a  member  and  manager  of 
the  Franklin  Institute.  Some  of  his  rules  for  weather  pre- 
diction were  embodied  by  the  I'niteil  States  Signal  Service 
in  its  "  Manual  for  Observers,"  and  the  observations  of  the 
bureau  have  indicated  the  importance  of  anti-cyclonic  storm 
centres,  to  which  he  first  called  attention. 

With  all  his  learning.  Dr.  Chase  was  an  exceedingly 
modest  nuin,  and  notwithstanding  his  daring  theories  of 
Cosmics,  he  ret^iined  throughout  a  quiet  and  unwavering 


528  IIISTOIxY    OF    HAVKKFORD    COLLEGE. 

faith  in  the  Bible  record,  and  accepted  the  Christian  theory 
of  salvation  absolutely,  and  without  qualification,  as  Divine. 
That  which  many  scientists  are  led  to  doubt,  seemed  clear 
to  him,  and  all  facts  were  of  necessity  parts  c)f  one  stupen- 
dous whole.  He  was  a  religious  man,  not  only  by  intellec- 
tual conviction  ;  but  the  fruits  of  piety  were  manifest  in  his 
daily  life,  especial!}'  toward  its  end,  in  an  unaffected  gen- 
tleness and  sweetness  of  temper,  a  freedom  from  assumption, 
and  a  general  submission  of  his  actions  to  the  Divine  gov- 
ernment and  guidance. 

There  was  an  undoubted  profundity  in  his  thought,  and 
few  fathomed  the  depth  of  some  of  his  discussions  of  the 
deeper  problems  of  creation.  Some  went  so  far  as  to  regard 
him  as  the  greatest  scientific  character  of  his  day  ;  but  what- 
ever his  title  to  rank  among  the  highest  on  the  rolls  of 
science,  none  who  knew  his  work  could  deny  him  a  very 
eminent  place,  nor  doubt  that  his  contributions,  if  incom- 
plete and  mystical,  were  highly  suggestive,  and  links  in  the 
trains  of  thought  with  which  generations  of  powerful  minds 
are  evolving  some  of  the  profoundest  mysteries  of  the  uni- 
verse. 

Following  the  resignation  of  Thomas  Chase,  the  death  of 
his  brother  left  the  college  without  an  accredited  head. 
After  giving  the  matter  very  careful  deliberation,  and  con- 
sidering a  number  of  candidates  i)roposed,  the  Board  of 
Managers,  in  4th  month,  1887,  unanimously  elected  Pro- 
fessor Isaac  Sharpless  to  the  responsible  and  important  posi- 
tion of  President  of  the  college. 

The  Board's  report  of  this  year  says :  "  For  several  years, 
as  Dean  of  the  Faculty,  he  has  had  charge  of  the  discipline 
and  business  management,  and  the  ability  he  has  shown  in 
the  administration  of  these  im})ortant  duties  justifies  the 


I:KGINMN<.    >•!      -liONI.    IIAI.I  -<  IMLIIV.  52*.» 

confidence  felt  by  those  be«t  uc<iuuinttMl  with  the  tratlitions 
and  needs  of  Havi'ifonl  that  his  ek'ction  to  tlie  liijjiier 
otlice  will  provi'  bent'licial  to  tin-  interests  of  the  collej^e." 
Commenting  on  this  appointment,  The  Havcrj'ordian  says: 

"  In  the  election  of  Isiuie  Sharplessas  President  of  Ilav*!- 
ford  College,  the  Mainij^ers  have  done  credit  to  themselves 
and  to  the  college.  Having  the  longest  conneetion  with 
the  college  of  any  of  the  present  Fatuity,  thoroughly  ac- 
quainted with  its  management  in  every  particular,  and  a 
man  of  rare  executive  power,  it  wouM  be  difficult  to  find 
his  suiH'rior.  The  marked  prosperity  of  the  last  few  years 
has  been  largely  due  to  his  superior  business  ability  and 
keen  foresight.  The  apixjintment  is  eminently  fitting  in 
all  regards  an«l  meets  the  hearty  endorsement  of  botli 
Faculty  and  students." 

The  following  outline  of  President  Sharj>less'  career  is 
taken  from  a  sketch  furnished  to  Th>  Ilnverjordian  by  one 
of  his  associates  in  the  P^aculty  : 

"  Isaac  Sharpless,  8c.L>.,  the  newly  appointed  President  of 
Ilaverford  College,  was  born  IJiii  nioiitli  l»;ili,  IMS.  He 
was  educated  at  Friends'  I'>o;inling-School,  Westtown,  Pa., 
where  lie  graduated  in  1SG7.  being  subsetjuently  employetl 
for  four  years  as  teacher  in  the  .same  institution.  lie  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  in  1S78,  taking  the  degree  of  S.IJ.  at 
the  Lawrence  Scientific  School.  Two  years  later  he  was 
calle<l  to  the  chair  <»f  Mathennitics  at  Ilaverford  College, 
where  he  was  made  Professor  of  Astronomy  in  1870. 
Through  his  efforts  the  efficiency  of  this  department  has 
greatly  increased  ;  a  larger  ami  much  finer  telescope  has 
I>een  added,  together  with  various  other  a.stronomical  ap- 
pliances, thus  giving  Ilaverford  one  of  tlie  b<'st-e<|uipjM'd 
college  observatories  in  the  c«)untry. 
M 


530  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLEGE. 

"Besides  being  a  frequent  contrilnitor  to  various  scientific 
and  educational  journals,  Professor  Sharpless  is  tlie  author 
of  a  Geometry,  and  has  also  published,  in  connection  with 
Professor  Phillips,  of  the  West  Chester  State  Normal  School, 
treatises  upon  Astronomy  and  Physics. 

"  In  recognition  of  his  scientific  researches  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Science  was  conferred  upon  him  l)y  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  in  1883. 

"  In  1884  he  was  made  Dean  of  Haverford  College,  with 
full  executive  and  disciplinary  powers.  In  this  difficult 
position  his  just  and  generous  dealing,  and  his  constant 
efforts  to  promote  the  usefulness  of  Haverford  and  to  incite 
the  students  to  manliness  and  self-government,  have  been 
met  by  an  increase  in  the  material  prosperity  of  the  institu- 
tion, while  the  ready  co-operation  of  the  students  has 
rendered  possible  the  abolition  of  many  restrictions  and 
the  introduction  of  new  methods  of  administration,  calcu- 
lated to  raise  alike  the  moral  and  intellectual  tone  of  the 
college. 

"  Entering  upon  his  new  responsibilities,  as  he  does,  with 
the  sympathy  of  the  Faculty  and  students  and  of  those 
most  interested  in  the  management  of  the  college,  there 
can  be  no  doubt  that,  under  his  wise  direction,  Haverford 
has  entered  upon  an  era  of  increased  usefulness,  and  will 
still  hold  fast  her  noble  aim — 

"To  teach  liigli  tlioiight  ami  amiable  words, 
And  courtliness,  and  the  desire  of  fame, 
And  love  of  truth,  and  all  that  makes  a  man." 

Shortly  after  the  appointment  was  announced,  the  .stu- 
dents inaugurated  the  new  President,  after  their  own  joyous 
fashion,  by  a  serenade.  The  response  of  Professor  Sharp- 
less  and  its  reception  showed  the  close  feeling  which  already 
existed. 


^^^^•^miJlMl__U-m       .^1 


HRKSIIJKN'r     I^SAAC     SH  A.  K  l^'I^KSS. 


RKGINXIN«i    OF    SK«  uM»    II  ALK-CKNTrJtV.  'i'M 

The  formal  inau»;uratiuii  exercises  werr  helil  in  Alumni 
Hall  «»n  tlie  afternoon  of  otli  month  ITtii,  1SS7,  at  I  o'eloek. 
The  chair  was  occupied  hy  W'istar  Morris,  President  of  the 
corporation  and  of  the  Hoard,  who  opened  tlie  exercises 
with  a  few  appropriate  remarks,  and  then  introduced 
Francis  T.  Kinj;,  who  delivered  an  address  on  the  part  of 
the  Managers.  This  was  followed  hv  the  inaui^ural  of  the 
new  Presiilent.  Carefully  canvassing;  nnmy  of  tlu-  leading 
as|>ects  of  college  life  and  training,  he  mapj>ed  out  tin- 
course  wljich  he  desired  should  be  j)Ui*sued,  and  the  changes 
which  he  ho|)etl  might  he  followed  out  to  advantage.  Trob- 
tthly  the  following  brief  (flotation  will  suflire  to  indicate 
tlie  general  trend  of  this  admirable  acMress: 

"A  Haverford  degree  must  .  .  .  stjind  for  l.icadtli 
of  culture,  scholarly  spirit,  disciplined  powers,  and  such 
information  as  naturally  comes  from  four  years  of  collegiate 
work  in  somewhat  varied  fields.         ..... 

"  We  enter  upon  our  work  with  great  confidence  in  Ilaver- 
fonl's  resources  an<l  full  sympathy  with  its  objects.  We 
are  sure  of  the  co-operation  of  a  liberal  and  devoted  corps 
of  Managei-s,  of  a  well-trained  and  harmonious  Kaculty,and 
a  body  of  earnest  students.  We  know  that  progrcivs  must 
be  made.  It  is  good  neither  for  ofhcers  nor  students  to 
stand  still,  and  y»t  wc  are  not  ambitious  for  great  numbers. 
Wf  would  prefer  to  makr  everything  complete,  to  extend 
our  facilities  for  tirst-cla.ss  work,  to  till  our  Faculty  with 
talented  ami  sympathetic  men,  and  to  make  the  intellectual 
and  moral  tone  of  the  place  just  what  it  ought  to  be." 

Remarks  by  Professor  J.  Rendel  Harris,  on  behalf  of  the 
Faculty,  and  Dr.  Clement  L.  Smith,  Dean  of  Harvard,  on 
b<>half  of  the  alumni,  completed  an  occasion  which  all  felt 
was  the  opening  of  a  new  «ra  in  Haverford's  career. 


532  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

These  important  events  in  the  official  life  of  tlie  college 
having  claimed  our  attention,  we  must  now  turn  back  to 
notice  some  minor  items  in  the  internal  life  of  the  little 
commonwealth.  The  sentiment  of  the  college  at  this  time 
being  adverse  to  even  mild  forms  of  hazing,  the  class  of  '90 
were  tendered  a  reception,  not  in  the  gymnasium,  as  of 
yore,  witli  a  blanket  as  the  only  furniture,  but  in  the  room 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  where  speeches 
were  made  by  students  and  professors,  and  refreshments 
served.  The  Freshmen  were  watched  during  the  year  to 
see  if  this  new  and  more  kindly  treatment  had  marred  the 
comeliness  of  their  deportment,  but  as  the  question  is  one 
about  which  contemporary  authorities  differ,  it  does  not 
appear  wise  for  the  present  historian  to  express  an  opinion. 

A  convention  of  school-masters  of  the  leading  fitting 
schools  in  the  Middle  States,  meeting  in  Philadelphia,  visited 
the  college  by  invitation,  10th  month  27th,  ISSG.  After  a 
dinner  in  Founders'  Hall,  they  held  a  business  session  in 
Alumni  Hall,  and  were  entertained  at  afternoon  tea  at  the 
residence  of  Professor  Harris.  The  next  da}"  Canon  Man- 
dell  Creighton,  of  Cambridge  University,  England,  lectured 
on  "  The  Value  of  the  Study  of  History,"  followed  in  due 
course  of  time  by  other  distinguished  lecturers,  on  a  well- 
selected  variety  of  subjects,  in  a  series  of  fourteen  lectures. 

Until  tliis  time,  in  the  fifty-three  years  of  Haverford's 
existence,  during  which  about  1 ,100  young  men  had  attended 
as  students,  no  death  iiad  occurred  among  them  at  the  col- 
lege. Now,  however,  the  call  came  to  Edward  M.  Pope,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  a  member  of  tlie  Junior  Class,  who  died 
after  a  short  illness.  This  young  man  had  won  a  high  place 
in  the  regard  of  liis  associates  by  the  high  quality  of  liis 
scholarshi})  and  the  strength  and  purity  of  his  Christian 
character. 


r.lKilNMNt.    Ml'    Si:(nM.    H AI.F-CKNTr It Y. 


oa.'i 


Tlit'oUl  nufslions  coiHtrniiiij  the  litti:irv  -ixkim-s^  wliicli 
always  st'ein  to  come  up  for  discussion  about  once  in  three 
or  four  years,  were  now  foujilit  over  with  redtJubled  vij^or. 
One  resuh  of  tht'  aj;itati<>n  wa-  the  iK-ci^ion.  on  ihi-  |iail  of 
the  Lo«;anian,  that  hereafter  it  w«)uhl  meet  only  once  a 
inontli,  instead  of  fortnightly,  and  that  no  meeting  should 
be  held  aft«r  tin-  sprini;  vacation.     'Pin-  u  h<>l»'  <jUestion  was 


ICK^niKNt  h  ^>^    I'lIoF  t-v^iU  .1.   hKM»KI.   1I.\HHI:«. 


settled    on    a   diflerent    basis    not    lon«;    after,   as    we    shall 
presently  see. 

During  the  I'residintial  campaign,  in  iNSl,  many  stutlents 
had  caps  and  gowns,  but  they  .<oon  after  disappeared.  The 
subject  of  adopting  a  distinctive'  dress  was  agitated  in  the 
spring  of  1887,  nn<l  it  was  decided  by  the  students  that  a 
modified  form  of  the  Cambridge  cap  and  gown  sliould  be 
used  only  on   public  occasions.     This  action   was   ratified 


534  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFitRD    (OLLKOE. 

during  the  following  3'ear.  The  wisdom  of  adopting  any 
uniform  is  a  point  upon  which  there  is  room  for  consider- 
able diversity  of  sentiment,  and  later  developments  would 
indicate  that  this  question  had  not  even  yet  been  definitely 
settled. 

Since  the  early  days  of  the  institution  cremation  of  some 
unpopular  text-book  had  been  a  favorite  diversion  of  the 
Sophomores.  For  long  years  the  venerable  "  Paley"  was 
the  sufferer.  In  great  simplicity  his  book  was  burned  in 
the  woods  back  of  the  gymnasium,  with  scant  literary 
ceremonies,  before  an  audience  covered  with  sheets.  Later 
"  Wheeler"  became  the  victim,  and  in  more  recent  years 
'' Wentworth"  had  to  bear  the  brunt  of  "winged  words" 
and  an  ignominious  death  at  the  stake.  Those  w'ho  felt 
that  collegiate  life  should  jtartake  largely  of  a  frolic  were 
somewhat  disappointed  at  finding  toward  the  close  of  the 
year  that  the  class  of  '89  had  very  sensibly  decided  to 
abandon  the  ancient  custom.  From  the  old-fashioned  per- 
formance in  the  woods,  when  the  Sophomores,  with  no 
spectators  but  their  fellow-students,  made  merry  over  their 
advanced  position,  the  show  had  grown  into  but  little  short 
of  a  theatrical  performance  in  front  of  Barclay  Hall,  for 
which  invitations  were  issued,  attracting  a  large  audience, 
many  of  whom  were  of  an  undesirable  character.  These 
shows  naturally  excited  opposition  among  the  friends  of 
the  college,  and  entailed  a  great  expense  upon  many  of  the 
students.  So  the  celebration  died  a  natural  death,  over- 
weighted by  its  own  exceeding  great  foolishness ;  and  the 
Sophomores  justified  their  new  name  by  seeking  consolation 
in  a  class  supper,  and  later  in  the  year  by  celebrating  for 
the  first  time  "Sophomore  Day,"  with  exercises  sonieuliat 
after  the  fashion  of  Junior  Dav,  and  a  collation  afterward. 


■»wi<   mmt-^^mi:mtmtmmmmmk^^i9t^'^m*fmrt 


I-.l  .,I\\!\..    ..I      viii>\!.     II  \I  r-i   I  \  TCHY.  .')35 

It  would  appear  tioiij  the  ivcoitLs  that  the  inteivst  in 
cricket  was  somewhat  k-ss  this  year  than  usual.  Tliis  was 
j>artly  attribute*!  to  tlio  growing!  j»opuhirity  of  tenijis.  Tlic 
lir>t  college  tournament  was  hehl  in  the  autumn  of  1880, 
Uj)on  the  grounds  of  the  Merit>n  Cluh,  and  thirteen  tennis 
nets  were  re|)orted  to  be  set  up  over  the  lawn  while  the 
students  were  preparing  for  this  event. 

The  cricketing  elenunt  was,  however,  greatly  encouraged 
by  the  erection  of  a  ball-shed,  12  x  So  feet,  on  the  east  side  of 
the  gymnasium  building,  for  practice  in  bowling  and  batting. 
The  students  were  indebted  to  the  interest  and  energy  of 
President  Sharpless.  who  collected  from  interested  friends 
the  funds  needed  to  defray  the  cost  of  this  improvement, 
which  has  ever  since  been  of  great  vahu-  to  our  players. 
Then,  too,  the  long-talked-of  "professional"  appeared,  not 
exactly  as  a  new  member  of  tin-  Faculty,  but  a  juTsonage 
ijuite  as  important  in  the  eyes  of  .some.  Fresh  from  Kng- 
land — the  home  of  cricket — he  wasexpecte<l  to  show  what  our 
elevens  could  be  made  to  do  under  regular  coaching,  by 
imparting  a  knowledge  of  correct  methods,  removing  faults, 
and  developing  in  a  proper  way  the  good  amount  of  latent 
cricket  talent  sent  up  in  each  new  cla.ss. 

A  Ilaverford  College  Field  Club  was  organized  at  this 
time,  under  the  leadership  of  I*rofe.s.sor  Mc.Murrich,  for  the 
pur|>ose  of  making  observations  of  the  natural  history  of 
the  vicinity. 

The  reconl  of  this  year  should  not  be  allowed  to  close 
without  noting  the  death,  in  IMiiludel)ihiu,on  'M  month  3d, 
1SS7,  of  William  Carvill,  aged  nin«'ty  years.  He  came  to 
Ilaverford  in  1835  and  remained  for  ten  years.  To  the 
boys  of  those  days  lie  was  known  as  "  the  old  English  gar- 
dener," one  deeply  skilled  in  his  occupation  and  of  unfailing 


536  HISTORY   OF    IIAVEItroKI)    CO^A.FJiE. 

irascibility  of  temper.  He  claimed  to  have  come  to  the 
institution  the  same  day  as  Samuel  J.  Gummere  did,  and 
planted  with  his  own  hands  most  of  the  trees  whose  success- 
ful growth  and  tasteful  arrangement  delight  the  visitor  of 
to-day.  It  has  already  been  reported,  and  can  hardly  be 
doubted,  that  he  tirst  introduced  cricket  at  Havcrford,  as  at 
the  age  of  eighty  he  could  name  the  boys  of  '37  for  whom 
he  fashioned  rude  bats  and  wickets  and  taught  the  rudi- 
ments of  the  game. 

We  shall  end  the  i)resent  chapter  with  some  reminiscences 
which  have  been  handed  to  us  by  a  member  of  the  class  of 
'89.  They  present  the  fun-loving  side  of  college  life,  and 
we  suspect  the  picture  paints  a  lower  moral  tone  than  the 
real  one,  because  one  side  only  is  i^ainted.  This  is  the 
view  from  the  inside,  and  represents  the  students  as  a  rol- 
licking set,  without  nuich  respect  for  superiors,  rules  or 
proprieties,  or  reverence  for  sacred  things  ;  but  it  purports 
to  be  a  true  picture,  and,  as  faithful  historians,  we  give  it  as 
an  illustration  of  that  phase  of  the  life  at  Havcrford. 

The  reader  will  remember  that  the  reminiscences  cover  but 
two  years — the  writer's  Freshman  and  Sophomore  years — 
1885-6  and  1886-7,  and  that  he  is  now  a  respectable 
alumnus,  who  has  aided  the  compilation  of  this  history  in 
more  than  one  way.  We  can  further  testify  that  some  of 
the  most  demure  and  serious  Managers  were  wont,  in  their 
youth,  to  indulge  heartily  in  similar  pranks. 

Reminiscences — 1885-1887. 
When  the  college  year  of  1885-6  opened,  Havcrford  still 
possessed  some  traces  of  the  days  when  she  had  been  the 
old  Haverford  School,  while  in  other  respects,  marks  of  her 


I'.Kt.lwi  v«.    "I     «;|<<.M.    II  \i  I -ciM  tin  .  537 

rapid  tulvance  lu  tlif  slamlai'l  ot  tin-  btst  colleges  were  to 
be  seen  ami  felt. 

The  old  "retiring'  n\U"  \va>  tlieii  still  in  forcf,  which 
necessitated  the  keeping  in  readiness  of  blankets  and  shawls 
to  cover  win<low  ami  transom  after  the  I'rofessor  had,  in  his 
inotlensive  way,  gently  tapped  on  the  cloor  and  bade  "  (Jood 
night;''  or,  as  his  aj)proach  was  heard,  the  lights  would 
often  go  out,  only  to  be  re-lit  when  he  was  seen  wending  his 
way  toward  Founders'  Hail ;  a  nil  he  was  given  many  an  extra 
trip  back  to  the  third  Moor  of  Ban-lay  Hall,  and  none  but 
the  Freshmen  of  that  year — who  took  especial  pains  that 
there  should  be  no  lack  of  disciplinary  work  for  him — could 
fully  appreciate  the  relief  he  must  have  felt  when  the  ob- 
noxious retiring  rule  was  abolished  early  in  the  spring  of 

At  this  time  only  the  exalted  Senior  was  privileged  to 
visit  the  neighboring  city  without  special  permission  ;  this 
it  was  not  always  easy  to  get,  an<l  this  fact  probably  ac- 
counts for  the  truly  marvellous  number  of  cases  for  the 
dentist  which  occurred  during  this  winter,  and  the  number 
of  students  who  were  called  to  assist  in  marrying  or  bury- 
ing near  relatives.  Occasionally,  the  temptations  of  the 
city  within  ten  miles  of  the  college  would  be  too  much  for 
some  lower  cla.ssman  to  withstand,  an«l,  accej»ting  all  risks, 
a  trip  to  riiiladelphia  would  be  undertaken,  often  with 
nuiny  mi.sgivings  lest  a  stray  I'rofe.s.sor  should  be  encoun- 
tere«l  on  the  way. 

The  smoking-car  was  generally  chosen  on  the.^ie  ocaisions 
as  being  the  one  in  which  tlu-re  was  the  iejist  likelihood  of 
meeting  any  of  the  powers  that  be.  Once,  however,  during 
the  winter,  such  reasoning  was  found  untenable,  for  on 
their  return  from  one  of  these  larks  three  Freshmen  saw,  to 


538  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOKI)    COLLEGE. 

their  horror,  President  Chase  enter  the  "  smoker."  He, 
seeing  them,  joined  the  party  and  remained  with  them  till 
they  had  left  him  at  his  house;  and  for  days  there  was 
speculation  as  to  whether  suspension  or  only  demerits  Avere 
to  be  the  sequel  to  tliis  trip.  However,  the  President  must 
have  been  glad  of  company  on  that  dark  walk  along  the 
Serpentine,  and  so  have  been  lenient,  for,  much  to  the  relief 
of  those  three  Freshmen,  the  sequel  never  came. 

The  "  Nursery,"  on  the  third  floor  of  Founders'  Hall,  was 
always  regarded  by  the  undergraduate  with  a  sort  of  dread, 
for  its  isolation  was  oppressive,  and  the  thought  of  a  possible 
stay  within  its  lonely  walls  was  often  enough  materially  to 
aid  in  the  cure  of  various  slight  maladies.  More  than  once 
during  this  winter,  however,  it  had  an  occupant;  and  when 
a  case  of  roseola  was  here  removed  from  the  proximity  of 
classmates,  whenever  a  favorable  opportunity  presented 
itself,  notwithstanding  direct  injunctions  to  the  contrary, 
a  stealthy  trip  would  be  made  to  the  "  Nursery,"  and  the 
wants  of  the  sufferer,  which  were  not  included  in  the 
matron's  category,  were  supplied  by  classmates,  who  knew 
that  the  resources  of  the  "Nursery"  did  not  cover  every 
need  of  an  imprisoned  Freshman. 

The  wants  of  the  college  student  are  many,  and,  at  this 
time,  "  Snob's"  was  the  place  where  the  majority  of  the 
undergraduates'  needs  were  filled.  That  "  Snob"  was  not 
the  baptismal  name  of  the  proprietor  was  evident  when  a 
Freshman,  at  the  instigation  of  some  Sophomore,  w^ould  so 
address  the  storekeeper  ;  but  by  this  name  alone  was  he 
known  to  us,  and  here  many  a  box  of  "Hichmond  Straights" 
was  bought  and  an  occasional  draught  of  cider  consumed. 
Other  articles,  bought  to  repair  the  damage  done  to 
clothes  or  person  in  a  football  game  or  corner  fight,  and 


r.K<.l\M\(i    t»l     SKcnMi    MM  I  -CKNTIKY.  .'HU 

many  liitif  uanis  Ijlsi<U'S,  were  lien-  supplied.  In  llie  pa-l 
few  years  riiiladel]>liia  has  grown  mucli  easier  of  access, 
and  tlie  stores  of  Ardmore  and  Hryn  Mawr  liave  greatly 
increased  in  number,  and  although  "  Snob  "  still  carries 
the  same  stock-in-trade  as  of  yore,  he  is  nt»  longer  the  im- 
|>ortant  factor  in  college  life  he  was  forty  years  ago,  and  ere 
long  his  very  nanie  seems  likely  to  be  forgotten. 

During  the  Fall  of  '.s5  the  practice  of  kicking  the  football 
across  the  circle  in  front  of  Koundi  r-'  Hall  was  most  gener- 
ally engaged  in,  mid,  after  tin-  recitations  were  finished  at 
noon,  nearly  every  man  in  the  college  was  to  be  found  on  one 
side  or  the  other  of  the  circle,  doing  his  best  to  get  pos.session 
of  the  ball  antl  to  show  his  proficiency  in  kicking  it.  To 
this  practice,  which,  unfortunately,  lives  at  present  in  little 
more  than  memory,  may  be  attributed  the  greater  skill  with 
which  the  Haverfordians  of  that  day  han<lled  the  leather 
sjdiere. 

This  winter  wa>  the  last  in  which  I'rofessor  I'liny  K.  (  base 
was  able  to  perform  the  active  duties  of  his  chair,  and 
whe!i  the  Freshnmn  Class  were  introduced  to  hiiu  and  his 
meteorological  text-book,  they  felt  hardly  more  reverence 
for  the  num.  whom  they  now  feel  it  was  indeed  an  honor  to 
have  been  privileged  to  listen  to,  than  they  did  for — well, 
the  gentleman  in  charge  of  the  discipline.  So  when  the 
elements  of  meteorology  had  been  mastered  (?)  and  proH- 
ciency  enough  had  l)een  obtained  to  go  in  for  practical 
work,  we  were  instructed  in  the  "  C'ha-se  system  of  weather 
forecasts,"  which  were  to  be  made  by  us  from  the  (•u|>ola  of 
Barclay  Hall  (the  popular  resort  of  the  undergraduate 
smoker),  twice  daily,  and  a  record  kept  of  the  number  of 
times 'our  predictions  were  verifie<l  or  faile«l,  and  at  the 
end  of  each  week  the  results  were  to  l>e  submitted  to  the 
Professor. 


540  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORI)    COLLEGE. 

The  predictions  (?)  were  duly  made  and  the  reports  sub- 
mitted to  the  Professor,  and  so  highly  successful  did  they 
turn  out  that  at  the  end  of  the  course  Professor  Chase  told 
us  that  our  predictions,  according  to  his  method,  had  been 
far  more  successful  than  those  of  the  Weather  Bureau  at 
Washington,  to  whom  he  had  sent  a  statement  of  the  re- 
sult of  our  work.  Being  Freshmen,  a  good  portion  of  the 
class  had  not  been  over-scrupulous  in  the  work,  and  Pro- 
fessor Chase  was  never  enlightened  as  to  the  fact  that  many 
of  the  predictions  had  been  made  at  the  close  of  the  ])eriod 
to  be  predicted  for,  l>y  which  method  they  had  naturally 
been  generall}'  successful. 

The  visits  of  the  committee  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
to  the  recitation-rooms  are  occasions  very  disturbing  to 
the  Freshman  whose  self-confidence  has  not  yet  reached 
high-water  mark,  and  to  the  tail-enders  of  the  other  classes. 
To  the  rest  of  the  students,  however,  the}'  afford  food  for 
much  reflection.  First,  as  regards  the  Professor  in  charge. 
One  Professor,  it  is  known  by  experience,  will  call  upon  only 
the  best  men  in  the  class,  and  so  make  a  fine  showing  of  the 
fruits  of  his  instruction.  With  him  the  lower  half  always 
pray  they  may  be  found  when  the  visiting  Manager  appears. 
A  second  Professor,  not  feeling  justified  in  such  a  course, 
confines  himself  to  the  men  who  may  be  said  to  represent, 
to  his  mind,  a  fair  average  of  the  abilities  of  the  class — men, 
however,  who  never  remark,  in  answer  to  their  names,  "Not 
prepared."  A  third  Professor  is  known,  by  sad  expsrience,  to 
feel  it  his  duty  to  call  upon  his  poorest  scholars  before  he  can 
feel  justified  in  showing  the  better  stuff  in  the  class ;  and,  oh, 
how  the  man,  who  has  run  the  chances  of  not  being  called 
upon,  quakes  wiien  he  finds  himself  face  to  face  with  his 
instructor  and  the  two  august  and  solemn  INFanagers,  for  be 


I'.Kt.INMNt.    OF    >K((»M>    II  A  I.I -(  KM  f  I:  V.  .'41 

well  knows  his  tiiiu'  lias  conn-'  And  if  tin-  *juc.sii»)ii,  <iiuc 
put  by  one  ProlVssor  to  another  after  an  txainination,  sh«)ultl 
be  asked  after  this  reeitation,  "  How  many  in«'n  hast  thou 
shiiii  to-thiy?"  \\v  knows  full  wtll  his  nanif  will  a|i|M;ir 
anion^  tiie  list  of  victims. 

•Mtliough  there  were  many  rules  and  restrictions  in  force 
during  this  year,  which  have  since  been  abolished,  there 
was  certainly  a  good  <leal  of  freedom  of  speech  aiul  thought 
allowed;  for  we  lind  in  the  exchange  column  of  The  Haver- 
foniian,  of  .laiuiaiy,  l"^^♦'.,  the  statement  that  "  the  <  hristmas 
number  of  Town  Topic.t,  the  popular  New  ^'ork  society  jour- 
nal, is  especially  bright  and  interesting;"  and  again,"  Toiru 
Topics,  a  journal  of  New  York  society,  has  been  a  frequent 
visitor  of  late."  Ami  this  from  an  e<litor  of  The  Haverfordum, 
then  the  otticial  organ  of  the  august  Lo^anian.  ainl  the 
paper  of  a  (Quaker  college  I 

This  year  saw  the  opening  <>i  ..ur  twin  star,"  1m\  n 
-Mawr  College,  or  as  it  has  been  calle<l  by  one  of  our  I'liila- 
delphia  dailies,  "  The  Girls' Annex  of  llaverford  College." 
After  the  opening  exercises  there  was  a  collation,  to  which 
cards  of  admission  were  required,  and  when  u  certain  llav- 
erford Junior  was  asked  if  he  was  going  to  it,  he  replied. 
'*  Well,  I\l  like  to  hear  it,  but  really  1  can't  go."  If  he  was 
unable  to  go,  curiously  enougli,  niany  of  the  Haverfonl 
men  were  to  be  .seen  doing  ample  ju.stice  to  the  collation, 
although  it  was  known  that  but  few  of  them  had  possessed 
the  desired  cardboards:  another  |»roof  that  the  way  of  the 
undergraduate  is  a  marvellous  one  and  beyond  explanation. 

Not  long  after  the  opening  of  Bryn  Mawr  an  astronomi- 
cally inclinetl  .lunior  nuule  a  discovery,  and  we  all  felt  that 
we  had  not  l)een  reading  mere  fiction  in  our  Ciceros ;  for  on 
hearing  the  bells  of  the  "twin  stars''  ringing  in  unison,  he 
advanced  the  tlu'ory  that  it  was  the  "music  of  the  8phere.s." 


o42  iiist()];y  of  iiavkrfuhd  college. 


X-  -^!^^-^- 


DENBIGH  HALL,  BI{YK  .ALVWK  COLLEGK. 

One  Professor,  who  at  the  end  of  this  year  was  granted 
the  degree  of  S.B.  examinationis  causa,  had  charge  of  the 
Freshmen  course  in  Zoology,  Physiology,  Hj^giene  and 
Botany,  which  was  successfully,  if  not  too  deeply,  gone 
through  during  this  winter  on  the  slim  allowance  of  two 
hours  a  week.  These  were  classes  in  which  remarkable 
episodes  took  place,  and  statements  were  made  which  might 
almost  have  forced  the  ghost  of  some  departed  scientist  to 
rise  from  his  grave  and  protest. 

It  was  a  fact — curious,  but  true — that  when  a  student 
asked  any  question  not  covered  by  a  paragraph  in  the  text- 
book, the  Professor  would  refer  it  to  some  other  member  of 
the  class,  and  if  this  member  could  not  give  a  satisfactory 
explanation,  the  Professor  would  tell  us  that  we  could  think 
the  matter  over  till  the  next  recitation,  and  if  nobody  then 
knew  the  answer  he  would  explain  it  himself.  It  was  by 
one  of  this  class  that  the  general  statement  was  made  that 
the  "human  stomach  contains  four  gallons;"  some  of  those 
who  have  witnessed  the  gastronomic  accomplisliments  of 
the  man  who  made  it  can  easil^'^  understand  his  mistake. 
When  the  course  in  Botany  came  to  an  end,  and  the  grades 
were  announced,  the  man  who  had  honestly  analyzed  thirty- 


IJEGIXXINO    OF   SKCnNK    HAI.l-«  KMI  KY.  543 

nine  varieties  of  llowei;?  and  l>y  nii^takt'  lia<l  omitted  a 
fortictii,  tiiuught  it  hard  that  lie  was  not  allowed  to  pass, 
while  his  next-door  neighbor,  who  had  covere«l  forty  pages 
by  entering  an  occasional  speeies  more  than  niice,  passed 
with  a  high  mark. 

( )ne  of  the  mo>l  uuniue  ili:ii;ieters  of  the  llavirford 
Faculty  of  this  year  was  Professor  Davenport.  One  of  the 
old  school,  a  classmate  of  President  Chase,  a  thorough  stu- 
dent, and  as  kind-iieaitid  a  man  as  »ver  lived  wiien  fairly 
treated  by  his  students,  he  was  well  fitted  to  teach  nn-n 
desirous  of  learning  ;  but  although  much  solid  study  was 
done  in  his  classes,  they  were,  nevertheless,  the  scenes  of 
many  a  prank  and  joke.  The  Profes.sor  was  very  near- 
sighted, and  of  this  fact  the  students  took  the  fullest  advan- 
tage. It  was  in  his  clas.s-room  that  a  cat  was  once  placed  on 
top  of  the  map-ca.^se  behind  the  Profe.'jsors  desk,  and  was 
the  innocent  cause  of  much  merriment  and  confusion  and 
of  a  short  recitation.  And  who  of  those  present  will  ever 
forget  the  day  wii.n  something  was  thrown  under  the  Pro- 
fessor's desk,  which  he  wrongly  inmgined  was  a  bainana 
skin,  when  in  an  excited  way  he  called  out,  "  Who  threw 
the  banana?  Who  threw  the  banana*'"  and.  on  no  answer 
being  given,  how  the  Idunt  remark,  ''  Somebody's  a  liar." 
startled  the  class.  Then  on  the  day  when  a  too  well- 
informed  student  attemjtted  to  prove  that  fdoMTrtf  'Uptf 
meant  *'  Wall-eyed  Jun<),"an<l  stated  that  the  epithet  "  wall- 
eyed'' was  a  complimentary  one,  what  a  piee<'  of  his  mind 
the  Professor  gave  to  that  yon'''  -i..]  I.,,\v  the  cIm'^-  «'Ii- 
joyed  it! 

According  to  our  I'rofessor,  a  Sophomore  was  a  wi.se  fo(d, 
while  a  Freshman  he  considered  but  the  noun  without  tiic 
adjective ;  and  so  he  must  have  regarded  the  man   who, 


544  lIlSTOIiY    OF    HAVEKl'OKD    COLLEGE. 

having  just  stated  that  Pyrrhus  used  elephants  in  his  cam- 
paigns, added,  in  response  to  the  question,  "  AVhat  is  a 
Pyrrhic  victory?"  "  An  elephantic  victory,  sir." 

In  liis  recitations  there  was  always  the  prospect  of  some 
fun,  of  one  kind  or  another,  and  of  the  sequel  thereto, 
either  "ten  off"  or  a  student  leaving  an  unfinished  recita- 
tion a  sadder  but  a  wiser  man.  So  we  combined  pleasure 
(for  ourselves,  at  least,)  with  profit,  and  when  the  year  closed, 
and  Professor  Davenport  left  the  college,  every  one  felt 
sorry  at  his  departure,  and  many  an  one  regretted  that  he 
had  not  been  more  thoughtful  and  considerate  in  the  class- 
room . 

It  was  on  the  4th  of  March,  188G,  that  the  matron  treated 
the  college  to  a  repast  of  chicken  salad,  or,  perhaps,  from 
its  consequent  ruinous  effect  on  the  digestive  apparatus  of 
about  one-third  of  the  undergraduates,  was  rather  "bob 
veal  salad."  When,  the  following  evening,  Professor  Daven- 
port was  reading  the  Bible  at  collection,  the  window  behind 
him  gently  opened,  and  a  stuffed  hen  of  some  strange 
variety,  evidently  borrowed  from  the  ornithological  collec- 
tion for  this  purpose,  was  slowly  projected  on  a  board  into  the 
room,  behind  and  above  the  Professor's  head  ;  there  was  a 
momentary  continuance  of  silence,  then  a  titter,  a  laugh,  a 
surprised  loo'k  on  the  good  Professor's  face,  and  the  evening 
collection  was  brought  to  a  premature  close. 

To  the  uninitiated  it  nii\y,  perhaps,  seem  a  curious  fact  that 
Professor  Sharpless  was  once  obliged  to  put  a  stop  to  many 
of  the  students  going  to  the  Mid-week  Meeting  too  long 
before  the  set  hour.  The  fact  is,  however,  easily  explained. 
The  front  seats  were  occupied  by  the  Freshmen,  the  next 
by  the  Sophomores,  then  t'he  Juniors,  and  the  back  ones  by 
the   Seniors,  for  reasons   of   personal   comfort,  and,  when 


r.i:t.INM\<i    OV    SK<OM>    II  M.F-CEXTrKY.  ."4') 

{»ressi'<l  lor  tiint*  to  jucpaif  souu'  alttriioon  rrcitatinn,  or  tor 
tlif  pursuit  of  liglitt-r  liUrature,  a  seat  as  far  back  as  j>os.siljle 
is  to  be  preferred,  one  can  easily  account  for  the  early  trips 
to  the  Meeting;  House. 

The  cane-rush,  which  took  place  in  the  autumn  of  1SS«J-S7, 
i>et\Vfen  the  two  lower  classes,  was  the  last  in  which  both 
entire  classes  took  part.  Since  tlun  tliey  have  been  lim- 
ited to  a  chosen  few  from  each  class.  It  was  on  one  of  the 
last  days  of  September  that  the  l''reshin»M  apjMartd  in  front 
of  Barclay  Hall,  •;uar«ling  a  stout  cane  and  defiantly  giving 
their  class  yell.  This  was  an  intimation  to  the  Sophomores 
that  they  were  ready  to  test  the  mettle  of  the  two  cla.sses 
and  to  tight  for  the  privilege  of  carrying  their  canes  during 
their  first  year  at  college.  But  few  moments  elapse<l  before 
the  Sophomores,  with  all  su|)erfluous  clothing  laid  aside, 
appeared,  and,  forming  a  solid  phalanx,  rushe«l  on  the 
group  of  Freshmen.  Directly  the  two  cla.sses  formed  one 
surging,  tugging,  struggling  mass,  which  slowly  swayed, 
now  this  way,  now  that,  over  the  campus,  surrounded  by  an 
excited  crowd  of  upper  classmen,  urging  on  the  contestants 
with  shouts  or  yells. 

Every  man  <lid  his  best,  either  to  gel  "ih'  of  his  own 
hands  on  the  coveted  wood  or  else  to  drag  otV  from  it  an 
oj>posing  classman  who  seemed  inclined  to  stay  on  the  cane, 
regardless  of  the  efforts  to  dislodge  him,  and  of  his  fast- 
diminishing  supply  of  clothing.  I'inally  time  was  called, 
and  a  tired  and  seedy-looking  crowd,  dripping  with  per- 
spiration and  most  of  them  needing  a  new  stock  of  clothing, 
stepped  aside  to  let  the  judges  i-ount  the  hands  still  clutch- 
ing the  cane.  This  year  the  Sophomore  hands  outnum- 
bere<l  those  of  their  opponents,  and  the  class  of  '*.H),  in 
consequence,  did   not  carry  canes  during  tln'ir  Freshman 


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546  HISTORY    OF    HAVERl'ORD    COLLEGE. 

year.  At  the  close  of  the  rush  the  campus  presented  a 
rather  used-up  look  ;  for,  marking  the  path  of  the  struggle, 
there  was  a  space  almost  stripped  of  grass,  but  covered  with 
fragments  of  clothing,  buttons,  and  other  articles,  forcibly 
separated  from  their  owners  during  the  fray. 

This  was  not  the  only  tussle  between  the  two  classes 
during  this  year,  and  one  of  the  most  exciting  was  a  struggle 
w^hich  took  place  one  snowy  day,  when  the  Sophomores 
stationed  themselves  at  the  south  end  of  the  Meeting  House 
bridge,  on  their  way  back  from  an  hour's  spiritual  refresh- 
ment, and  met  the  opposing  Freshies  with  a  shower  of 
snowballs.  After  a  few  moments  at  long  range,  the  Fresh- 
men managed  to  cross  the  bridge,  and  a  hand-to-hand  en- 
counter took  place.  Each  man  picked  out  an  opponent  and 
endeavored  to  roll  liim  in  the  snow,  and,  before  the  fray 
was  ended,  almost  every  Freshman,  and  a  few  Sophomores, 
had  left  imprints  of  their  persons  in  the  snow.  At  the  noon 
hour,  too,  the  early  arrivals  for  dinner  would  sometimes 
station  themselves  outside  of  Founders'  Hall  and  make  each 
newcomer  run  the  gantlet  before  he  could  join  the  increas- 
ing ranks  and  have  any  hope  of  dinner. 


During  the  Christmas  holidays  of  this  year  the  old  white- 
washed walls  of  the  dining-room  in  Founders'  Hall  were 
covered  with  wall-paper,  which  certainly  gave  the  room  a 
less  barn-like  appearance,  and  showed  off  the  portraits  of 
the  ex-Loganian  Presidents  to  better  advantage;  but  we 
were  forced  to  reflect  that  the  neatly  papered  walls  would 
not  brook  the  same  kind  of  rough  treatment  to  which  the  old 
whitewashed  ones  had  occasionally  been  subjected. 

The  new  ])a]>er  on  the  walls  of  the  dining-room  made 


lUtilNNING    OF    SK'     .M.    HAI.I-«  CNTl'KY.  547 

tli«-  way  tor  aiiolluT  iiui< '\  at  H'ii,  wliirli  took  pliiCC  on  OUT 
rftiirn  from  the  .sprin«^  vacation  of  this  year.  We  foiiml 
tliat  breakfast  was  heneeforth  to  Im-  from  7  to  7.4.'>  a.m..  an«l 
dinner  from  0  to  (1. 4")  i-.m..  instead  of  in  tlu*  middK*  (»f  the 
day  as  before.  Tlie  change  in  tlie  breakfast  Iiour  was  con- 
sich-rcd  the  }j[reatest  improvement;  'ocforc  this  the  breakfast 
bell  had  commenced  to  toll  at  7.30,  ami  if  one  liad  not 
passed  within  the  dining-room  door  before  it  stopped  tive 
minutes  later,  he  missfd  hrariii^'  the  Profes.sor  in  cluirge 
read  a  passage  from  some  very  out-of-the-way  part  «»f  the 
Scriptures,  but  got  instead  one  demerit  for  his  tardiness  and 
was  the  ob.>erveil  of  all  ob.servers  when  he  ilid  enter.  This, 
to  a  Freshman's  mind,  was  often  very  unpleasant.  Under 
this  system  the  man  wlm  only  awoke  as  tlie  bell  began  to 
toll,  had  to  make  <|uick  work  of  it  if  he  was  to  get  in  on 
time,  and  consequently  many  an  undergraduate  was  quite 
accustomed  to  finishing  his  morning  toilet  as  he  made  his 
way  from  Barclay  to  Founders'  llall  on  a  full  run.  To 
every  one's  satisfaction  the  new  rule  was  put  into  operation. 
and  probably  the  only  one  who  felt  badly  at  the  change 
was  the  Professor,  whose  congregation  at  7  a.m.  was  not 
always  a  large  one. 


It  is  a  fact,  curious  but  true,  that  when  a  joke  or  bright 
remark  is  made  by  a  Profe.^^sor  in  the  class-room  a  general 
laugh  i<  (XjM'cted.  This,  doubtk^ss,  was  the  case  when  a 
modest  Professor  told  us  that  he  did  not  believe  in  people's 
l>ragging  about  their  ancestry  :  then  thoughtfidly  remarked, 
"Why,  do  you  know,  I  have  lately  found  that  my  family  is 
descended  from  Knglish  king**;"  then,  more  thoughtfully, 
"  but  Fm  not  a  bit  proud  of  it,  you  know.*'  However,  when 
occjision  for  mirth  occurs  during  the  meal,  how  every  Pro- 


548  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

fessor — not  to  mention  an  occasional  Trofcssor's  better  half — 
looks  solemn,  or  even  pained.     Such  was  the  case  one  day 
when  an  organ-grinder  was  induced  to  enter  the  dining- 
room,  as  lunch  was  going  on,  and,  after  closing  the  door  and 
setting  up  his  instrument,  to  give,  much  to  everyone's  sur- 
prise, a  selection  of  well-known  airs.   As  the  "music"  started 
there  was  an  instantaneous  lull  in  the  room— a  few  moments 
of  suspense  as  to  what  the  outcome  might  be — when  sud- 
denly one  agile  little  Professor  was  seen  to  jump  from  his 
seat,  from  which  he  had  been  scrutinizing  the  conduct  of 
the  youth  about  him.     There  was  a  breathless  silence — save 
for  the  notes  of  the  organ  and  the  Professor's  rapid  breath- 
ing— as  he  tripped  down  the  room,  and,  taking  forcible  hold 
of  our  Italian  friend,  ejected  him  from  the  building,  some- 
what in  the  same  quick  way  as  a  few,  then  in  the  room,  had 
in  days  gone  by  been  known  to  leave  class-room.     As  tlie 
Professor  re-entered  the  room  he  was  met  by  thundering 
applause,  which  showed  the  undergraduate  appreciation  of 
liis  bravery.     Somehow  or  other  the  Professor  did  not  seem 
to  altogether  relish  the  reception  so  heartily  tendered  him, 
but  he  was  obliged  to  accept  it  nevertheless.     Neither  did 
the  members  of  the  Faculty  present  at  the  time  seem  to 
relish  the  amusement  afforded  one  day  by  a  .Junior's  having 
the   waiter   open    for  him  in  the  dining-room  a  bottle  of 
ginger-ale,  which,  from   the  other  end  of  the  room,  looked 
suspiciously  like  a  stronger  fluid  of  the  same  color. 

So  firmly  implanted  in  the  undergraduate's  mind  does  the 
word  "  Professor"  become  that  it  is  often  heard  uttered  when 
least  expected,  and  it  has  proved  a  source  of  great  amuse- 
ment when  in  one  of  the  literary  societies  an  absent-minded 
youth  has  arisen  and  addressed  his  fellow-student  in  the 


l;i:<iINMNti    OF   SKCUNI.    HAI.F-CKNTL'ltV.  54J* 

chair  by  that  aiij^ust  title;  uij«I,  funnier  still,  when  a  hunyrv 
stiulriit  at  the  close  of  the  meal  hour  is  heard  <al!in<i 
"I'rofessorl  Professor!"  afli-r  thr  fast-rt-tn'atinjj  waiter. 

It  was  about  tin-  niiddlf  »»f  Miireh  wlu'U  tin*  colored 
waiters  at  the  eolU>j;o  intimated  that  a  eonerrt  was  to  taki* 
place  shortly,  for  the  Ix-nelit  of  the  colored  church,  in  which 
they  were  to  take  part.  Shortly  after  the  .sale  (tf  tickets 
commenced,  and  many  of  the  undergraduates,  knowing 
the  risk  of  oflTending  a  waiter,  su|»plie<l  themselves  with  the 
paslelx)ards.  (Mi  the  "Jith  nf  .March  the  citncert  came  oil. 
and  a  delegation  of  about  twenty-live  llaverfordians  was 
j»resent  to  hear  the  ellorts  of  the  "  ilaverford  Club"  (colored). 
The  entertainment  was  hehl  in  the  little  hall  on  the  pike, 
just  opposite  the  "Old  lUick  Tavern;'"  and  long  b«-fore  the 
hour  the  audience  began  to  arrive,  and  among  them  tlure 
apj>eare«l.  much  to  our  surpri.se.  a  crowd  of  prettv  Brvn 
Mawr  girls,  with  a  single  solemn  ami  stately-looking 
matron.  At  s  o'clock  there  was  hardly  any  standing- 
room  left,  and  most  of  the  dregs  of  IJryn  Mawr  society 
seemed  to  have  joined  us  W  hen  the  curtain  finally  rose 
and  one  of  our  waiters  appeared  to  a«ldre.ss  the  audience, 
he  was  received  by  a  thuiuier  of  applause  from  the  college 
deh'gation,  as  were  the  other  waiters,  as  they,  in  turn, 
appeared  in  sonie  vocal,  instrumental  or  oratorical  ellort. 
There  were  about  two  dozen  selections  on  the  programme, 
and,  as  almost  every  effort  was  encored  at  least  once,  it  looked 
as  if  we  were  in  for  an  all-night  affair.  After  the  j>er- 
formance  had  gone  on  for  about  an  hour  and  a  half,  and 
colored  youth  and  nuiid  had.  in  turn,  e<litied  us.  with  an 
occasional  j>erfornnince  by  one  of  the  older  generation, 
whose  voice  seemed  to  have  been  trained  in  the  neighbor- 
IkxkI   of  either  a  sawmill  or  a  footlmll-field,  the  audience 


550  HISTORY    OF    JIAVKltFORD    COLLKfiE. 

gradually  commenced  to  feel  liap])y.  A  rustic  swain  liad, 
during  the  presentation  of  a  touching  love-song,  succeeded 
in  implanting  a  kiss  on  the  cheek  of  a  maid  in  the  audience, 
much  against  her  will ;  the  Bryn  Mawr  girls  seemed  to  realize 
that  one  of  the  twenty-five  inhabitants  of  the  twin  star 
present  might  be  put  in  the  same  position,  and  they  decided 
to  leave.  The  aisles  were  filled  and  the  doors  lield  shut  by 
the  crowd  in  front  of  them,  and,  for  a  few  moments,  it  looked 
as  if  a  retreat  would  be  an  impossibility.  The  Haverford 
delegation,  however,  took  the  matter  in  hand,  and,  by  dint 
of  sheer  force,  succeeded  in  overcoming  all  opposition  and 
in  opening  one  of  the  doors,  and  then  helped  the  fair  Bryn 
Mawrians  to  reach  it  by  climbing  over  the  backs  of  the 
benches  which  separated  them  from  the  point  of  escape. 
The  girls  were  finally  all  gotten  out  in  safety,  although  it 
had  been  pretty  tough  work,  and  a  free  fight  had,  at  several 
points,  seemed  imminent.  The  Haverfordians,  after  seeing 
them  down  stairs  and  safely  on  their  way  along  the  pike, 
gave  them  the  good  old  college  yell,  and  then  made  their 
way  back  to  the  college,  leaving  the  concert  still  in  full 
operation.  It  is  needless  to  sa}^  that  the  evening  had  been 
much  enjoyed,  and  it  was  generally  conceded  that,  as  far  as 
pleasure  and  amusement  went,  the  literary  efforts  of  the 
"Haverford  Club"  far  surpassed  those  of  the  Everett  or 
Athenseum. 


During  the  spring  of  ISST  there  was  much  speculation 
as  to  who  was  to  be  Haverford's  next  President ;  and  when 
after  long  uncertainty  it  was  whispered  about  on  the  .")th  of 
April  that  Dean  Sharpless  was  the  choice  of  the  Managers, 
great  satisAiction   was  felt  over  the  result.     After  collection 


BKGIXXIXO    OF   SK<ONI>    IIAI.Fm  KNTrRY.  '>ol 

on  tliissiiine  evening, wlieii  ivpurt  luul  chaii;;td  to  ct-rUiinly, 
thestuilentsarranj;ed  to  serenade  their  ne\v-ma<le  President. 
A  line  was  fornuMl  in  front  of  Harelay  Hall,  tin-  classes 
eoniing  in  onler  of  precedence,  and  the  general  arrangement 
of  the  column  being  looked  after  by  Marshal-in-chief  Holly 
Morris,  '87.  Kvery  num  in  the  college  was  in  line,  and  was 
provided  either  with  a  lamp,  a  lantern,  or  some  musicttl 
instrument  (the  latter  ranging  from  "Stump"  JJaily's  cornet 
to  the  "  Little  Barnes'  pistol  I.  After  forming,  the  line 
nnirched  to  the  President's  iiouse,  and  every  one  loudly  called 
for  '*  Isaac;"  and  when  the  President  appeared  on  his  porch 
tiiere  was  wild  antl  prolonged  applause.  When  at  last 
«|uiet  had  been  in  some  measure  restored,  Futrell  of  '87,  as 
spokesman  for  the  undergraduates,  in  a  few  well-chosen 
wonls  congratulated  the  Presitlent  on  his  election  an<l  ex- 
pri»sxed  the  satisfaction  of  the  students  at  the  choice  of  the 
-Managers. 

President  Sharpless,  after  thanking  the  students  for  tlnir 
good  wishes,  among  other  things  told  how  in-  had  been  led 
to  take  up  teaching  as  a  profc.*<sion.  After  having  left  West- 
town  he  was  one  day  engaged  in  ploughing,  when  a  delega- 
tion from  the  Westtown  committee  appeared  and  told  him 
that  they  had  decided  to  offer  him  a  position  as  teacher, 
not  so  nnich  because  of  his  proficiency,  but  ratlier  because 
they  had  been  unable  to  find  any  one  else  to  till  the  place; 
and  so  the  Presi<lent  .said  he  regarded  his  selection  to  the 
office  to  which  he  had  just  bien  electe«l  as  being  l>ecause 
the  Managers  had  l>een  unsuccessful  in  tlieir  searcli  for  a 
thoroughly  satisfactory  man  to  fill  the  place.  This  idea  was, 
however,  negatived  by  the.student.o,  who  felt  that  as  Cincin- 
natus  of  old  was  called  from  his  plotigli  to  defend  Pome, 
because  of  iiis  own  worth,  «;'•  T'"-'lont  .Sharj»less  had  l)ecn 


552  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKIU'OHI)    COLLEGE. 

called  from  his  agricultural  pursuits  to  do  battle  in  the  field 
of  education  because  his  worth  had  been  seen  and  appre- 
ciated by  the  Westtown  and  afterward  the  Haverford 
Managers. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  President's  remarks,  which  were 
most  warmly  received,  the  })rocession  moved  to  Founders' 
Hall,  where  Professors  McMurrich  and  Gifford  were  called 
upon,  and  the  latter  responded  in  a  short  speech.  Ex-Presi- 
dent Chase's  house,  where  Professors  Thomas  and  Harris 
were  then  living,  was  next  sought,  and  Professor  Thomas 
was  first  called  upon. 

When  Professor  Harris's  name  was  demanded  by  the 
students  he  too  appeared,  and  with  his  first  words  made  one 
of  his  usual  hits,  which  i)rovoked  very  great  merriment. 
For,  standing  beside  his  colleague,  and  looking  toward  him, 
his  first  words  were, "  Gentlemen,  I  am  no  orator  as  my  friend 
Brutus  is."  After  Professor  Harris  had  finished  his  remarks, 
which  were  much  appreciated  by  his  audience,  the  proces- 
sion moved  over  to  Barclay  Hall,  wlien  Professor  ISanford 
was  called  for  and  induced  to  make  a  few  terse  statements 
on  the  prospect  of  college  discipline  and  other  interesting 
topics.  Then  down  the  avenue  the  column  proceeded  and 
down  the  pike  to  Professor  Edwards'  house,  and  a  racket  was 
kept  up  till  the  Professor  was  obliged  to  appear.  From  this 
point  they  returned  along  the  pike,  and  under  the  railroad 
to  Mr.  Crosman's,  and  after  he  and  his  household  of  small 
boys  had  been  apprised  of  the  fact  that  Haverford  had  a 
new  President,  the  party  left,  in  order  that  the  Yarnall 
family  might  be  made  aware  of  the  same  interesting  fact. 
Finally  we  marched  into  Barclay  Hall,  and  through  its 
halls  a  steady  tramp  was  kept  up  for  many  a  minute  until 
the  buildinsr  fairlv  shook.     As  the  active  nature  of  the  cele- 


llK(iINMN«.    <»r    sIimNI.    H  AI  1  -<  I  nti   i:v.  553 

bration  hud  been  slj«;htly  rxhiiusiin;,%  bttlli  to  limb  and  voice, 
it  was  shortly  after  wound  Uj»  with  a  hu^e  bontire  in  front 
of  Barchiy,  wiiich  lon^  after  left  its  mark  on  the  elsewhere 
green  turf  of  the  campus. 

Karly  in  1n87  an  elective  class  in  Elocution  was  formed,  in 
order  that  those  who  wished  mi^ht  receive  some  instruction 
in  a  subject  which  had  received  too  little  attention.  ( Jeorge 
il.  Makuen  was  our  instructor,  and  twice  a  week,  as  the  col- 
lege bell  tolled  live,  a  little  group  would  gather  around  him  in 
Alumni  Hall  ami  listen  to  his  remarks  on  the  physiological 
construction  of  the  vocal  organs  and  the  true  method  of  using 
the  abdominal  muscles  in  connection  with  oratorical  eflorts. 
Then  each  man  in  the  class,  pressing  his  "  Brook's  Elocu- 
tion "  against  his  muscles,  in  order  to  regulate  their  use, 
wouhl  sl«)wly  and  rhythmically  utter  that  word  with 
which  the  whole  college  soon  became  impregnated — Staunch! 
Staunch  !  Staunch  I— and  so  j>roticient  in  thi.-s  e.xercise  did 
the  class  become,  that  one  day  when  a  member  at  the 
instructor's  direction  used,  instead  of  his  book,  the  black- 
board pointer,  one  end  resting  against  his  j>erson  and  the 
other  against  the  wall,  as  he  uttered  the  charmed  word,  he 
broke  tlie  rod  in  two.  Then  the  noble  words  of  Lincoln, 
uttered  at  CJettysburg,  were  taken  up,  and  it  soon  became  evi- 
dent from  the  countless  number  of  times  they  were  heard 
that  there  was  no  alternative,  but  that  "  the  war  mu.stgo  on.'' 

Sentiment  in  favor  of  wearing  the  Oxford  cap  and  gown 
on  public  occasions  wtus  finally  put  into  practice  in  the 
autumn  of  the  year  by  a  large  majority  of  the  students,  and 
it  was  foun<l  that  the  gown  not  only  lent  dignity  to  the  j»ul)- 
lic  occasions  on  which  the  students  ap|H>ared,  but  also  proved 
a  very  useful  article  when  time  was  .scarce  and  clumge  of 
clothing  was  necessary,  as  it  etTectively  hid  whatever  sort  of 
garment  or  lack  of  garment  migiit  be  beneath  it. 


654  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

In  the  spring  of  this  year,  as  usual,  the  baseball  team 
was  got  together,  and,  accompanied  by  quite  a  delegation, 
started  for  Swarthmore  in  Gallagher's  big  'bus.  Just  as  the 
limits  of  the  Swarthmore  grounds  were  reached,  the  'bus 
broke  down,  and  with  this  dark  omen  staring  us  in  the  face, 
the  game  was  started  on  the  "  Whittier-field,"  the'n  in  a  very 
primitive  condition,  and  with  a  huge  ash-heap  just  where 
left  field  should  have  stood.  The  Swarthmore  nine  were  ac- 
customed to  the  irregularities  of  their  field,  while  we  were  not, 
and  in  consequence  the  game  started  badly,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  fifth  inning  we  were  twenty  runs  behind.  But  while 
there  is  life  there  is  always  hope,  and  one  of  our  Freshmen — 
a  firm  believer  in  Haverford's  prowess — at  this  point  staked 
not  only  liis  convictions  but  his  capital  on  the  result  of  the 
game;  this  was  much  to  the  amusement  of  the  Swarthmori- 
ans,  which,  however,  changed  to  bitterness  at  the  end  of  the 
ninth  inning,  when  Branson  brought  in  the  winning  run, 
and  the  backers  of  Swarthmore  left  the  field  sadder  and 
poorer  though  wiser  men. 

About  a  dozen  Haverfordians  besides  the  team  stayed  at 
the  college  for  supper,  which  proved  to  be  a  light  one,  and 
consisted  principally  of  stewed  prunes  and  bread  and  milk, 
for  which  we  were  each  required  to  pay  a  quarter-dollar. 

As  evening  fell  and  the  curfew  tolled,  calling  all  pu})ils 
of  Swarthmore  indoors,  we  left  for  Haverford  in  an  old  hay- 
cart,  borrowed  for  the  occasion,  to  replace  our  disabled  'bus, 
and  a  happy  crowd  it  was  that  disturbed  the  sleeping 
Haverfordians  about  11.30  that  night  by  their  shouts  of 
victory. 


There  was  conducted  at  Haverford  during  this  winter  a 
limited  business  in  the  production  of  themes  warranted  "to 
obtain  a  certain  mark  or  money  refunded,'"  and  although 


BKOINNIXO    «>F   SKCOXD    H  AI.F-CKM  IK  V.  r»55 

limileil  in  ius  I'xteiit,  so  sut'ct's.slul  was  it  that  before  two 
yean«  luul  passed  out.><iile  competition  had  spruiij^  up.as  eacli 
member  <>f  the  chiss  of 'SU  was  notiHcd  by  circuhir  sliortly 
before  liis  graduation,  tliat  "  Coleliester,  Koberts  tV:  Co.,  of 
CJreencastle,  Ind..  would  l)e  pK'asetl  to  furnish  essays,  com - 
menoement  orations,  debates,  panej^yrieal  productions  and 
invectives."  at  rates  varying  fniui  .^3  to  :?2')  each. 

In  writing'  thenies  it  was  f«)Uiid  by  experience  that  the 
highest  nnirks  wtnt  to  tlie  students  wliose  views  on  tlie  sub- 
ject di.'^cussed  coincided  with  those  of  the  I*rofes.sor  who  liad 
cliarge  of  the  tliemes,  and  it  was  quite  an  interesting  study 
to  see  how  one  class  of  students  coidd  warj»  thi-ir  judgments 
in  order  to  agree  with  their  instructor,  while  another  set, 
caring  less  about  marks,  were  always  to  be  fouml  in  the 
opposition,  whatever  their  real  views  might  be. 


There  is  truly  much  experience  and  knowledge  of  life 
gained  during  a  college  course,  besides  that  imparted 
through  text-books,  as  a  member  of  '8J>  once  found  when 
he  attempted  to  bite  in  two  a  large  |>iece  of  caustic  soda, 
and  as  another  one  found  afterward  while  humming  to 
himself  in  the  gymnasium  an  original  pnxluction: 

"  Lyman  Ilee  lu-r, 
I.S  a  (eaclier 
<  )f  (-lieiiiiMrie." 

and  ua-  -u<iii(ni\  foufronted  by  the  l'roles<or  relerre<l  to, 
an<l  asked  by  that  individual  if  he  desired  to  return  to  the 
chemistry  class-room.  He  was  frightene<l  enough  to  answer 
to  the  Professor's  chagrin  with  a  faltering  "  No,  sir." 

<  >ne  of  the  most  interesting  events  of  tiiis  college  year 
was  the  "Sophomore  I>ay,"  held  by  tlu'  class  of  '89.  The 
i'miiltv  had  tleci'i'-'l  »'..»♦   it   um*  im-v  !>...li.i.f  t..  encourage 


55G 


IIISTOKV    or    IIAVKRFORD    COLLK(iE 


the  old  custom  of  cremation,  and,  although  not  forbidding 
the  class  of  '89  from  holding  a  cremation,  expressed  a  wish 
that  they  might  see  fit  to  have  an  entertainment  of  a 
different  sort.  Following  the  wish  of  the  Faculty,  the 
Sophomore  Class  decided  on  an  entertainment,  which  was 
to  be  unique  in  its  form  and  different  from  anything  pre- 
viously attem{)ted  at  Haverford,  and  its  features  were  kept 


TJli:  LA.-?!  CllL.MATlON. 

a  profound  secret  till  the  affair  came  oil',  on  the  17th  of  June. 
The  grounds  were  given  an  almost  fairy-like  appearance  by 
the  number  of  Japanese  lanterns  found  in  every  direction, 
and  the  interior  of  Alumni  Hall,  where  the  exercises  were 
held,  was  appropriately  draped  with  the  class  colors.  The 
literary  efforts,  being  mostly  in  the  lighter  vein,  were 
warmly  received  by  the  large  and  friendly  audience.     The 


r.KOIXNIX<i    OK    SKCOXD    1IAI.K-*  KNTIKY.  557 

Sophomores  took  this  occasion  to  oxteinl  to  I'lesiik'nt 
Sharpless  an  ntldress  ot  welcome,  and  voiced  the  sentiments 
which  the  uiuicr^raduatts  liad  imt  :in  itppDitunity  to  do 
at  the  public  inauguration  shortly  before.  In  nply,  the 
I'rcsident  made  some  very  happy  remarks,  and  especially 
pleased  the  Freshmen  by  a  ilescriptiun  of  a  man's  idea  of 
his  own  greatness  at  college,  which  he  likened  to  a 
curve — in  the  lirst  part  of  his  Freshnum  year  very  high, 
but  after  a  couple  of  weeks  quiekly  descending  to  the  lowest 
possible  level,  then  rising  again  to  an  awful  height  in  the 
So[)homore  Class,  and  falling  for  the  reiiiiiiiider  of  the  college 
course  to  a  normal  elevation. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of  the  evening  was 
the  presentation  to  the  I'nv-liman  ('lass  of  the  traditional 
"spoon,"  and  the  return  of  several  canes  which  had  been  cap- 
tured during  the  year  from  disobe«lient  Freshmen.  The 
after-feature  in  Founders'  Hall  was,  apparently,  fully  appre- 
ciated by  the  audience,  who  did  not  appear  to  have  been  sur- 
feited by  the  light  literary  food  they  had  swallowed.  This 
entertainment  was,  by  the  way,  the  tii"st  class  sup|>er;  it  has 
since  become  an  established  custom.  The  whole  allair  thus 
turned  out  a  great  success,  and,  from  its  novelty,  it  was 
everywhere  agreed  that  it  reflected  great  cre<lit  on  the 
college  and  the  Sophomore  Cla.^s  of  '80, 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

A  VISIT  FROM  REPUBLICAN  ROYALTY.— 

FURTHER     GROWTH.— CHASE     HALL    AND 

WOODSIDE  COTTAGE,  1887-go. 

Who  are  the  great? 
They  who  have  toiled  and  studied  for  mankind, 
Aroused  tlie  slumbering  virtues  of  the  mind, 
Taught  us  a  thousand  blessings  to  create, — 
These  are  the  nobly  great. — Prince. 

The  next  year  brought  more  improvements  and  further 
changes  in  the  Faculty.  Frank  Morlej',  an  AM.  of  Cam- 
bridge, England,  and  for  three  years  a  Master  in  Bath  Col- 
lege, came  as  Instructor  in  Mathematics.  Francis  P. 
Leavenworth,  after  seven  years'  experience  in  the  observatory 
of  the  University  of  Virginia,  was  appointed  Director  of  the 
Observatory,  and  took  charge  of  the  classes  in  practical 
astronomy.  These  two  appointments  relieved  President 
Sharpless  of  much  work  he  could  no  longer  properly  attend 
to,  on  account  of  his  new  duties  as  President.  Robert  W. 
Rogers,  A.B.,  of  Johns  Hopkins,  became  Instructor  in  Greek. 
During  vacation,  wide  asphalt  pavements  were  laid,  con- 
necting Founders'  Ilall  with  Alumni  and  Barclav  Halls, 
and  a  similar  walk  was  placed  between  the  door  of  Barclay 
Hall  and  the  end  of  the  path  leading  to  the  station. 

Under  the  management  of  Professor  Edwards  the  machine- 
shop  had,  during  the  last  term,  become  the  scene  of  active 
operations,  which  have  continued  ever  since.     When  neces- 

(55S) 


A    VISIT    FK<>M     UKI'UBLKAN    i:«»YAl.TY.  r>r>9 

s-ary,  msv  tools  wrre  houj^ht,  ami  in  some  casi's  made  by  tho 
students  In  tlie  new  foinulry  experiments  in  easting  were 
made.  If  the  results  were  not  always  suceessful  and  caused 
<lerision  among  the  classical  students,  the  young  machinists 
consoletl  themselves  by  remembering  the  great  uses  of  adver- 
sity, an<l  j)robably  learned  much  from  their  failures. 

I'rofes.sor  McMurrich  spent  part  of  tlu-  summer  vacation 
among  the  Bahama  Islands,  and  thtr«'  pnuund  for  tln"  col- 
lege a  collection  of  corals.  sj)onges  and  other  .sea  lift-,  illus- 
trating the  characteristic  fauna  of  the  West  Indian  seas. 

Tndt'r  the  terms  of  the  will  of  PavidScull,  whose  death  in 
18'<4  has  been  previously  noted, and  whosf  two  sons,  as  well  as 
him.<elf,  ha<l  long  been  among  the  most  useful  members  of  the 
managing  board,  a  large  sum  of  money  now  vanw  into  the 
hands  of  the  corj)oration  and  was  investrd  as  a  separate  fun<l. 
known  as  "  The  David  Scull  Fund. "  and  has  since  been  usi-d 
as  an  endowment  for  the  rrofes.sorship  of  Biology.  Professor 
MiMurrich's  name  appeared  in  the  Catalogue  for  1887-88 
as  the  first  occupant  of  this  chair. 

Perhaps  the  principal  change  wm\e  in  Haverford  attains 
during  the  years  1887-8S  was  that  in  the  literary  socie- 
ties. The  agitation  on  this  subject,  which  had  been  carried 
on  during  the  preceding  winterand  spring,  was  still  fresh  in 
the  minds  of  most  of  the  .students.  It  seemed  impfrativi- 
that  some  general  change  should  be  made,  or  literary  soci- 
eties at  Haverford  would  be  things  of  the  past,  and  e.xi.st 
only  in  the  memories  of  former  generations  of  students. 
The  first  move  was  made  by  the  Logan ian,  which  presented 
i(«  library  of  nearly  two  thousjin<I  five  hundred  volumes  to 
the  college.  This  example  wa.s  soon  followed  by  the  Kver- 
ett  and  the  Athemeum — the  former  giving  about  thirteen 
liundrtMl  and  the  latter  about  nine  hundre<l  books. 


560  HISTORY   OF    HAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

The  plan  at  first  proposed  of  calling  the  Loganian  the 
Loganian  Debating  Society  did  not  meet  with  general  favor, 
and  the  old  title  was  retained,  though  it  was  shortly  after 
organized  on  a  similar  basis  to  that  of  the  Johns  Hopkins 
University  House  of  Commons.  With  this  movement  the 
"  private "  societies  were  acting  in  harmony.  Combined 
under  the  title  of  theEverett-Athenieum,  they  soon  found 
that  pulling  together  tended  more  to  strengthen  all  con- 
cerned than  the  policy  of  antagonism  formerly  pursued. 
The  exciting  conflicts  as  to  which  organization  should  secure 
the  majority  of  the  new  students  were  thus  placed  in  their 
appropriate  niche  with  Haverford's  other  antiquities.  The 
new  societies  meet  on  alternate  weeks,  their  meetings  are 
open  to  all  who  choose  to  attend  them,  and  any  student  may 
belong  to  either,  or  both,  as  his  own  fancy  dictates. 

A  change  in  the  conduct  of  The  Haverfordian  went  into 
effect  in  the  winter.  Originally  a  protege  of  the  Loganian, 
the  paper  now  passed  into  the  direct  control  of  the  students, 
the  editor-in-chief  being  elected  by  them  as  a  body,  and  his 
assistants  being  divided  among  the  three  upper  classes,  each 
class  selecting  its  own  representatives.  Whilst  this  plan 
was  not  continued  permanently,  it  was  a  proper  step,  and 
led  to  that  since  adopted,  and  now  in  use. 

One  of  the  lines  upon  which  President  Sharpless  desired 
to  develop  the  resources  of  the  college  was  that  of  athletics. 
Keenly  appreciating  their  great  value  as  preservatives  of 
good  health  and  good  morals,  his  desire  was  to  extend  them 
as  far  as  consistent  with  the  aims  of  the  institution.  To  this 
end  substantial  encouragement  was  given  to  the  Athletic 
Association,  and  plans  for  a  running  track  formulated.  The 
original  intention  was  to  underdrain  a  part  of  the  meadow 
and  pond,  at  the  foot  of  the  slope  in  front  of  Barclay  Hall,. 


A   VISIT  iKct.M   KKi'ini.KAN   i;<»N  \rrv  r.ci 

aiul  near  the  old  railroatl  t'lubaiikmeut,  ami  ilare  coii.struct 
tlu'  track  ami  «;raii(l  stan<l.  It  was  foiiml,  liowevcr,  that 
this  plan  was  not  prarticablo,  sd,  j>art  of  thr  old  orchard 
having  hevn  selected  as  a  suitahlc  site,  the  necessary  gratling 
and  other  ini|>n»venients  were  speedily  hegun. 

With  this  year  it  was  again  deemed  advisable  to  raise  the 
standard  of  retiuisitcs  for  admission  to  the  college.  Other 
educational  institutions  being  constantly  on  the  alert  in  this 
direction,  it  was  found  that  Ilaverford  must  advance  if  she 
was  to  retain  the  reputation  w  hich  her  past  luul  won  for 
her.  For  .some  years  the  numbtr  of  student.s  had  been 
slowly  increasing.  The  accessions  made  to  the  Faculty 
induced  .some  graduates  to  return  as  "graduate  students," 
in  order  that  they  might  carry  on  their  education  still 
further,  whilst  the  engineering  section  and  the  newly 
endowed  chair  of  biology  also  attracted  numerous  new  men. 
The  interior  of  Founders' Hall  had  been  considerably  modi- 
tied  to  meet  these  requirements.  Notwithstanding  this,  the 
need  of  more  space  was  keenly  felt,  especially  in  the  de|>art- 
ujent  of  instruction.  In  order  to  meet  this  demand  it  was 
decided  to  erect  a  new  building  for  das.s-rooms. 

While  these  plans  for  increasing  the  etliciency  of  the  in- 
stitution claimed  the  attention  of  the  authorities,  the  stu- 
dents were  interested  in  certain  other  events  which  should 
find  a  j»hice  in  our  chronicles.  A  Glee  Club  arose,  not  the 
weakling  of  former  yeai"s,  given  to  surre|»titiou8  perform- 
ances, but  an  "organization,"  counting  among  its  **  voices" 
represi-ntatives  of  otlicial  life.  When  the  winter  weather 
stopped  outdoor  sports  these  votaries  of  Apollo  were  faith- 
lul  in  practice,  and,  in  the  spring  of  1888,  they  blossomed 
out  in  their  "first  concert"  before  un  audience  compo.'ied 
strictly  (by  authority)  of  tho-^e  connected  with  the  college. 

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502 


HISTORY    or    HAVKKFORD    COLLEfJE. 


The  fashion  of  "suppers''  also  set  in  at  this  time  witli  great 
violence,  extending  from  the  Sophomore  Class  up  to  the 
alumni — not  the  plain  "spreads"  of  Spartan  days,  not  the 
so-called  "busts"  of  the  middle  period,  but  "banquets"  in 
the  city,  at  tables  decorated  with  candles,  plants  and  flowers, 
with  "  menu  cards,"  courses,  toasts  and  songs.  As  these 
were  s})oradic  events,  and  were  conducted  with  "  modera- 


>i  h.M.  (I.N     1111.  (.1  l.l'    Ku.\l' 


tion  and  temperance,"  no  evil  results  were  known  to  follow. 
The  usual  number  of  lectures  were  delivered ;  those  given 
by  Thomas  W.  Higginson,  on  "How  to  Study  History," 
and  by  Thomas  Leaming,  on  "  The  Political  Duties  of 
Young  Men,"  1)eing  of  especial  value. 

During   the    winter   coasting   became   very   popular;   a 
large  "starter"  was  erected  in  front  of  Barelav  Hall,  and. 


A    VljilT    FROM    KKI'UIILH  AX    ROYALTY.  0<»3 

untler  the  care  of  n  track  committee,  who  took  active  .stc|»s 
in  trea«ling  sin»\v  and  repairing;  hare  .spots,  a  long  ami  cx- 
hihinitinj;  run  was  secured  down  the  front  lawn  and  across 
the  skating  <lam.  Coasting  parties  were  given,  ant!  the 
merits  of  rival  hoh-sletls,  hearing  such  appropriate  names 
a.s  the  '•  Hoanl  of  Health,"  etc.,  were  actively  di.scu.s.sed. 
The  burning  of  liryn  Mawr  llutel  was  attended  by  many 
from  the  college,  who  performed  great  feat**  in  saving 
property — some  of  it  of  doubtful  value. 

On  5th  month  28th.  ISSS,  Dr.  Patton,  the  President-elect  of 
Princeton  College,  addressed  the  students  in  the  afternoon 
on  "  Kducation."  Hut  the  students  were  probably  as  much 
interested  in  a  visit  paid  in  the  morning  of  the  .same  day 
by  the  wife  of  President  Cleveland,  which  The  Ilaverjordian 
thus  describes: 

"As  the  time  for  Mrs.  Cleveland  s  arrival  drew  near  the 
students  as.sembled  in  front  of  Barclay  Hall  and  impatiently 
awaited  her  coming.  At  about  noon  a  blast  from  the 
bugle  announced  the  approach  of  the  tiilly-ho,  and  as  the 
party  came  in  sight,  they  were  welcomed  by  hearty  c<)l- 
lege  yells.  The  coach  stopped  in  front  of  Founders'  Hall, 
and  President  Sharpless  escorted  the  fair  visitor  to  Alumni 
Hall,  where  she  held  an  informal  reception.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Faculty  an<l  their  wives  were  introduced, 
together  with  the  guests  present;  then  the  students  were  each 
in  turn  presente<l  as  they  filed  in  through  the  library  door. 
On  leaving,  Mrs.  Cleveland  was  given  a  box  and  basket  of 
beautiful  ro.ses  and  .some  photographs  of  Haverford.  The 
college  yell  was  then  given,  and,  amidst  its  echoes,  another 
blast  of  the  bugle  was  sounded,  and  the  coach  continued  its 
way  to  Bryn  Mawr." 

The  class  of  'NS,  before  leaving  college,  celebrated  Class 


I 


564  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORT)    COLLEGE. 

Day  witli  appropriate  exercises,  and  presented  the  college 
with  a  bronze  tablet  of  their  own  workmanship,  inscribed 
"  To  our  Alma  Mater,  in  grateful  appreciation  of  the 
careful  instruction  received  at  her  hands  by  the  class  of 
'88."  This  class  also  left  behind  them  a  silver  prize  football 
cup,  to  be  played  for  annually  by  the  college  classes  and 
held  by  the  champion  class. 

In  the  seventh  month  of  1888,  during  the  summer  vaca- 
tion, "The  Educational  Association  of  Friends  in  America" 
met  during  three  days  at  the  college.  Some  of  the  members 
took  rooms  in  the  dormitories,  and  meals  were  provided  for 
a  large  number  of  the  visitors  who  attended  the  different 
sessions.  Representatives  from  New  England,  North  Caro- 
lina and  the  West,  as  far  as  California,  including  the  Presi- 
dents of  Earlham,  Penn  and  Wilmington  colleges,  met  the 
educators  of  this  vicinity,  to  listen  to  speciall}^  prepared 
essays  and  take  part  in  the  discussion  that  followed. 

James  Wood,  of  Haverford's  Board  of  Managers,  presided, 
and  President  Shar])less  acted  as  Secretary.  The  occasion 
was  one  of  much  interest,  and  doubtless  profitable  to  those 
engaged  in  the  work  of  education.  The  fact  was  made 
evident  at  this  meeting  that  the  standard  of  education 
among  Friends  in  the  West  was  advancing,  and  that 
Haverford  must  provide  graduate  courses  and  special 
courses  for  advanced  students  in  order  to  maintain  her 
position  as  the  leading  Friends'  college.  The  proceedings 
were  published  in  full  in  The  Student. 

The  college  year  of  1888-89  opened  auspiciously  with 
eighty-nine  students,  three  of  whom  were  graduate  students. 
Three  new  Professors  made  their  appearance,  in  charge  of 
as  man}'  newly  organized  departments.  Francis  B.  Gum- 
mere,  son  of  President  Samuel  J.  (Jummere,  a  graduate  of 


KIKTIIKK    (.ItoWTII.  •'•OO 

Uaverfuiil  uf  the  class  of  72,  uiul  of  Ilarvanl  in  75,  after- 
wanl  a  stiuleiit  in  (Jerinany  and  Norway,  liavin^  received 
the  degree  of  Pli.D.  from  Fri'il)ur«;  liiivcrsity  in  iSSl.and 
since  Instructor  in  KnjjUsh  at  Harvard,  aiiil  hiad-niasttr  of 
Swain  Free  School  at  Ntw  Hetlford,  Mass.,  took  charge  of 
the  Knglish  and  Ciernian.  II.  had,  prior  to  this  time,  puh- 
lished"The  Anglo-Saxon  Mttapiior,"  Halle,  INSI,  a  "Hand- 
book of  Poetics. "  Boston,  ISsf),  an«l  otJKr  writings.  I'or  the 
tii*st  time  the  study  and  use  of  our  own  language  was  in 
charge  of  a  s|)ecialist. 

For  numy  yeare  French  was  taught  Ky  some  resident 
memi)er  of  the  Faculty,  hut  itf  more  recent  years  this  in- 
struction was  given  i)y  teachers  who  came  out  from  the 
city,  witii  results  not  as  satisfactory  as  was  desired.  Wm. 
C.  Ladd.  .\.M.,  of  JirowM  I  nivcrsity.  who  had  In-en  ap- 
|K)inted  fifteen  months  before,  and  had  spent  the  interval 
in  study  in  France,  now  came  as  rrofess(»r  of  French. 

Henry  Crew,  A.M.  of  Princeton  and  Ph.l).  of  Johns 
Hopkins,  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  department  of 
Physics — a  l)ranch  which  had  never  receive<l  special  atten- 
tion, but  had  always  been  annexetl  to  the  Department  of 
( 'hemistry.  To  show  the  history  an<l  evolution  of  this  study, 
it  nniy  be  interesting  to  notice  its  jilaee  in  the  i>ast  work  of 
the  institution,  as  appears  from  the  records.  At  lirst  the 
course  comprised  only  one  year's  work  in  elementary 
physics;  Samuel  1.  <iummere  gave  the  instruction  from 
lS3r>  to  1840,  when  Daniel  B.  Smith  took  it  up  until  the 
suspension.  After  the  resumption,  in  1S|8,  the  .sanu-  time 
was  devoted  to  it  until  1851,  under  Hugh  D.  Vail,  and  lie 
was  succeeded  by  Joseph  <».  Harlan,  wiio  iield  the  j>osition 
until  his  death,  in  l.sr)7.  Moses  ('.  Stevens  taught  it  until 
Samuel  J.  (iummere  came  again,  in  1802,  when  the  Cata- 


566  TIISTOHY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLE(;E. 

logue  announced  that  "suitable  text-books  are  provided, 
but  the  great  aim  is  to  teach  the  subject,  not  the  book." 
Snell-Olmstead's  "Natural  Pliilosophy"  was  "the  book." 

The  promise  of  a  better  day  was  made  stronger  by  tlie 
announcement  that  "a  good  collection  of  apparatus  belongs 
to  the  college  and  is  used  in  connection  with  the  instruc- 
tion. The  students  are  allowed  to  perform  experiments 
themselves,  under  the  direction  of  tlie  Professor."  In  1864- 
65  the  Sophomores  gave  half  a  year  to  physics — the  first 
increase  in  the  time  given  to  this  study. 

No  change  seems  to  have  occurred  after  this  until  1871- 
72,  when  Pliny  Earle  Chase  was  made  Professor  of  Physical 
Science.  Two  years  later,  when  Thomas  Chase  became 
President,  his  brother,  Pliny,  was  made  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics and  Physics.  In  1875  the  instruction  in  physics  was 
divided  between  Professors  Sharpless  and  Alsop,  and  the 
course  was  lengthened  by  the  addition  of  an  elective  half- 
year  for  Senior  Scientific  students  by  laboratory  j)ractice 
with  lectures. 

In  1879  Robert  B.  Warder  was  Professor  of  Physics  and 
Chemistry,  and  a  half-year  of  required  ph3'sics  was  added  to 
the  scientific  course. 

At  the  opening  of  the  college  year  1880-81,  Lyman 
Beecher  Hall  was  appointed  "John  Farnum  Professor  of 
Chemistry  and  Physics."  At  that  time  the  course  in 
physics  was  as  follows : 

Freshmen:  Natural  Philosophy;  lectures,  three  hours 
weekly,  for  first  half-year. 

Sophomores:  Tyndall  on  Heat,  two  hours  weekly,  for  first 
half-year. 

Juniors:  Acoustics,  Optics,  Electricity,  two  hours  weekly 
the  whole  year. 

Seniors:  (elective)  Physical  Measurements,  bi-weekly. 


CIIASK    HAM       WI'    \V«K)I)SI|ti:    ('oTTA«iK.  ••••! 

Since  1S80,  until  l)r.  Crew's  arrival.  l)r.  Ilall  ^ave  all 
tlie  instruction  in  pliy.sics.  In  tliis  tinu-  atjtlition.s  wore 
lieinjj;  made  to  the  a{>]iaratus.  After  I)r.  Crew  came,  rooms 
were  Htte<l  up  for  laboratory  work,  where  stu«ient.s  worked 
uiuler  his  direrlion.  Tin-  proniinence  of  electricity  in  the 
practical  worhl  nuide  its  study  poj>ular,  the  range  of  elec- 
tives  was  at  the  same  time  widiiied,  and  graduate  students 
have  since  done  a  creditahle  amount  of  original  work. 

I*rofi?ssor  J.  Rendel  Harris  was  away  during  this  college 
year,  having  received  leave  of  absence  for  jturposes  of  study 
and  research  in  tlie  Kast.  His  elass-work  was  divided 
between  Pn)fessors  Thomas  and  Rogers. 

While  away  I'rofessor  Harris  kipt  in  touch  with  colKge 
aft'airs,  as  is  evinced  by  the  letters  that  appeared  in  the  col- 
lege paper.  On  his  return,  in  the  autumn  of  I  sS'.i,  he  brought 
with  him  tin-  valuable  collection  of  Kthiopic,8yriac,  Arabic, 
Hebrew  antl  Armenian  nuinnscrij>ts,  about  forty  in  number, 
which,  through  his  liberality  and  that  of  Walter  Wood,  of 
the  class  of  '(>7,  were  presented  to  the  college,  and  have  since 
been  arranged  for  exhibition  in  a  glass  case  in  the  library.' 

The  new  class-room  building  was  now  completed,  antl 
umler  the  name  of  ''Chase  Hall  "  was  put  to  innnediate  use 
by  the  Professors  of  (ireek,  Latin,  History  and  English.  It 
not  oidy  gave  these  instructors  supj-rior  aceommodations, 
but  relieved  tlie  pressure  on  the  space  in  Foun«lers'  Hall. 
The  building  is  a  neat  two-story  stone  structure,  and 
stands  Hfty-Hve  yards  from  the  west  end  of  Kounders"  Hall. 
It  contains  two  large  class-rooms  on  each  floor,  furnishe*! 
with  approved  seats,  and  with  hard-wood  inside  linish;  each 
room  has  an  open  fireplace,  and  windows  on  three  sides; 

'  A  ilcM-'riptive  catal«>Kiic  of  ili-  •  \I^^  n|»|icanil  in  No.  ■i  of  "  llaverfurd 
Colleco  Stiidie«." 


566 


IflSTORY    OF    HAVERl-'OKD    COLLEGE. 


thus  the  best  effects  of  light  and  ventilation  are  secured. 
The  expense,  including  heating,  furnishing  and  grading, 
amounting  to  about  80,500,  was  met  by  contributions  from 
interested  friends.  Arrangements  were  made  at  this  time 
for  heating  the  library  with  exhaust  steam  from  the  machine- 
shop. 

The  plan  of  renting  the  farm  outright  had  been  followed 
for  many  years.     On  4th  month  1st,  18S8,  the  college  again 


CHAM.    IIAI.I.. 

took  charge  of  the  farm,  and  the  results  have  since  been  so 
satisfactory  in  the  way  of  better  profits  and  improved  service 
as  to  prove  the  wisdom  of  the  change. 

The  strengthening  of  the  Faculty  resulted  in  creating  a 
demand  for  furtlier  instruction  from  graduates  wlio  wished 
to  qualify  themselves  for  their  special  work  in  afti'r-life  by 
taking  another  year  of  advanced  study.     Announcement  was 


I 


rir.vsK  HAi  I.  AMI  wt»ui»>ii>i:  i  ()tta«;i:.  'A\{) 

theri'loit'  iiiinl*'  that  ^^'raduutrs  ot  liavfitoni  an«l  other  col- 
leges ami  scii'iititic  siliools  of  j;ood  staiuliiig,  wouKl  bt*  atl- 
iiiitttHj  as  caiulichitt's  for  the  degree  of  A.M.,  after  one  year's 
stiuly  in  residence,  on  presenting  tlio  necessary  evidences  of 
character  antl  (jiialitication.  The  terms  for  such  graduate 
students  was  ti.xcd  at  $.MK)  for  hoanl  aiiid  tuition  and  SUM) 
for  tuition  aK)ne.  It  was  ludicved  tliat  the  presence  of  such 
students  woultl  benefit  tlie  college  at  larg<'  and  bean  encour- 
agement and  stimulus  to  the  l'a<iilty.  The  iiuHlern  jdan  of 
specializing  instruction  results  in  allowing  Professors  more 
time  for  independent  study,  in  which  the  company  of  ad- 
vanced students  has  proved  beneficial  to  both.  Kor  the  first 
time  three  of  these  graduate  students  now  entered  the  col- 
lege— all  members  of  the  class  of  '8S.  ( )nc  of  these  took 
atlvanced  w«>rk  in  .Vstronomy,  one  in  Mathematics  and  one 
in  Chemistry.' 

It  nuiy  be  well  to  notice  here  the  esial»li-hnienl  of  Fi'llow- 
ships  for  Friends'  colleges,  which  was  announced  at  this 
time,  although  the  Fellows  did  not  enter  until  the  following 
year.  Funds  were  given  to  the  college  which  enabled  it  to 
otl'er  a  Fellowship  valued  at  .^300,  open  to  competition,  to 
each  of  the  leading  Friends'  colleges,  Ilaverford,  Karlham 
(Indiana),  I*enn  (Iowa)  antl  Wilmington  (Uhio).  In  the 
short  time  this  .system  has  been  in  operation  the  results  have 
been  encouraging,  as  it  has  brought  to  the  college  a  number 
of  meritorious  students  of  mature  years  and  ripe  scholarship. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  i)lan  imiy  yet  l>e  placed,  through 
a  liberal  endowment,  upon  a  permanent  foundation. 

The  institution  of  "ruts"  at  this  tinie  will  be  a  revelation 

1  111'  <  nlal<n;iio  I'T  !"»'':•  '.")  ri'|H>rt-«  mxIi-vii  Kr«<liiiitt>  ••(iiiirnlo,  ami  lur  I'^'.'^t 

'.'1,  (wclrc  HiK'h  •tiuticnt*.     AiiioiiK  ihi-se  wrrr  Kniiiiiateii  of  llarvmrri,  (°<>rnell, 

\Ve!«leyan,  l-jirlhnm,  I'rnn  and  Wilminxlon  coIIvkp*,  I  miiin  oiirown  gniiiiialeA. 


570  HISTORY    OF    HAVER  FORD    COLLEGE. 

to  tlie  men  of  early  <lavs,  when  nothing  but  death  or  tlie 
dentist  was  sufficient  excuse  for  absence.  "  Cuts"  are  allowed 
absences  from  college  appointments,  which  are  permitted 
without  requiring  special  excuses.  The  privilege  extends 
only  to  the  two  upper  classes.  Seniors  have  fifteen  and 
Juniors  nine  "cuts"  from  evening  collection  per  quarter, 
and  members  of  each  class  have  five  "cuts"  from  recitations 
per  quarter,  no  two  of  which  are  on  the  same  subject.  Ab- 
sences due  to  sickness  or  other  necessary  causes  are  not 
included  in  the  "cuts." 

The  running  track  in  the  old  orchard  was  now  completed, 
and  preparations  were  made  for  an  opening  meeting.  This 
was  celebrated  11th  month  7th,  1888,  in  the  presence  of  a 
good  audience  of  enthusiastic  friends.  The  second  meeting 
on  otli  month  11th,  of  the  following  year,  was  somewhat 
more  successful,  as  the  day  was  favorable  and  the  track  in 
excellent  condition.     The  events  were  as  follows: 

100-yards  dash.  Running  high  jump. 

220-yards  dash.  Running  broad  jump. 

440-yards  dash.  Standing  broad  jump. 

One-mile  walk.  Tug-of-war. 

Half-mile  bicycle.  Putting  the  shot. 

One-mile  run.  Throwing  the  cricket  ball. 

Half-mile  run.  Throwing  the  hammer. 

These  sports  and  those  held  since  have  been  conducted 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Athletic  Association  of  the  college, 
and  although  they  occupy  a  very  small  part  in  the  great 
athletic  world  that  constantly  toils  and  strains  around  Phila- 
del[)hia,  and  the  college  cannot  claim  to  have  made  any 
phenomenal  records,  yet  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  training 
necessary  to  prepare  for  these  public  exhibitions,  if  judi- 
ciously conducted,  should  be  beneficial  to  the  students.      If 


CHASi:    IIAI.I.    ANH    \VnnI)SlI)i:    COTTACK.  "iT  1 

the  results  o(  tliest*  coin|Htitions  liuve  not  beeu  all  tliat 
anient  y<»utli  wouitl  like  to  see,  the  critieal  "«»M  luiys"  have 
little  <louht  that  the  crop  has  been  fully  as  ^(umI  as  [\n-  siimI 
sown  and  care  taken  gavf  warrant  to  rxpect. 

Tl»e  class  of  'S8  published  a  class-book,  whicli  appeared  a 
few  months  after  their  graduation.  It  was  produce*!  in  very 
tasteful  form,  and  contained  the  usual  variety  of  class  exer- 
cises and  statistics,  ami  tin-  baccalaureate  juMress  of  Presi- 
dent Siiarpless.  It  was  intended  primarily  for  themenil)ers 
of  'SS,  but  was  interesting  to  all  who  wrn-  in  the  college  at 
that  time,  and  especially  so  to  the  class  of  '8t>,  who  were  dis- 
satisfied witii  the  account  the  '8S  historian  gave  of  several 
class  contests.  The  only  reme<ly  was  to  issue  their  own 
narrative  of  these  historical  events;  so  we  find  that  'SJJ  has 
followed  the  example  of  their  not  less  brilliant  predecessors, 
and  |»ut  forth  after  their  graduation  a  volume, as  solxT-look- 
ing  without  as  ''  I'aley's  Evidenci's,''  but  within — full  of  illus- 
trations of  sporting  groups  and  lively  pei-sonalities. 

The  Cleveland-Harrison  campaign  of  ISSS  did  not  pass 
unnoticed.  A  veracious  reporter  states  that  one  evening  the 
campaign  club  of  sixty  were  taken  in  a  special  train  to  West 
Chester  at  the  expense  of  the  Kepublican  party,  where  they 
weregiven  an  honored  place  in  the  pro«ession.  Afterward  a 
"  l)Ountiful  supj>erwas  tendered  them."  It  is  fair  to  assume 
that  this  "tender"'  was  accepted.  The  next  night  they 
nutrched  again.  The  recitiitions  this  week  were  fortunately 
not  attended  by  visiting  Managei-s,  otherwise  they  niigiit 
have  rej)orted  the  state  of  life  in  the  class-room  as  "  torpid." 
To  the  nniture  ilaverfordian  these  )»arades  seem  entirely 
"Ut  of  place  and  superfiuous,  but  the  immature  "condisci- 
pulus"  would  remark  that  only  one  chance  come«  in  a 
<  oljege  course,  and  that  mnst  I>e  improve*!. 


572  IIISTOKY    OF    IIAVElfFORD    COLLEGE. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1.S89  it  was  announced  that  the  col- 
lege was  about  to  issue  a  publication,  to  be  known  as  "  Haver- 
ford  College  Studies'' — to  contain  original  work  by  members 
of  the  Faculty  in  their  special  departments.  The  first 
number  appeared  a  short  time  before  Commencement  and 
contained  1G2  octavo  pages.  It  was  not  expected  that  any- 
thing cliea})  or  merely  popular  would  find  place  in  these 
"Studies,"  and  this  expectation  has  been  fully  realized  in 
the  contents  of  the  different  numbers,  which  have  appeared 
at  intervals  as  material  lias  accumulated.  The  articles  by 
Professor  J.  Rendel  Harris,  on  subjects  connected  with  his 
travels  in  the  East,  have  interested  many,  and  the  mathe- 
matical and  astronomical  contributions  have  elicited  favor- 
able notices  from  high  authorities,  and  brought  the  college 
into  communication  witli  many  kindred  institutions. 

The  changes  in  the  constitution  of  The  Haverfordian 
editorial  board  not  having  proved  entirely  satisfactory,  a 
new  plan  went  into  effect  in  the  spring  of  1889.  This  con- 
sisted in  having  a  competition  among  those  desirous  for  one 
member  from  each  class  and  one  of  the  Faculty.  The 
scheme  guaranteed  a  certain  amount  of  literary  ability,  and 
as  the  fortunate  candidates  were  excused  from  theme  work 
in  the  department  of  English,  there  was  something  to  com- 
pensate them  for  the  time  which  their  editorial  duties  must 
undoubtedly  occupy. 

The  Junior  exercises  of  the  class  of  '90,  on  the  evening  of 
4th  month  11th,  deserve  notice  on  account  of  the  tasteful 
decorations  of  the  liall.  Flowers  and  plants  were  banked 
at  the  ends  of  the  platform,  and  the  walls  were  hung  with 
flags  and  banners.  The  grounds  outside  were  made  brilliant 
with  Chinese  lanterns.  The  3''oung  lady  friends  of  tlie  class 
took  an  active  interest  in  this  work, and  much  of  the  artistic 
success  of  the  evening  was  due  to  their  taste  and  skill. 


(MASK    HAI.I.    ANI»    WonDSlDK    CuTTAiiK. 


r,73 


It  now  became  eviilent  that  increased  acconinioclaliuns 
for  students  would  be  neode<l  at  tbe  opening  of  tlie  following 
term.  Steps  wen-  tlieretore  taken  to  atla|>t  tlu-  dwelling 
formerly  occupied  l)y  Tresident  Chase,  an<l  afterward  by 
Professor  Harris,  for  such  occupation,  and  the  year  lss!»- 
t'O  opened  with  thirteen  students  in  the  house,  which 
has    since   become   known    as    "  \\'oo<lside   Cottage."       In 


A    ~1  I    I'l   N  I    -    K""  'M    IN    i;  \l;'    1    \  1     II  \1  I 


many  ways  the  large,  old-fashioned  rooms  are  su|)erior  to 
those  in  Barclay  Hall,  and  the  (|uiet,  retire«l  situation  of 
the  cottage,  away  from  the  noise  and  bustle  of  the  other 
buildings,  is  a  decided  attraction  to  men  of  studious  habits. 
Meals  are  served  here,  so  that  the  idea  of  family  life  is  quite 
completely  carried  out. 

In  consideration  of  some  differences  between  the  (juahty 


574  HISTORY   OK    HAVKItFOKD    COLLEGE. 

of  rooms  at  Woodside  and  Barclay  Hall  and  the  distance 
from  class-rooms,  the  college  authorities  adopted  a  reduced 
scale  of  prices  for  Woodside  Cottage.  The  success  of  this 
cottage  plan  renders  it  probable  that  the  advantages  of  such 
a  system  of  providing  for  an  increased  attendance  will  be 
seriously  considered  before  any  more  large  halls  of  the  type 
of  Barclay  are  erected. 

The  class  of  'S9  celebrated  Class  Day  with  appropriate 
ceremonies  three  days  before  Commencement,  when  they 
presented  to  the  college  a  silver  cup,  to  be  competed  for 
annually  and  awarded  to  the  class  winning  the  greatest 
number  of  points  at  the  annual  sports  of  the  College  Ath- 
letic Association.  In  this  way  the  graduating  class  left  a 
lasting  memorial  of  their  interest  in  athletics  and  marked 
the  passing  of  a  year  in  which  the  cricket  team,  under  the 
coaching  of  the  new  professional.  Woodcock,  had  been  un- 
usually successful,  and  when,  in  other  sports  as  well,  the 
college  had  made  an  honorable  record. 

Under  the  guidance  of  a  young  and  energetic  President, 
supported  by  the  confidence  of  Managers  and  students,  sur- 
rounded by  a  loyal  Faculty  of  superior  attainments,  Haver- 
fordians,  both  in  the  larger  Avorld  without  and  from  the 
little  world  within,  looked  forward  with  confidence  to  the 
opening  of  the  next  year.  Their  expectations  were  realized 
when  111  students  entered  their  names  on  the  roll — a 
larger  attendance  than  ever  before — with  a  Freshman  Class 
of  thirty-two  members,  unusually  well  prepared,  in  con- 
formity witli  the  advanced  re([uirements  adopted  two  years 
before,  and  now  put  into  elTect  for  the  first  time. 

Professor  J.  liendel  Harris  returned  to  his  work,  after  a 
year  spent  in  research  in  the  East.  Dr.  McMurrich  and 
Professor  Rogers  withdrew  from  the  Faculty,  the  former  to 


CHASE    HAI  I.    AM>    WoODslDK    (n'n"A<iK.  0<.> 

accept  a  position  in  anotluT  institutidn,  juul  llu'  latter  to 
tlevote  himself  to  special  studies.  1  'r  W  .  >  1  lull,  a  jj:ra<luate 
of  Northwestern  Inivfi-sity  an«l  ("hica^'o  MiMlira!  College, 
assumetl  charge  of  the  biological  work  anil  also  of  the 
physical  training  of  the  stmlents.  Professor  Morley  became 
full  I'rofessor  of  Mathematics,  and  President  Sharjdess 
appeared  in  the  Catalogue  for  the  first  time  as  I'rofessor  of 
Kthics. 

The  work  of  the  year  thus  auspiciously  begun  progressed 
without  special  incident.  The  annual  cane-rush,  betwi-en 
the  members  of  the  Hophomore  and  Fresh num  classes,  was 
al>olished,  as  tiie  <langers  of  such  rough-and-tumble  con- 
tests were  too  manifest  to  commend  tlitin  (••  the  judgment 
of  the  authorities,  and  ellorts  were  made  to  divert  the 
exuberant  spirits  of  the  rival  classmen  into  other  channels. 
The  cricket-shed,  having  j>roved  its  usefulness,  was  fitted 
up  with  new  padding,  and  the  first  weeks  of  practice  were 
devoted  almost  entirely  to  the  new  men.  Tli>  JIavoj'onllau 
reports  outdoor  cricket  practice  in  March. 

In  the  autunni  Professor  Harris  moved  into  his  new- 
house  on  College  Lane,  where,  surrounded  by  some  2,5(>> 
volumes,  he  breathed  the  still  air  of  delightful  study  as 
truly  lus  in  other  «lays  on  the  banks  of  the  Cam.  It  was 
also  due  to  his  etlorts  that  the  necessary  funds  were  received 
this  winter  to  purchase  the  Haur  Library  of  some  7,000 
volumes,  described  in  this  W(»rk  elsewhere  by  Professor 
Thonnis,  the  librarian  of  the  college.  Professor  Harris  also 
presented  to  the  college  a  cast  of  an  inscription  from  one  of 
the  pillars  that  separated  the  court  of  the  (Jentiles  from 
the  sanctuary,  in  the  Temple,  at  Jerusalem.  These  inscrip- 
tions are  mmtioned  thn-e  times  by  .lo.sephus. 

Till    (Villi. Is  of  the  college  noticed  with  satisfacfinn   ;iii.l 


576  HISTORY    OF    JIAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

the  students  witli  an  interest  not  unmixed  with  concern, 
that  facilities  were  being  provided  for  more  efficient  instruc- 
tion. Valuable  additions  were  made  to  the  Physical  Labora- 
tory in  the  Department  of  Electricity  and  Mechanics.  A 
Mechanical  Laboratory  was  erected  near  the  old  carpenter 
shop.  The  lower  floor  was  divided  into  two  principal 
rooms,  one  for  iron-working  tools  exclusively.  In  the 
second  storv  are  two  large  rooms,  one  for  wood-Avorking  and 
the  other  for  draughting. 

At  the  spring  sports  of  the  Athletic  Association,  in  the 
5th  month  of  ISOO,  seven  college  records  were  broken  and 
the  silver  cup  was  presented  to  the  class  of  '93  for  winning 
the  most  points  in  the  contest.  The  alumni  prize  com- 
petition in  oratory,  at  the  end  of  the  same  month,  was 
opened  for  the  first  time  to  public  attendance,  and  invita- 
tions were  sent  out  to  the  friends  of  the  college  to  lend  the 
encouragement  of  their  presence  to  the  young  orators. 
The  year  closed,  under  brilliant  circumstances,  on  6th 
month  21st.  Class  Day  was  celebrated  ;  the  Seniors  enter- 
tained their  friends  at  a  "  spread,"  in  the  old  gymnasium, 
followed  by  literary  exercises  in  Alumni  Hall,  which  was 
finely  decorated  for  the  occasion.  The  next  day  the  alumni 
turned  out  in  larger  numbers  than  usual  to  their  annual 
meeting,  attracted  by  the  cricket  match  between  the  college 
and  their  old  antagonists—"  The  University." 

It  proved  to  be  a  great  day  for  Haverford  ;  for  the  first 
time  in  six  years  the  University  was  beaten  at  cricket,  and 
Haverford  had  done  it.  The  features  of  the  game  were  the 
stand  made  by  Burr  and  Muir  at  the  bat,  and  the  remark- 
able bowling  of  H.  L.  Baily.  In  the  evening  Edward  P. 
Allinson  (1S74)  delivered  the  annual  address,  before  the 
Alumni  Association,  on  "The  Duty  of  College  Alumni  in 


iyA(rH-L  a^^     On  a 


CuliL^ 


CHASK    HAI.L    AND    W(H»I)SII)K    H>TTA<.K.  •»<< 

I'olitital  Life,"  aiul  tlio  ilass  of  's?  lieM  a  reunion.  Tlie 
olil  boys  wcri',  liowevtT,  soon  j^hul  to  rejoin  tlitir  younger 
brethren,  who  ilunced  joyously  around  two  liujjt*  bonfires. 
Rockets,  Konian  candles  and  cannon  crackers  were  exploded, 
and  tlif  (ilee  Club  exerci.sed  their  talents  as  never  before. 
The  chronicler  of  the  <lay  waxes  elo<iuent  in  this  fashion  : 

"Such  events  as  this  celebration  are  the  .sort  of  things 
that  stir  one's  heart  and  make  one's  blood  How  more  (|uiekly, 
when  one  thinks  of  them  in  after-years.  They  an  the  sort 
that  bin<l  us  more  closely  together  in»w  and  make  us  forget 
all  the  petty  details  of  college  life,  swallow  up  cla.ss  dis- 
tinctions, ancl  all  that,  in  one  great  love  for  old  Haverford.'' 

At  Commencement,  next  tlay,  twenty-three  Seniors  and 
fourteen  graduate  students  received  their  degrees.  ilif 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  was  also  awarde*!  (for  the 
tirst  time  by  Haverford),  after  examination,  to  Robert  W. 
Rogers. 

President  Sharplcss  l>rie(ly  reviewed  the  events  of  the 
year,  an«l  presented  John  H.  (iarrett,  one  of  the  Hoard  of 
Managers,  an  alumnus  of  the  cla.ss  of  '.'»1.  wh<»  had  br»n 
ap|>ointed  to  act  as  President  pro  tern,  of  the  college  during 
President  Sharpless"  anticipated  year  of  absence  in  Kurope, 
aind  who  now  delivered  the  farewell  address  to  the  gradu- 
ating class. 

With  this  year  closes  our  narrative  of  college  events  ;  but 
we  have  still  to  take  up  the  broken  threads  of  two  of  our 
themes — the  .Mumni  and  Athletics — and  bring  them  down 
to  the  present  date. 

On  |>receding  pagt-s  have  l)een  recorded  details  respecting 

the  formation  of  the  Alumni  A.s.«K)ciation  of  the  college,  its 

useful  work  in  building  Alumni  Hall  and  the  Library,  in 

creating  the  Library  fund,  in  otTering  a  prize  for  the  best 

37 


578  HISTORY    OF    HAVEUrOKD    COLLEGE. 

essay  on  Arbitration,  and  in  arranging  for  and  carrying 
through  successful  completion  the  anniversary  celebration 
of  1883. 

The  work  of  this  excellent  organization  has  gone  on 
steadily  from  tlie  very  first.  The  modest  meetings  before 
and  during  the  war,  when  the  members  sometimes  drove 
out  from  the  city  in  omnibuses,  or  had  to  make  special 
arrangements  with  the  railroad  authorities  for  trains  to  stop 
for  tlieir  accommodation,  developed  shortly  after  the  war 
into  gatherings  of  about  thirty  former  students. 

In  the  late  "  sixties "  a  few  members,  who  cherished 
affectionate  memories  of  their  cricketing  days,  came  out 
quite  regularly  for  several  years  in  time  to  play  a  game 
with  the  college  eleven,  before  the  business  meeting  in 
Alumni  Hall,  which  was  followed  by  the  public  oration, 
delivered  for  several  years  at  3.30  p.m.  In  1800  the  first 
public  meeting  was  held  in  the  evening,  and  this  custom 
has  continued  ever  since.  Match  games  of  any  kind 
between  the  alumni  and  undergraduates  have  only  taken 
place  at  irregular  intervals  for  many  years  past,  and  these 
contests  have  not  always  been  fixed  for  Alumni  Da}'. 

The  prize  offered  by  the  association  to  undergraduates 
for  excellence  in  composition  and  oratory  was  established, 
as  we  have  stated,  in  1875,  and  first  awarded  in  the  follow- 
ing year.  For  a  gold  medal  only,  has  been  substituted  the 
option  of  a  gold  medal  of  the  value  of  $50,  or  a  bronze 
medal  and  books,  of  equal  value.  This  prize  has  been 
given  annually  ever  since,  on  the  award  of  judges  appointed 
by  the  Prize  Committee.  These  judges  were  at  first  selected 
from  among  the  members  of  the  association,  who  heard  the 
contestants  privately. 

The  successful  competitors  in  187G,  77  and  '78  afterward 


t'll.\>l      II  \M      AM>    Uiii>|>-ll»l     (OTIAi.i:.  ."»79 

ilelivereil  their  j»n/A-  orulions  dh  tlu-  LViuinj;  ol  llie  public 
meeting,  belore  the  reguhir  uhimiii  onition.  In  later  years 
the  judges  liave  been  selectetl  from  among  the  alumni  of 
otluT  colleges,  and  have  eml)race<l  imn  |>niiniiu'iit  in  pn». 
fessional  careers,  familiar  with  tlu-  metlwuls  of  oratorical 
training  and  the  practice  of  oratory  in  public  life.  The 
contests  have  been  in  public,  at  meetings  held  especially  for 
the  purpose,  at  the  conclusion  of  which  the  ju<lges  have 
usually  retired  and  aimouiRriJ  their  decision  before  the 
a<ljournment  of  the  nie»ting. 

In  1881,  the  association,  by  resolution,  abolished  its 
separate  charge  for  the  annual  supi>er  (thereby  doing  much 
to  alleviate  the  miseries  of  the  treasurer's  office)  and  hos- 
pitably opened  tin-  doors  of  the  dining-room  to  all  old 
students,  membei's  of  tlu-  Faculty,  their  families  ami  the 
cricket  eleven. 

In  1SS4  members  were  invited  to  bring  ladies  with  them, 
whose  attendance  has  since  added  brightness  and  success  to 
Alumni  Day.  This  year  al.so  witnessed  the  abandon- 
ment of  the  old  plan  of  sitting  arouml  the  long  tables  and 
after-dinner  speaking:  and  instead,  refreshments  have  been 
served  from  a  central  table,  to  small  groups,  seated  in  the 
dining-room  or  on  the  old  porch  of  Founders'  Hall.  There 
has  been  consideralde  variation  in  the  time  of  Iiolding  the 
annual  meetings  of  the  association,  due  to  efforts  to  ascer- 
tain what  season  of  the  year  would  attract  the  largest 
attendance.  From  18r»I>  to  1801  the  meetings  were  hehl  in 
summer;  from  1802  to  187*2,  in  the  autumn;  from  1873  to 
1882.  in  summer;  from  1883  to  18.S5,  in  the  autumn,  and 
since  188.'»  they  have  been  held  on  the  day  before  Com- 
mencement. Each  season  has  .some  advantages  peculiar  to 
itself,  but  the  summer  meetings  have  proved  to  be  the  most 


580  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

successful.  In  188G  the  use  of  proxies  was  first  adopted  in 
the  election  of  officers,  and  absent  members  have  appar- 
ently been  glad  to  accept  this  means  of  keeping  in  touch 
with  the  life  of  the  association. 

For  several  years  some  of  tlie  members  had  wished  for 
meetings  of  a  different  character  from  those  held  at  the 
college.  It  was  felt  that  a  large  attendance  could  be 
attracted  to  a  formal  dinner  held  in  the  city  during  the 
winter,  especially  if  followed  by  good  speaking,  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  in  1887  to  consider  this  subject,  witli 
power  to  act.  A  meeting  was  held  under  their  auspices 
2d  month  20th,  1888,  at  the  Union  League  Club  House, 
Philadelphia,  when  about  125  members  sat  down  to  a  course 
dinner,  Charles  Roberts,  President  of  the  association,  pre- 
siding. The  speakers  were :  President  Sharpless,  ex-Presi- 
dent Thomas  Chase,  Professor  J.  Rendel  Harris,  James 
Wood,  Dr.  James  J.  Levick,  Dr.  James  Tyson,  Dr.  AVni.  H. 
Pancoast  and  Professor  A.  M.  Elliott. 

The  second  midwinter  meeting  was  held  2d  month 
15th,  1889,  at  St.  George's  Hall,  Philadelphia.  Dr.  James 
J.  Levick  presided,  and  about  125  members  attended.  Ad- 
dresses were  made  by  President  Sharpless,  Professor  Clement 
L.  Smith,  Richard  M.  Jones,  Wm.  S.  Hilles,  Joseph  Par- 
rish  and  Wm.  D.  Lewis,  while  poems  were  read  by  Dr. 
Henry  Hartshorne  and  Dr.  Thomas  Wistar. 

The  third  meeting  of  what  now  promises  to  be  a  regular 
series  of  winter  reunions  was  held  2d  month  21st,  1800,  at 
Boldt's  Restaurant,  in  the  Bullitt  Building,  Philadelphia. 
Although  a  smaller  number  attended  than  at  the  two 
previous  meetings,  the  occasion  was  greatly  enjoyed.  After 
President  Sharpless  had  made  his  usual  report  of  progress, 
speeches  were  made  by  Charles  A\'ood,  Howard   Comfort, 


<   IIA^K    IIAI  I.     AM>    WtMil.slM      (UlTAi.i:.  .'SI 

i'n)ltss()r  K.  li.  ( Juiuiiuir,  Ktlwanl  1*.  Allini«oii,  James  Kinlen 
ami  Howell  S.  Kiighiiul.  These  ineetinjjs  serve  a  useful 
purpose  in  suppleinentinj;  the  other  work  of  this  associa- 
tion, which  has  already  »l<»ne  so  much  fur  the  college,  ami 
as  the  membership  j;rows,  from  ahout  live  huinlir.l,  its 
present  tij;ure,  tlu"  or^'ani/ation  will  still  further  strentjthen 
the  interest  of  oUl  stutlents  in  the  w«»rk  ami  development 
of  tiie  institution. 


Durini;  the  last  decade  several  sports  other  than  cricket 
iiave  found  a  place  in  the  outdoor  life  of  the  liaverford 
student.  Amonjx  these  Rughy  football  is  by  far  the  most 
im|)ortant.  An  article  which  aj>pt'ars  in  TJic  Gem  of  1878 
nnirks  its  introduction.  It  tells  us  that  "  the  football  has 
at  last  been  revived,  after  a  long  tlelay."  It  pictures  to  us 
the  condition  of  the  sport,  which  appears  to  have  been  iden- 
tical with  that  in  1S43,  already  described  ;  and.  liiially,  it 
presents  and  discusses  the  two  codes  of  rub's — the  Rugby 
Union  and  A.ssociation's  —  concluding  with  the  words: 
**  Unle.«<s  .some  rules  are  nuide  and  followed  strictly,  we  can 
never  expect  to  attain  to  any  degree  of  skill  and  knowledge 
in  the  nol)le  game  of  football," 

On  11th  month  liHh,  1870,  was  played  at  liaverford  the 
first  match  of  Rugby  football.  liaverford  Xi  and  Univer- 
sity of  Penn.sylvania  'S-'J  were  the  contestant.^.  The  game 
ended  in  a  draw,  and  TTie  Uaitrfordinn  comment.'^  u\*o}\  it 
thus:  "It  was  foretold  that  the  College  lK)ys  would  stand 
no  show  against  the  practised  University  men.  ...  To 
have  a  ball  is  the  limit  (»ur  game  readies,  .  .  .  and  our 
practice  amounts  to  nothing.  The  game  was  played 

according  to  Rugby  rules,  and  for  the  aid  of  the  uninitiated 


582  HISTORY    OF    HAVEMFORr)    COLLEGE. 

we  would  say  .  .  .  that  the  chief  points  of  this  game  are 
running  with  the  ball  and  passing  it  from  one  to  another, 
to  avoid  the  men  of  the  opposite  side."  The  modern  foot- 
ball player  will  read  of  these  "  chief  points  "  with  amuse- 
ment, as  he  reincinl^ers  his  own  ]iar<l  tackles  and  the  man 
he  could  not  block. 

A  month  later  the  college  team  faced  Swarthmore  and 
taught  them  the  supremacy  of  Haverford.  The  following 
composed  the  team:  Rhodes,  '83,  Brinton,  '81,  M.  D.  Cor- 
bit,'82,  Briggs,  'S3,  A.  Corbit,'80,  rushers;  Mason, 'SO,  Price, 
Tyson,  half-backs  ;  Randolph,  '82,  Thomas,  '83,  full-backs. 
It  is  noteworthy  that  a  Freshman  (Rhodes,  '83)  was  captain. 

In  the  autumn  of  1880  Lacrosse  made  its  appearance,  but 
Avas  soon  crowded  out  by  football.  Only  one  football  match 
was,  however,  played  ;  the  class  of  'S3  playing  again  with 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  '83,  and  this  time  success- 
fully. In  1881  football  gained  a  stronger  hold ;  'S3  was 
rising  into  seniorit}'^,  and  its  influence  was  felt.  Class 
matches  were  played  ;  The  Haverjordian  devotes  an  editorial 
to  the  sport,  wherein  the  idea  of  regular  college  matches 
is  entertained.  It  was  also  in  this  autumn  that  the  Fresh- 
men inaugurated  the  practice  of  playing  against  the  Phila- 
delphia schools — a  custom  since  maintained  with  beneficial 
results. 

In  1882  the  Haverford  and  Swarthmore  Freshmen  tested 
their  relative  strength,  and  Haverford  came  out  ahead. 
This  and  a  class  game  complete  the  list  for  the  year.  An 
editorial  appears  in  The  Haverjordian  urging  strongly  that 
permission  be  granted  to  visit  other  colleges,  and  to  meet 
with  their  teams. 

Swarthmore  and  Haverford  met  again  in  tlie  spring  of 
1883,  and  Haverford  again  won.     The  game  appears  to  be 


(MASK    HAI.I.    AM)    \V«K)I)Sn)K    COTrAiiE.  583 

^'io\s  in«;  rou«;lier ;  for,  while  in  ISTl'  only  une>ul).sliluU-  was 
taken,  in  this  nuitch  three  or  four  on  each  si«ie  were  retire<l 
injured.  Football  ^Mew  vrry  popular  in  that  autumn 
(18.S3);  chiss  and  serul)  nuitches  were  frecjuent.  .Swarth- 
niore  suoeeeded  this  year  in  its  tir-;t  match  by  a  score  of  12 
to  \).  W .  S.  Ililles,  '85,  was  caj)tain  during  this  year,  and 
The  Ilaverfordinit  remarks  tliat  too  much  cannot  be  Siiid  in 
praise  of  his  fine  playing. 

in  18s  1  football  became  established  as  a  college  game. 
Kvery  cla.'is  was  represented  in  the  team,  and  many  were 
the  class  matches  played.  Both  i.ehigh  I'nivei-sity  and 
Swarthmore  were  defeated,  the  coveted  permission  to  play 
away  from  home  being  granted.  W  itii  outside  teams  six 
nuitches  were  playetl,  and  four  won  l»y  llavtrford.  By  the 
tine  kicking  of  M.  T.  Wilson,  '8').  llaverford  was  strength- 
ened during  this  year.  Hard  work  and  a  sturdy  spirit 
brought  the  team  of  l.ssr>  to  victory  over  Lehigh,  by  a  score 
of  24  to  S.  and  <>ver  Swarthmore  l»y  a  .score  of  40  to  Id. 
Six  class  matches  with  outside  teams  were  played  in  that 
autumn,  of  which  liumber  Haverford  won  five.  This  was 
probably  the  most  successful  sea.son  which  Haverford  has  ex- 
perience<l  in  football.  Prominent  among  the  players  of  that 
year  were  A.  C.  Garrett,  '87  (cajttain);  Hacker,  '87;  Sharp, 
'88,  and  Wilson,  '88.  The  Football  Association  was  founded, 
and  by  united  effort  it  has  since  done  much  to  further  the 
gaime.  The  idea  of  a  college  league  was  then  agitated  and 
was  continually  ili.scu-sed  until  tin-  ft.i  iiiMti.tn  ..f  .hh-  for 
the  autumn  of  1891. 

Swarthmore  was  again  defeated  in  1N86,  buttlie  University 
of  Penn.sylvania  and  I>chigh  proved  too  much  for  Haver- 
ford. The  weight  of  tlu'ir  njen  tohl  against  the  light 
Haverford  team.  In  1SS4  the  rush  line  averaged  16.'> 
pounds;  from  that  time  it  has  steadily  increased  in  weight. 


584  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

The  season  of  1887  was  an  unfortunate  one  for  football, 
as  Lehigh,  Lafayette,  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Swarthmore  all  scored  victories.  The  Haverford  team  was 
very  light,  and  this  was  largely  the  cause  of  defeat.  .1.  T. 
Hilles,  '88,  was  the  mainstay  of  the  team. 

In  1888  football  was  rather  more  successful.  Lehigh 
and  Lafayette  had  trained  teams,  worthy  of  their  large 
number  of  students,  but  Haverford  was  able  to  make  a 
strong  fight  with  botli ;  G  to  IG  and  0  to  18  being  the  scores. 
A  very  exciting  game  w^as  the  Swarthmore  match  of  this 
year.  The  teams  were  very  even,  but  when  all  was  over, 
Haverford  was  ahead  by  the  score  of  6  to  0.  The  mag- 
nificent work  of  Goodwin,  '89,  saved  Haverford  from  defeat. 

The  football  season  of  1889  is  noticeable  for  iwo  reasons: 
first,  for  the  splendid  victory  over  Swarthmore,  by  a  score  of 
10  to  4,  in  which  P.  S.  Darlington,  '90,  distinguished  him- 
self; and,  secondly,  for  the  want  of  spirit  with  wliich  other 
teams  were  met.  Lehigh  was  allowed  a  victory  by  a  score 
of  60  to  0;  and  Dickinson — considered  a  weaker  team  than 
Swarthmore — made  28  points  to  Haverford's  none.  The 
space  within  the  track  was  at  this  time  made  into  a  football 
field. 

With  1890,  and  the  graduate  students  of  that  year,  several 
first-rate  football  players  left  the  college.  Those  who  com- 
posed the  team  in  the  Fall  of  that  year  were  for  the  most 
part  men  new  to  the  first  eleven.  They  practised  hard, 
but  were  no  match  for  their  opponents.  Six  defeats  and 
no  victories  is  the  record  for  the  season. 

Baseball  has  not  enjoyed  a  vigorous  life  during  the  last  de- 
cade at  Haverford,  although  a  game  was  [)layed  with  Swarth- 
more in  1882,  and  another  with  Westtown  in  1833.  The 
first  important  match  was  played  against  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1885,  and  Haverford,  though  beaten,  sue- 


ClIASK    IIAI.I.    AM)    NVnOhSIIU:    (OTrAfiK.  585 

ceiMled  in  making  a  rloso  pimc.  The  inttiv.st,  Imwiver, 
incivascil  in  l.SSC,  wIumi  tlu'  Association  was  lountled,  and 
reaclu'd  its  hoi^hl  in  ISST.  wlu-n  Swarthniore  was  twice 
defeated.  A  nunilHT  of  cxcitinii  iiialclies  were  played, 
which  so  stiniuhited  the  interest  in  the  j^aine  tliat  the  pro- 
posal was  actually  made  to  suhstitute  it  for  cricket  in  the 
college.  A  storm  of  opposition  was  arou.se<l.and  the  alumni 
were  moved  to  bestir  themselves  effectually.  Hut  this  dis- 
cussion harmed  haseball.  Stea<lily  has  the  intenst  in  it 
tlecline«l,  and  the  class  of  'UU,  at  first  of  strong  baseball  pro- 
clivities, finally  threw  their  whole  influence  on  the  side  of 
cricket. 

Lawn-tennis  also  has  enjoyed  a  season  of  pupuiarity.  In 
theautunnutf  l^>t>an  association  was  organized  and  a  tour- 
nament hehl  on  the  Merioii  cricket  grounds.  The  interest 
taken  by  the  college  was  very  consideralile,  and  a  .second 
tournament  was  played  in  the  Fall  of  the  next  year.  Less 
interest  was  displayed,  and  the  as.sociation  was  finally  dis- 
banded, to  be  revived  again  in  the  collegiate  year  1n!»0-«»L 
Tennis  will  maintain  its  j)hue:  there  are  many  who  can 
play  neither  football  nor  cricket  ;  these  and  a  few  others  keep 
tennis  alive  at  Haverfonl. 

Li  the  spring  of  InSs  a  running  track  was  laid  out  fur  the 
establishment  and  encouragement  of  athletic sport<.  In  the 
Kail  of  the  year  the  first  meeting  was  held  and  passed  ofl" 
successfully  before  a  good  attendance.  Two  more  meetings 
have  since  been  held,  an<l  the  a.^.^ociation  {trovides  f«»r  one 
each  spring.  The  efforts  of  l>r.  W.  S.  liadl  have  instituted 
a  winter  meeting;  the  interest  taken  is  considerable  and 
may  result  in  the  weakening  of  ba.seball  as  the  early  spring 
8|M)rt 

We  now  return  t<»  the  hi.story  of  Haverford  cricket,  since 
it-  revi  r-e  in  tin-  spring  of  LsilL     Li  that  year  the  Dorians 


586 


HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFOKD    (•<)LLi:(;E. 


were  singularly  unsuccessful.  The  Tniversity  of  Penn- 
sylvania defeated  Haverford,  as  did  also  German  town  and 
Merlon,  by  large  scores.  An  editorial  in  The  Haverfordian 
says:  "We  are  very  sorry  that  the  Dorian  (irst  have  scored 
so  many  defeats  during  the  present  season.  The  long  series 
of  victories  which  the  club  has  experienced  during  the  past 
few  years,  had  created  an  opinion  in  the  college  that  the 
Dorian  was  nearly  invincible," 


VIEW  OX  On.Ll.OE  l.AWN,  NEAK  ol.l'  K.   If.  STATIOX. 

The  Haverfordian  for  5th  month,  1882,  begins  an  editorial 
thus:  "Cricket  at  Haverford  labors  under  many  difficulties, 
and  perhaps  the  greatest  is  the  fact  that  the  cricket  club 
consists  of  only  about  thirty  members.  This  being  the 
case,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  no  member  of  the  Dorian 
will  devote  himself  to  lawn-tennis  or  bicycle  riding. 
.  .  .  We  would  especially  warn  members  against  lawn- 
tennis."     The  first   match    of  the   season  was  against  the 


«  II  \<l      HAM.     VNI'    WoolKSIDi:    COTTAi.K.  587 

I  iii\  i-rsiiy  l>;ir;;t'  <  lul».  I  hivirlunl  sct»n'«|  only  2.')  runs 
in  lior  tinst  turn  at  the  Imt,  ami  was  defuattil  l>y  an  innin*^. 
Tho  reporter  of  the  game  remarks:  "All  that  the  Dorian 
re«|uires  to  brinj^  hrr  up  !<•  hor  fnrnicr  position  an)ong 
rhihuielpliia  ehibs  is  a  littlr  nmn-  piactiee  at  the  hat." 
Youn«;  Anuriea,  Mtrion  and  I'hihulilpliia  took  a  j;ame 
from  Ilaverfonl.  TJic  Huvcrjordlnn  having  stated  tlie  need 
felt  for  a  professional,  appeals  thus  to  the  cricketers: 
'•  I'inally.  hrethnn,  it  is  a  fact,  uhirli  it  were  useless  to 
conceal,  that  our  cricket  is  in  a  very  l)a<l  state  and  that  it 
will  retjuire  a  long  pull,  and  a  strong  pull,  and  a  pull 
all  together,  if  we  are  to  win  back  our  lt)st  laurtN.  'PIhmi 
let  every  man  pull." 

The  prospects  of  a  successful  season  wore  good  in  tin' 
spring  of  1883,  and  Ilavcrford  began  with  a  cre<litable 
victory  over  the  I'niversity  Barge  Club.  The  Merion  and 
(Jirard  clubs,  however,  were  successful  in  rather  one-sided 
games,  but  Harvard  came  down  from  Ca'.nbridge  to  play 
Haverford  for  tin-  tirst  time  and  was  defeated  in  an  intt-r- 
esting  match.  An  overwhelming  victory  for  (Jormantown 
closed  the  sea.-^on. 

In  the  spring  of  1SS4  but  two  important  matcho  \\»rr 
played  l>y  the  tirst  eleven.  In  the  tirst,  which  was  against 
Morion,  Haverford  wa-s  defeated,  but  the  second  resulted  in 
a  most  creditable  victory.  Young  America  was  the  o|)|K)s- 
ing  club,  and  the  batting  of  8.  Hettle,  'So,  is  especially 
worthy  of  notice. 

On  the  nth  of  lOth  month,  I^^7,  llawrford  nut  the 
Tniversity  of  Pennsylvania,  and  wrested  from  their  rival 
the  intercollegiate  prize  cup.  The  latter  team  was  the  first 
at  the  bat  and  scored  seventy-two  run-.  Ilreve  and  Patter- 
son began  for  Haverford,  and  In'tween  tln-m  ptit  up  on  the 
telegraph  forty-six  runs.     The  remain<l«'r  "f  »'"•   t.;.i.,  ^n,-. 


588  HISTOKV    OF    IIAVKKFolJD    CnlA.Er.E. 

ceedod  in  bringing  the  score  to  seventy-tliree — just  one  run 
ahead  of  their  opponents. 

In  the  following  spring  Haverford  won  from  the  Uni- 
versity Barge  Club  and  Merion,  but  lost  to  Young  America 
and  to  Belmont.  On  6th  month  Gth,  came  the  inter- 
collegiate match  with  the  University,  the  result  of  which 
was  a  great  disappointment.  Poor  fielding,  and  that  alone, 
lost  Haverford  the  game.  Two  weeks  later  Haverford  met 
and  easily  vanquished  a  team  from  Harvard  College. 
During  this  year  there  was  probably  at  Haverford  the  best 
batting  team  the  college  has  ever  had.  On  the  eleven  were 
S.  Bettle,  '85,  G.  S.  Patterson,  '88,  W.  Reeve,  '85,  W.  S.  Hilles, 
'85,  and  A.  C.  Garrett,  '87. 

The  season  of  1880  was  a  wet  one,  and  thus  only  two  first 
eleven  matches  were  played.  Merion  defeated  Haverford 
by  a  score  of  159  to  157,  Patterson  contributing  sixty  runs. 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania  also  won  a  ball  from 
Haverford. 

In  the  spring  of  1887  Haverford  sustained  a  series  of 
defeats  at  the  hands  of  Merion,  Young  America,  Philadel- 
phia and  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  A.  C.  Garrett's 
batting  average  in  this  year,  however,  was  the  highest  yet 
attained.  The  same  player  had,  in  the  previous  year,  made 
the  highest  bowling  average  recorded  since  1^77. 

With  the  autumn  of  1887  begins  a  new  period  in  the 
history  of  Haverford  cricket.  A  resident  professional  was 
engaged,  and  systematic  shed  practice  during  the  winter 
months  inaugurated.  At  first  the  effect  was  not  visible;  it 
takes  time  to  develoj)  cricketers.  A  succession  of  defeats 
was  experienced  by  tlie  first  eleven,  counterbalanced  to 
some  extent  by  the  success  of  the  second. 

The  good  effects  of  careful  training  were  shown  in  the 
.cpring  of  1889;  Belmont,  Young  America,  Harvard,  Tioga 


I 


ClIASK    IIAI.I.    ANh    WonDSlItK   ("OTTA<iK.  589 

ami  IJaltiiuore  .siu-cuinUHl  in  siucessioii,  l»ut  tlu'  L'nivfrsity 
of  Pennsylvania,  in  a  game  unsatisfactory  for  several 
reasons.  atl<le«l  another  to  its  list  (if  victories.  The  second 
eleven  also  showed  the  value  of  training;  for  with  ten  n»w 
players  fi)ur  games  were  won  out  of  the  five  played. 

Ilavtrford  cricketers  held  their  own  with  the  local  clubs 
in  the  spring  of  18".K>.  Belmont  and  Tioga  were  easily  de- 
feated, Gernnintown  won  by  only  five  runs  and  Merion  by 
a  goodly  number.  Tlu-  Haverjordian  for  lOth  month,  1.S87, 
while  urging  the  substitution  of  ba.seball  for  cricket  as  the 
college  sport,  luul  said:  "One  of  the  strongest  ambitions 
influencing  Ilaverford  men  is  the  desire  to  place  their 
college  on  an  equality  (in  cricket)  with  the  University.  .  . 
That  Ilaverford  can  ever  expect  to  cope  with  iur  pDUcrful 
rival  .  .  .seems  to  us  beyond  the  bounds  of  possibility." 
And  yet,  on  Alumni  Day,  ISl'O,  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
and  enthusiastic  gathering,  the  Tniversity  of  Penn.sylvania 
was  beaten  by  a  score  of  110  to  74 — two  full  innings  being 
played.  .V  Philadelphia  newspaper,  in  an  account  after 
the  match  the  next  morning,  observed:  "'The  victory  is 
maiidy  due  to  the  magnificent  trundling  of  Paily,  who  was 
at  his  best.  To  say  he  bowled  superbly  is  putting  it  mildly; 
he  surpas.sed  all  records,  capturing  fifteen  wickets  for  the 
loss  of  twenty-nine  runs,  and  most  of  those  clean  bowle<l," 
This  is,  beyond  <loubt,  the  greatest  achievement  of  any 
llaverfonl  cricketer.  At  the  .same  time,  as  Ihe  Hanrjurdinn 
said  in  its  re|»ort:  "Too  much  credit  cannot  be  given  tiie 
team  as  a  whole  for  its  steady  work  throughout  the  game." 
Ilaverford  was  the  first  to  bat  «»n  a  wicket  soft  but  true. 
Patterson  bowled  with  telling  efl'ect,  and  the  inning  closeil 
for  thirty-eiglit  runs.  The  Tniversity  men  were  expectant 
of  a  large  .score,  but  thos<'  who  knew  the  state  of  the  wicket 


590  HISTORY    OF    IIAVEKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

were  more  doubtful.  The  Havcrford  team  took  their  i>hices 
in  the  field,  and  Baily  delivered  the  first  ball  to  Bohlen. 
It  came  in  quickly  from  the  off  and  struck  the  leg  stump. 
Macdonald  was  bowled  the  same  over.  Two  wickets  for  no 
runs.  Patterson  followed  and  made  a  four  hit.  Two  more 
wickets  quickly  fell  without  even  the  addition  of  a  single, 
and  but  three  runs  later,  Piiiterson  was  bowled  by  a  ball 
which  passed  back  of  him  and  knocked  his  leg  stump  out 
of  the  ground.  Half  of  the  team  out  for  seven  runs.  A 
short  stand  by  Thayer  and  Thompson,  and  then  the  inning 
closed  for  twenty-eight  runs,  amid  the  cheers  of  the  numer- 
ous Haverford  supporters.  In  the  second  inning  the 
American  plan  obtained.  Haverford's  first  block  scored 
fifty-three,  and  when  the  University  were  dismissed  for  six 
runs,  hope  ran  high.  Seven  more  runs  for  Haverford,  and 
the  University  had  their  turn.  They  decreased  their  oppo- 
nent's lead  by  twenty-eight  more.  Haverford  added  twelve 
more,  needing  forty-eight  runs  to  win ;  tlie  University  made 
twelve,  and  with  one  of  the  most  remarkable  games  ever 
played  in  Philadelphia,  this  closed  the  season  of  1890. 

The  following  tables  have  been  prepared  as  records  of 
Haverford  cricket.  The  first  is  intended  to  afford  an  idea 
of  the  relative  standing  of  Haverford  and  her  opponents. 
The  words  "  won  "  and  "  lost "  refer  to  the  winning  or  losing 
by  Haverford.  Haverford  has  thus  won  six  games  from 
Belmont  and  has  lost  two. 

Clubs.                           Won.  Lost.  Clubs.                          Won.  Lost. 

Baltimore 3  4         Tioga 2  0 

Belmont 6  2  University  of  Penna.  .    .    8  7 

Germantown         ....    4  5  Young  America    ....    2  7 

Harvard o  1         Miscellaneous 15  7 

Merion 12  10  Second  eleven  games   .    .  2-5  13 

The  following  table  will  show  the  success  which  has  at- 
tended Haverford  cricket  in  the  several  years  : 


(MASK    HAI.I.    AM)    \V<m.DSI1»K    CoTTAOK.  r»l»l 

Wt»n.  lAMil.  Wt»n.  L»wt.  Won.  Ixmt.  \V(»n.  I/<»it. 

isti'j  .  .  1  0  187:.'  .0  1  isso .  .  A  I        iss;  .1        :, 

1SG4  .  .  1  0  1874  .    .  1'  (»  1    l«Kl  .    .  0  4         IHHK  .    .  0         5 

istkJ  .  .  0  *-'  1S75  .    .  1  1  1S82  .1  J         1K89  .    .  '»         1 

1H4J7  .  .  4  0  1S76  .    .  '2  n  lss3  .    .  i'  I         1S90  .    .  4         J 

1S6S  .  .  •_»  0  1S77  .  f.  1  ;    ixM  .  .  :i  •>' 

1S61»  .  .  '2  I  1H7H  .  .{  1  j    1885  .    .  ;{  :i 

1S71  .  .  •_'  0  1H75I  .    .  4  •_'  !»<*<«  <•  •_» 

The  table  below  is  intended  !<»  atl'ord  a  Wa-^is  lor  compar- 
ison between  the  matches  playi-d  during  the  spring  of  '89 
and  '90  and  tliose  played  from  the  autumn  of  'GO  to  tlie 
spring  of '09,  inchisive.  in  so  far  a-  the  scores  of  thr  hitter 
period  have  come  down  to  us.  The  four  columns  on  the 
left-han<l  side  contain  the  averages  for  'r»0-'<)9  ;  the  four  on 
the  right  for  's«J-'90.  The  wides,  byes  and  extras  are  in- 
tended to  be  understood  as  given  by,  and  not  as  received  by, 
either  Ilaverford  or  opponents,  according  to  whi<  h  nann- 
heads  the  column.  I'or  examjile :  in  *()G-'G9  Haverford 
Hrst  eleven  gave  13  extras  per  adversaries'  inning;  in  '89- 
'90,  7i  extras.  Again,  in  'G<i-'r»9,  her  opj>onents'  second 
elevens  gave  Haverford  ^-^  of  all  her  runs  in  the  form  of 
wides,  as  against  ^^  in  '81>-'9(>.  riic  averages  are  only  ap- 
proximately correct.  A  careful  compari.son  of  the  number 
of  men  bowled  with  those  caught  shows  that  it  is  rarer  now 
for  a  man  to  be  bowle<l  than  formerlv. 

-«M-'A9.  ■•<•.•-■".»•. 

ilaTcfforiL         Opfmnrnl*.  Ilarvrfunl.     0|i|Hiiicnu>. 

lit  M  Ul  M  III  2a       IM       ad 

XI  XI  XI.  XI  XI.         XI      M       XI. 

'■ .  '•  11  ^i<lf«  per  inning    .    .          |         i.                 IJ 

i  i  ;'i     Tiitiu  <>r  wi<i»  to  loinl  run*    y}s(^)     t't     iii     it 

A  3J  t  il                hyea  p«'r  inning     .    .           5 

6|  \  iV  I     i      niio  of  \ixv*  to  total  run>»      ,'•  (<•) 

I3frf1  101  17  l.'i      .    .  exifna  fwr  inning  .    .         7' 

ratio  of  exlrma  In  Inial  run*  ' 

1 1 1  1 ;  1  ;  ;  niiw  mnilp  i>cr  wirki  • 

7  6  'J  gnmm  won 


m 

3 

6i 

i ': 

it 

A 

^•. 

A 

H 

.'. 

h 

\ 

*■ 

7« 

3 

592  IIISTUKV    OF    HAVEUFORD    COLLEGE. 

(o)  In  a  game  with  Merion  first,  Haverford  was  presented 
with  48  wides  in  one  inning. 

(6)  This  proves  beyond  disjuite  our  advance  in  bowling, 
wlien  we  remember  that  out  of  every  six  runs  made  by  the 
Dorian's  adversaries  was  a  wide,  wliile  in  '80-'90  only  three 
wides  were  allowed  her  opponents  in  a  total  of  1,320  runs. 

(c)  Our  predecessors'  wicket-keeping  appears  at  first  sight 
to  compare  very  favorably  with  that  of  the  present  day;  but 
it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  they  had  a  backstop,  and  that 
there  is  no  record  of  a  single  man  stumped  in  the  scores  of 
these  three  years. 

(d)  The  Dorian  first,  in  a  game  with  Merion,  gave  them 
41  extras  out  of  a  total  of  86,  and  still  beat  them. 

(e)  This  shows  marked  advance  for  us.  One-third  of  the 
runs  made  by  adversaries  in  the  olden  time  were  extras ; 
now  one-tenth. 

(/)  It  may  be  remarked  here  that  the  opponents  of  the 
old  Dorian — men  who  bowled  11  wides  per  inning — could 
hardly  have  pitched  every  other  ball  on  the  wicket.  Thus, 
l)0wling  being  less  accurate,  the  making  of  runs  became 
easier. 

It  seems  well  to  present  here  the  names  of  those  who  have 
won  the  prizes  for  the  best  bowling  and  batting  on  the 
Haverford  first  eleven  since  1877  : 


(II  \-«K 

II  \ 

II       \  \  !•     Ui 

lloWI.IM.. 

Smam. 

Av'r'itc, 

V.nr 

John  M.  W.  Thoniais  '7S  . 

1.11 

1S77 

Ww.  J. Comfort,  '~s  . 

«.47 

1S7S 

Will.  C  I»wn',  'T'.» 

5.S1 

I.s7l» 

Bond  V.  Thomas,  '<» 

."..78 

ISSO 

Win.  L.  Bailj,  "83 

...31 

I.SM 

Alex.  C.C'niig,'S4  . 

4.30 

iss-j 

Wm.  L.  Bnilj.'sa.    . 

s.OO 

1SS3 

18.^4 

Wm.  S.  Hilles,  'Ko     . 

4.50 

1885 

Alfre.1  ('.  Garrett,  's7 

s.'Jo 

1886 

Ju«<>Iiii  W.  Sharp,  '8s 

7.86 

1.S87 

Harry  P.  B»ily,    '.M) 

5.47 

18.S8 

..        i.        it        .1 

nM 

1889 

(5.50 

1890 

•  iisiiu:   cm  r  \(;i- 
Battixo. 

Nniii.-. 

K.  T.  Comfort,  "7  - 

It   It        11  •■ 

Samuel  M&son,  ''^U 

•I  11         It 

I.  .N.  Wiiuilow,  '>»1 
.'^.  11.  .Sh<»emaker,  '>*3 
\V.  F.  Tru-e.  "si    . 

Samuel  lieltle,  '85 

It  II         It 

G.  S.  Patterson,  'ss 
A.  C.  Garrett,  '87 
J.  T.  Ililli-s.  •-- 
1  K.  L.  Martin,  *'.<:: 


C.  H.  l?urr,  Jr..  'M' 


r.o.". 


AvVge 

14 

1"? 
\'2{ 

111 

l"i 
•23 

n 

13 
19i 


'lite  Ibllowinrr  tables  give  the  .stamlinji  ol    iliiveilunl  in 


football : 

Clvrs,                             Won.  Lost. 

I..afayette 0  2 

Ixjhijjh J  3 

Swarthraore 7 


Cldbs.  Won. 

University  of  Penna.  .    .    0 
Mi.Hcellaneous 0 


Lost. 


38 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 

SOCIETIES— COLLEGE   PAPERS— LIBRARY 
AND  MUSEUM  COLLECTIONS. 

Dip  thy  young  brain  in  wise  men's  deep  discourse — 
In  books,  wiiicli,  though  they  breeze  tiiy  wit  awhile, 
Will  knit  thee,  i'  the  end,  with  wisdom. — Cornwall. 

We  present,  in  this  chapter,  a  summary  history  of  the 
various  societies  that  have  supplemented  the  curriculum  in 
affording  intellectual  practice,  and  an  account  of  the  library 
collections  and  instrumental  appliances  for  facilitating 
study,  and  for  purposes  of  illustration. 

The  college  has  never  been  very  liberal  in  its  expenditure 
for  these  purposes,  and  its  considerable  and  growing  pos- 
sessions of  the  kind  are  largely  due  to  special  and  voluntary 
gifts.  The  yearly  outlay  on  the  library  is  almost  limited  to 
the  income  of  the  §10,000  fund,  raised  many  years  ago, 
while  the  "  twin"  college  for  women  expends  the  income  of 
SGO,000.  For  the  increase  of  the  museum  there  is  no  pro- 
vision ;  and  the  amount  spent  on  laboratories  and  gymna- 
sium has  been  of  a  meagre  description.  It  is,  therefore,  matter 
for  congratulation  that  all  of  these  are  as  respectable  as 
they  are,  while  their  present  attainment  leaves  room  for 
the  future  chronicler  to  record  growth  and  improvement 
hereafter. 

The  Loganian  Society. 

This  society,  founded  1st  month  21st,  1834,  continued  in 
active  and  useful  operation  until  the  closing  of  the   school 

(594) 


s«K  iKTiKs.  ryj-f 

in  9th  inuiiili,  1815.  Tin-  Sociriy  was  roorpmizt'd  oth 
month  2'.Hli,  ISlS,  and  at  thi>  nrxt  meeting  tlie  trustees  of 
the  former  Society  transforre<l  the  property  in  their  liands 
to  the  now  Society,  and  the  second  pc'ri()d  in  th«'  lift-  of  the 
Lotjanian  was  comnu-nced  and  continued  until  the  opening 
o(  tlie  college  year  18S9-!>U,  when  the  Athena-um  and 
Kverett  societies  combined,  and  the  old  Logan ian  was 
transformed  into  a  debating  society,  since  carried  on  as  a 
House  of  Commons. 

The  work  of  this  society,  during  all  the  earlier  years  of 
the  career  of  school  ami  college,  was  scarcely  a  less  impor- 
tant factor  in  moulding  the  students'  lives  thati  their  stu«lv 
of  the  college  course  it.self.  Tiieir  analytic  and  synthetic 
faculties  wore  cultivated,  antl  tlnir  minds  stored  with  in- 
formation in  the  latter;  hut  the  Loganian  gave  them  a 
tongue  to  speak,  and  the  expansive  force  of  sympathy,  and 
a  freer  intercourse  with  each  other.  It  gave  them  that 
training  to  neces.-iary  contact  with  the  human  world  around 
them,  so  essential  to  a  useful  career.  It  gave  them  popular 
reading,  and  in  other  ways  supplied  a  needful  relaxati<»n  of 
the  grinding  of  class-room  and  stu<ly-room.  It  introduced 
into  their  intellectual  life  elements  of  ease,  pleasure,  and 
even  fun,  that  were  stimulating  as  an  ellerveseent,  and  yet 
it  all  the  wiiile  maintaine<l  tiie  character  of  seriousness  and 
pur|K)se,  and  largely  aided  in  sha|>ing  the  subse(|uent  tastes 
and  pursuits  of  its  members. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  luh  month  liUh,  1.S18, 
Dr.  Henry  llartshorne,  of  the  class  of  1.S3I>,  an  honorary 
member,  delivered  the  addrc»ss,  entitled  "  Ilaverford  iJe- 
vive«l."  which  has  since becomea  Hnverford  chissic,  wherein 
is  trace<l  the  history  of  the  Ix)ganian  from  its  foundation  to 
that  time.     The  work  of  the  Society  during  the  whole  period 


500  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFOltD    COLLEGE. 

of  its  existence  is  so  interwoven  with  the  life  of  the  college, 
that  a  detailed  account  of  its  career  would  practically  be  a 
repetition  of  much  that  has  been  published  in  former  years, 
or  that  has  already  found  its  proper  place  in  these  annals. 
The  objects  of  the  Society  were  originally  stated  to  be  "  im- 
provement in  composition  and  elocution,  the  investigation 
of  various  scientific  and  literary  subjects,  the  formation  of 
a  museum  and  cabinet  of  natural  history  and  of  a  library." 
How  faithfully  these  objects  were  pursued  and  how  success- 
fully they  were  attained  is  shown  by  the  honorable  history 
of  the  Loganian  during  fifty-six  years. 

The  Collegian  is  a  noble  record  of  industry,  containing 
many  articles  that  would  repay  publication,  from  tlie  pens 
of  such  men  as  Daniel  B.  Smith,  the  Gummeres,  the  Chases 
and  their  associates,  mingled  with  specimens  illustrating 
the  whole  range  of  undergraduate  talent,  in  prose  and  verse. 
From  these  a  patient  investigator  can  gather  interesting 
hints  of  the  history  of  the  past  at  Haverford. 

Through  many  years  the  position  of  Vice-President  of 
the  Loganian  was  the  most  honorable  ])Osition  to  which  a 
Senior  could  be  elected,  carrying  with  it  the  duty  of  deliver- 
ing an  address  at  the  close  of  the  year.  Debates  were  fre- 
quently held,  also  mock  trials  at  long  intervals.  The  dec- 
lamations and  essays  in  the  miscellaneous  meetings,  and 
papers  contributed  to  The  Collegian,  were  fearlessly  criticised 
by  competent  authorities;  at  various  periods  })rizes  were 
offered,  and  each  member  required  to  furnish  a  contribu- 
tion of  original  verse.  The  only  poetry  some  old  Haver- 
fordians  ever  produced  was  manufactured  for  tlicse  oc- 
casions. Under  this  head  may  come  Daniel  B.  Smith's  "Ode 
to  Venus." 

The  minutes  show  great  interest  in  practical  and  scien- 


soriKTiES.  507 

titic  niattti>.  We  tiiul  coniinittt'es  on  tlu*  Carj>eiitrr  Sliu|», 
tlie  (iarden,  Ht)tuny,  ICntomology,  MiiuTulugy,  Mcteoroloj^y, 
the  Arbor,  antl  on  "  Siij»erinten<lence,"  also  a  Curator  and 
Lilirariun.  (Jifts;  of  various  kinds  wtrf  liv«|Uontly  reported, 
and  cabinets  of  natural  curiosities  were  carefully  maintained. 
When  we  notice  that  committees  were  appointed  to  exter- 
minate the  daisies,  to  repair  the  wlu'eibarrow,  to  buy  tan-bark, 
tools  and  manure,  and  to  luiild  a  i)all-alley,  and  compare 
these  trivial  atlairs  with  thr  discussions  re|)orted  on  sonn-  of 
the  profoundest  questions  that  have  perplexed  wise  men  of 
all  ages,  we  can  safely  conclude  that  the  Society  was  capa- 
ide  of  interesting  its  nuiiibtMs  "in  nil  tli.if  i- .iwfnllv  vii<t  or 
elegantly  little." 

The  most  useful  work  n\'  the  Loganian  was  accomplished 
through  its  library.  A  few  carefully  selected  jKriodicals  of 
decided  literary  merit,  like  the  Nnrth  American  Jxcricw  and 
AtUiittic  Montlibj,  were  regularly  taken.  The  income  from 
members'  <lues  furnished  means  to  buy  the  best  new  books 
as  they  apj)eared,  and  to  slowly  increase  the  collection  of 
standard  works  not  already  include«l  in  the  college  library. 
In  this  way  a  library  of  over  2,')(K)  volumes  was  accumulated 
in  the  course  of  fifty  years,  com|>osed  maiidy  of  works  in 
the  departments  of  poetry,  biograpiiy,  history,  travels,  and 
literary  criticism.  Many  old  students  believe  that  this  col- 
lection was  most  potent  in  developing  a  taste  for  goo<l 
literature,  and  laying  the  foundation  for  that  general 
culture  which  has  enabled  llaverford  graduates  to  gain  in 
after-years  a  reputation  as  "  well-read  "  men. 

Caupkntek  Shop  Asscxiatio.n. 
Towartl  the  end  of   1831   the  Loganian  Society  put  up 
its  first  greenliouse  with  a  small  carpenter  shop  attached. 


598  Hi.sTOj;v  of  haverfokd  college. 

Four  years  later  a  larger  conservatory  was  erected,  and  at 
the  same  time  the  stone  structure,  known  in  after-years  as 
the  carpenter  shop,  was  placed  near  the  edge  of  the  woods, 
hard  by  the  gymnasium.  This  shop  was  managed  by 
Directors  elected  b}'  the  Loganian  for  many  years. 

Finally,  about  the  year  1857,  it  was  concluded  that  it  would 
be  best  for  tlie  Society  to  lease  the  shop  and  tools  to  an  asso- 
ciation composed  of  those  interested  in  industrial  work. 
The  lease  so  made  was  renewed  several  times.  Once  it  is 
reported  that  the  Loganian  took  possession  of  the  building 
because  the  association  wanted  to  use  it  as  a  pigeon-house. 
The  shop  has  had  a  varied  history,  with  a  small  member- 
ship, who  at  times  did  much  work,  and  at  others  neglected 
their  functions  entirely.  The  fundamental  ditticulty  seems 
to  have  been  to  prevent  the  tools  from  getting  "  lost,  strayed 
or  stolen.'"  When  the  college  started  its  Engineering  De- 
partment, in  1884,  the  whole  concern  was  presented  to  the 
corporation,  excepting  a  few  dollars  in  cash,  which  were 
divided  among  the  members. 

Penn  Literary  Society. 

From  a  few  old  papers  which  have  been  placed  in  the 
hands  of  the  editor,  a  societj''  of  the  above  name  seems  to 
have  existed  in  1840,  having  among  its  members  Isaac  Col- 
lins, Albanus  Smith,  Robert  P.  Smith,  Robert  Bowne,  Rich- 
ard Folwell,  Frederick  Collins,  Joshua  H.  Morris,  Joseph 
Hollingshead,  Benjamin  Jones  and  Edmund  Rodman. 

These  pa})ers  show  that  the  members  had  recitations  in 
alphabetical  order,  and  held  debates  every  third  meeting 
on  such  live  subjects  of  that  day  as  "  Whether  the  annexa- 
tion of  Texas  to  the  United  States  will  be  of  advantage  to 
this  country ;"  "  Whether  the  war  with  Florida  is  justiH- 


able,"  aiul  tlic  .-till  open  (iiiestion,  "  W'httJKr  the  time 
usually  s|>ent  in  anjuiring  a  knowK-dj^e  of  the  lanj;uages 
couKl  be  more  usefully  spent  in  studying  tlie  natural  sci- 
ences." Two  prizes  were  awanled  eacli  session  for  excel- 
lence in  essay  writing,  and  |)aniel  H.  Smilli  and  William 
Dennis  are  named  as  the  jutlges. 

I)ialogues  were  also  held,  and  lectures  were  sometimes 
given,  as  appeal's  imm  a  letter  sent  by  Isaac  Sharjdess  (not 
the  President  of  later  days),  who  writes  IVom  riiiladelidiia, 
1st  month  llith,  1S41,  declining  an  invitation  to  attend  a 
lecture  to  be  given  before  the  Society  by  William  S.  Ililles, 
in  which  he  says:  "The  Penn  Literary  Society  is  one  of 
the  oMest  literary  bodies  in  thr  school.  It  was  forme«l  in 
spite  of  all  opposition,  and  although  internal  disturbances 
and  party  feuds  have  threatened  more  than  once  to  over- 
throw it.  it  has  stood  the  shock,  and  with  revolving  time 
has  recovere<l  its  position  and  j)ursued  its  course  with 
increased  vigor." 

A  committee  on  examining  the  treasurer's  account  re- 
[>ort  in  writing:  "The  accounts  are  ().  K.  in  every  particu- 
lar, which  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  ex-treasurer 
is  a  g«K)d  Whig  and  strong  friend  of  Harrison,  the  jieople's 
clioice.  They  recommend  that  the  Society  shall  not  elect  a 
I.,oco-foco  treasurer,  lest  he  should  follow  the  praiseworthy 
example  of  some  of  the  Van-jacks  who  held  liigh  stations 

in  the  government  of  King  Van  .     They  also  advise 

the  Society  to  steer  clear  of  all  sub-treasury  schemes." 

A  small  list  of  books  for  the  library  shows  that  "  Moore's 
Poetical  Works"  ami  "Scott's  (sic)  Lalla  Kookh"  were  con- 
tiscateil  by  "  the  Council."  A  committee  reports,  recom- 
mending the  expulsion  for  two  weeks  of  a  memlKT  for 
,];...,. derly  conduct  in  t)..-  """tings  of  the  S-..  i.»v 


600  history  of  havkrford  college. 

The  Haverford  Literary  Society 
flourished  contemporaneously  with  the  "  Penn  Literary  So- 
ciety." Among  its  members  were  Abraham  S.  Ashbridge, 
Elias  A.  White,  James  P.  Perot,  James  Fuller,  and  Edward 
Newbold.  Its  constitution  and  by-laws  are  still  preserved. 
These  indicate  that  the  Society  was  conducted  along  the 
same  lines  as  the  other  society,  and  also  published  a  paper 
during  the  winter  session,  to  which  members  were  required 
to  contribute  or  be  fined  twenty-five  cents. 

Minor  Societies  of  the  Early  Day. 

The  interest  taken  in  the  parent  Loganian  and  the  ad- 
vantage of  leading  young  minds  to  self-culture  found 
expression  in  the  formation  of  smaller  societies  of  similar 
aims,  whose  membership  was  confined  to  the  students  ex- 
clusively. 

In  the  years  between  1835  and  1840  the  "  Franklin 
Literary  Society"  flourished — a  favorite  with  tlie  younger 
scholars — and  at  the  same  time  the  "Historical"  ^yas  sup- 
ported by  the  Seniors  and  bright  lights  of  the  little  world. 
"  The  Rhetorical  "  is  known  now  only  by  name  as  a  vague 
tradition  of  the  same  period  ;  but  the  "  Franklin "  and 
"  Historical "  are  vividly  remembered  by  the  men  of  that 
day  as  ambitious  young  societies,  attracting  the  deep  in- 
terest and  ardent  support  of  their  members. 

TJie  College  Essayist  is  reported  to  have  been  the  name 
of  a  manuscript  paper  issued  by  one  of  these  bodies. 
As  no  written  records  have  been  found,  the  dates  of  the 
foundation  and  dissolution  of  these  earl}'  societies  cannot 
be  stated  with  any  exactness. 

About  1850  and  1851  a  society  flourished  for  a  time, 
whose  name  was  so  cumbersome  that  it  was  generally  known 


SOCIKTIES.  GOl 

as  tlie  ('.  F.  1).  1).  This  was  tlio  "Circuliis  Fainiliarlter 
Disputaiulo  l>ek'ctaiulo<|iie."  Its  title  was  probably  iu- 
venttHl  by  Tyro  LiM;,'<»,  who  was  om-  of  its  loading'  -itiiits. 
It  had  a  brilliant  career,  thou«;li  brief,  ami  practised  the 
usual  exercises  of  «leelaiiiatiou,  reatling  of  orijjjinal  essays, 
etc.;  and  occasioually  the  drama,  mesmeric  exhibitions  and 
the  like  variations  were  indulged  in.  It  is  l)elieved  to  have 
expired  with  the  departure  of  the  class  of  1851. 

Thk  IIavkkfori)  Lycki'm 
was  a  purely  literary  society  of  a  private  characier,  origi- 
nated lUth  month  *J.'»th,  1S53,  by  members  of  the  class 
of  18o»5.  It  lost  much  of  its  stren«;th  at  their  <;raduation, 
and  soon  after  was  disbanded.  It  was  the  parent  stock 
from  which  sprang  the  Athenaeum  in  18")5.  The  member- 
ship was  snuill,  the  average  attendance  at  the  weekly  meet- 
ings not  exceeding  six  mcmbei's.  These,  h<«w.v'?-.  iiijid-'  uji 
in  zeal  what  they  lacked  in  numbers. 

Meetings  were  held  in  dillerent  class-rooms  of  Foun»lers' 
Hall,  whose  walls  could  tell  of  debates,  declamations, 
essays,  discussions,  original  poetry,  and  lectures  on  such 
lively  subjects  as  "Sole  Leather,"  "Rattlesnakes,*'  "  U.s- 
triches,"  "Jewish  Feasts,"  etc.  The  minutes  record  the 
proceedings  of  these  meetings  with  great  exactness;  "fail- 
ures" are  re|)orted,  and  instances  noted  where  students 
"attempted  to  declaim."  "  Macaulay's  Miscellaneous  Writ- 
ings" were  presented  to  a  member  of  one  of  the  higher 
classes  "  for  his  disinterested  services  in  writing  the  title- 
pages  of  our  paper  for  the  past  year."  An  "entertainment" 
is  rei)orte<i  to  have  cost  eight  cents  per  member;  those  were 
^Spartan  <lays.  A  monthly  paper,  called  Tlie  Kxc(Uior, 
was  regularly  published,  and  its  numbers,  <listribute<l  by 
lot,  are  still  kept  by  sonu'  of  th«>  old  m.  inbrrs. 


602  iriSTuKY    OF    HAVEKFUltD    COLLEGE. 

Records  testifying  to  these  things  are  among  the  most 
cherished  archives  of  certain  Philadelphia  homes,  and 
memories  of  "  The  Lyceum  "  are  as  fresh  to  the  men  of 
that  generation  as  are  those  of  the  Athenteuni  and  lOverett 
to  students  of  a  later  da}'. 

The  Hkxky  So(  iety. 

This  society  took  its  rise  in  the  winter  of  1854-5,  and 
graduated  from  public  view  sliortly  after  the  establishment 
of  "The  Everett,"  in  the  spring  of  1858.  It  was  a  small 
and  select  organization,  composed  of  older  students,  and 
appears  to  have  counted  among  its  members  so  many  men 
of  unusual  size  as  to  create  the  impression  among  younger 
students  that  great  stature  was  a  requisite  of  membership. 
These  "  big  fellows"  took  a  brilliant  part  in  the  Loganian 
exercises,  and  stood  so  high  with  the  Faculty  that  they 
obtained  unusual  privileges. 

Originally  founded  to  promote  mental  culture,  the  Society 
seems  to  have  got  along  without  constitution  and  by-laws, 
every  man  being  a  wise  and  just  law  unto  himself.  No 
papers  are  preserved,  and  oral  tradition  hands  down  little 
recollection  of  exercises.  One  old  member  states  that  "the 
debates  were  unpremeditated,  and  the  other  exercises  quite 
voluntary,  and  the  rules  of  order  did  not  always  interfere 
with  general  conversation.  The  Society  was  informal  and 
unconventional  to  a  high  degree,  and,  I  think,  secretly  re- 
garded itself  as  a  very  knowing  and  original  school  of 
philosophers."' 

Another  old  student  states  that  the  name  was  derived 
from  Patrick  Henry,  not  from  "old  Harry,"  as  was  some- 
times insinuated  ;  and  its  members  were  considered  some- 
what  "hifalutin,"  given  over-much  "to  long-tailed   coats, 


SnciirriKS.  (lOo 

ii^ht  paiiialooiis,  txiia  siiori-tot'd  Itoots,  jm<l  wore  oxccod- 
inj^ly  t'oiul  of  N'irj^inin  oystiTs." 

The  Society  owned  a  few  volumes  of  stun»lanl  |>o»'try,  not 
tlien  admitted  to  tlie  lihniiy,  Kut  now  studied  in  tin- chisses; 
it  even  kept  u  pair  of  foils,  treasurt'd  for  their  desperately 
wicke<l  appearance,  but  never  usc«l.  While  these  peculiari- 
ties seem  to  have  maile  a  more  vivid  impression  on  the 
men  of  that  day  than  the  regular  work  of  the  body,  there 
is  n<»  doubt  it  possessed  a  solid  elenunt — incii  whose  good 
sense  prevented  its  forsaking  recognized  stiindards.and  whose 
weight  and  influence  kept  the  ''  Henry,"  in  the  main,  true 
t..  it<  woithier  aims. 

Tin:    I'lKTIIKAN    SoCILTV 

was  started  in  the  autumn  of  IS."*,  and  enjoyed  an  exist- 
ence of  about  three  years.  It  deserves  particular  notice 
from  the  unusual  character  of  its  objects,  which  were  the 
maintenance  of  order,  the  encouraging  of  obedience  to 
rules,  the  promotion  of  harmony  among  students,  the 
cultivation  of  feelings  of  mutual  respect  between  the  in- 
structors an<l  scholars,  and  the  discouragement  of  all  selfish 
and  objectionable  habits.  It  was  an  a.ssociation  for  the  pro- 
motion of  good  morals,  as  its  title  intlicates,  and  its  motto 
was  "  }fens  sibi  conftcia  recti."  There  was  nothing  literary 
alK)ut  it — no  exercises  or  regular  weekly  meetings. 

The  discipline  of  "the  school"  was  in  such  an  un- 
satisfactory state  that  little  attention  was  paid  to  college 
laws,  and  necea^ity  arose  for  "  reform  within  the  party." 
KfForts  were  almost  fruitless  to  discover  offenders,  and  the 
innocent  were  so  often  involved  in  common  punishments 
that  the  bi>tter  element  united  in  this  society  and  pledge<l 
them.selvea  to  investigate  all  offences,  so  far  as  their  own 


604  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COIJ.KGE. 

members  were  concerned,  and  be  responsible  for  their  good 
conduct.  As  their  organization  was  so  framed  as  to  secure 
this  result,  and  as  the  original  founders  were  careful  in 
their  selection  of  members,  it  soon  became  an  lionor  to  be 
connected  with  the  Kuethean,  and  certain  privileges  were 
extended  to  "  the  moralists  "  not  enjoyed  by  non-members. 
It  is  claimed  for  this  society  that  during  its  short  life  it 
was  practically  the  means  of  reforming  the  whole  inner  life 
of  the  institution.  When  the  improved  state  of  order  ren- 
dered its  influence  no  longer  necessary,  when  the  original 
members  left,  and  other  secret  and  literary  societies  began  to 
be  formed,  this  society  dissolved,  leaving  about  tlie  college 
halls  huge  rolls  of  blank  certificates  of  honorar}'  member- 
ship, one  of  which,  duly  filled  up  and  signed  by  imaginary 
officials,  Avas  presented  in  1807  to  Daniel  Pratt,  "  the  great 
American  traveller,"  at  a  mass  meeting  of  the  students, 
which  convened  for  the  purpose  of  listening  to  a  two-hours' 
rambling  lecture  by  this  perpetual  candidate  for  the  Presi- 
dential chair. 

The  Atiien.-eum  Society 

was  established   12th   month  17th,  1855,  by  the  following 

students : 

Georoe  M.  Tatum,  Walter  G.  Hopkins, 

James  E.  Carmalt,  Edwin  Tomlinson, 

Thomas  C.  Steele,  Rot.erts  Vaux, 

Stephen  Underhill,  John  S.  Witmer, 

Theodore  H.  Morris,  George  Wood, 

James  W.  Cromwell,  William  H.  Wood. 

The  purposes  of  the  Society  are  set  forth  in  the  preamble, 
which  states  that  the  above-named,  "  being  sensible  of  the 
great  inlhience  of  sound  learning  in  disci})lining  the  mind 


SOCIKTIKS.  «)<>'> 

ami  iiKiitii  ill*;  the  understanding;,  and  also  beinp  desirous 
of  cultivatinj;  in  themselves  a  eurrect  taste  for  literature 
and  a  love  for  scientitic  pursuits,  do  iierehy  associate  them- 
selves together  fur  these  purposes." 

The  first  number  of  The  Gem,  the  manuscript  literary 
journal  of  the  Soeiety,  was  issued  in  3d  month,  iSaT,  under 
the  editorship  of  John  8.  Witiner,  Alfre«l  Jhooke  and  Rich- 
ard C.  Taxson.  A  lon^  row  of  twenty-six  volumes  of  this 
paper,  handsomely  hound  in  full  morocco,  now  repose  in 
the  lihrary,  near  the  array  of  their  ancient  rival,  Tlu  Bud. 
These  volumes  averajj^e  over  ."»(»()  pa<j^es  to  each  volume,  and 
many  of  the  title-pages  are  elahorate  specimens  of  the  pen- 
man's art.  showing  much  taste  in  conception,  and  artistic 
skill  in  execution. 

A  library  was  formally  establislnd  in  ist'.S,  altiiou^di  ihe 
Society  had  fur  some  time  before  owned  a  well-used  selection 
of  standard  novels,  kept  in  .seclusion  in  the  Society  closet, 
near  the  entrance  to  "Golgotha,''  as  the  old  lecture-room 
was  called.  The  "approved"  part  of  this  library  was  after- 
ward placed  in  the  main  library  building,  and  reeeiitly,  by 
gift,  together  with  the  collections  of  the  other  societies,  it  inis 
become  the  j)roperty  of  the  college.  The  Society  also  sub- 
scribed at  «litlerent  times  for  j»eriodieals  not  otherwise  taken 
at  tiie  college. 

The  membersliip  was  (piite  large,  in  proportion  to  the  size 
of  the  college  during  180:^54,  when  thirty-three  members 
were  enrolled.  In  1871  and  I.S72  only  eleven  names  were  on 
the  roll.  The  mend>ershij»  of  the  two  rival  .societies,  "The 
Athenaum"  and  "The  Everett,"  fluctuate<l  in  numbers  and 
«|uality  during  the  long  years  through  which  they  competed 
for  recruits  from  among  the  new  arrivals.  Sometimes  one 
society  was  in  the  lead,  sometimes  the  other;  but,  as  a  gen- 


GOG  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFORD    CUI.LKGE. 

eral  rule,  during  the  earlier  part  of  the  thirty-one  years  of 
their  rivalry,  "The  Athenteum''  had  the  larger  number  of 
members,  and  during  the  latter  period  "The  Everett." 

Each  society  had  its  motto,  badge  and  color,  although 
at  one  time  the  Managers  prohibited  the  display  of  badges 
and  ribbons.  The  meetings  for  many  years  were  held 
weekly,  on  Seventh  day  evenings,  in  the  lecture-room  over 
the  old  gymnasium.  When  the  custom  was  introduced  of 
allowing  students  to  go  to  their  homes  at  the  end  of  the 
week.  Fifth  day  evenings  were  substituted,  and  in  time 
Alumni  Hall  became  the  meeting-place.  The  regular  round 
of  exercises  was  varied  at  long  intervals  by  mock  trials, 
mock  senates,  and  even  theatrical  representations,  which 
occasionally  tried  to  evade  criticism  as  "charades,"  with  a 
uniform  lack  of  success  that  was  discouraging. 

Prizes  were  sometimes  offered  for  good  work;  joint  meet- 
ings were  occasionally  held  with  the  other  Society;  parlia- 
mentary rules  were  observed,  with  "  Roberts'  Rules  of  Order" 
as  the  standard  authority.  During  some  years  the  offices 
were  open  only  to  members  of  a  certain  class;  at  other  times 
class  distinctions  were  ignored,  every  member  being  alike 
eligible  to  office. 

The  changed  conditions  of  college  life  in  recent  years,  the 
increased  amount  of  required  work,  the  time  devoted  to 
athletics,  and  frequent  visits  home,  caused  a  decreased  inter- 
est in  society  life  and  work.  Other  causes  may  have  existed 
not  so  apparent,  but  all  tended  through  many  years  to  the 
final  result  in  1.S89,  when  the  old  rivals  combined  in  "The 
Everett-Athenaeum,"  whose  business  meetings  alone  arc  held 
in  Barclay  Hall,  and  the  literary  meetings  in  Alumni  Hall. 
The  decision  to  consolidate  was  reached  after  much  discus- 
sion and  careful  consideration,  in  which  various  expedients 
were  tried  to  stimulate  the  waning  interest. 


siK'iKTiKs.  <;n7 

riit'slinlfut  of  oarlitT  <lays,  wliiK' apjueiiatiii;,'  the  iiintU'm 
eiivironiiu'nt.(.aniu>t  but  feel  that  tlje  un(Jor;;ra(luatt'<>f  Isyu, 
with  liis  larger  liberty,  has  lost  some  of  the  bloom  of  life 
which  clings  to  the  intimate  association  in  societies  a  gen- 
eration ago,  when,  as  a  rule,  every  menjber  atten»le<l  the 
weekly  meetings,  (illed  his  appointments  with  pleasure,  and 
took  away  into  after  life  valuable  results  gaineil  from  the 
training  received  in  his  society  experience. 

KVKKKTT    S<K*IKTV. 

In  1.Nj6  nearly  all  the  older  students  belonged  to  the 
"  Henry  "  or  "  Athenieum  "  societies.  The  new  term  brought 
a  lot  of  "  little  fellows,'  or  "  short  coats,"  who  were  not 
wante<l  in  the  exclusive  "  llemy,"  nor  even  in  the  "Athe- 
nieum," which,  though  young  in  years,  had  grown  rather 
intellectual  and  select. 

L'nder  the  encouragement  of  two  Seniors,  who  did  not 
belong  to  either  of  the  existing  societies,  the  "  little  fellows  '' 
founded  the  "Everett,"  'Id  month  JTtli,  IS.'.S,  with  tifteen 
original  members.  Professor  Chase  suggested  the  name 
"  Everett"  in  honor  of  his  old  Harvard  preceptor,  and  when 
the  Hon.  Edward  responded  by  sending  a  full-length  en- 
gniving  of  himself,  the  terms  in  which  he  acknowle<lged 
the  courtesy  tilled  the  young  Society  with  joy  and  pride. 

The  members  continued  to  be  advised  and  drilled  by  the 
two  Senior  god-fathers,  and  the  effect  of  their  earnest  enthu- 
siasm soon  was  visible  in  the  colK'ge,  in  creating  an  atmos- 
phere of  more  numly  study  and  devotion  to  the  usual  round 
of  literary  exerciser.  The  iueml)er8liip  soon  increase«l  to 
twenty-thrw,  an<l  the  professors  were  glad  to  welcome  the 
new  substitute  for  noise  and  nonsense,  that  allowed  them 
time  for  their  own  little  tli versions, such  as  training  cucum- 
ber vint's  and  etliting  "Chase  and  Stewart's  Classics." 


608  IIISTOKY   OF   IIAVERFORD   COLLEGE. 

The  Society  so  auspiciously  Ijoguii  has  continued  in  exist- 
ence ever  since.  In  1850  })rizes  were  offered  for  the  best 
original  essays  and  poems,  and  these  continued  to  excite 
competition  for  many  3'ears.  In  addition  to  the  more  com- 
mon exercises,  the  members  of  the  early  days  delighted  in 
dialogues  and  original  declamations. 

Public  meetings  were  held  semi-annually  until  18G3, 
then  annually  for  a  few  years,  and  were  finally  dropped. 
At  these  the  President  or  Vice-President  usually  made  an 
address,  in  addition  to  other  exercises,  in  which  members  of 
the  Faculty  sometimes  participated. 

In  1864  a  mock  court  was  held.  In  1865  Professor 
Thomas  Chase  delivered  an  address  on  the  death  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  before  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Athenaeum  and 
Everett.  In  1867  an  anniversar}''  supper  was  given,  in  the 
same  year  an  entertainment  to  the  Athenteum,  in  the  room 
of  the  latter;  and  iii  1875  the  prevailing  fashion  was  recog- 
nized by  holding  a  spelling-bee. 

The  Society  was  always  intensely  patriotic  and  strongly 
anti-slavery  in  sentiment,  as  is  shown  by  its  striking  from 
the  list  of  honorary  members  one  who  joined  the  Con- 
federate Army.  Badges  were  once  worn,  but  fell  into  disuse. 
The  meetings  were  held  on  Seventh  day  evening,  until 
about  1870,  when  the  time  was  changed  to  Fifth  day  evening. 
The  old  collection-room  in  Founders'  Hall  was  the  meeting- 
room  for  many  years,  until  Founders'  Hall  was  remodelled 
after  the  completion  of  Barclay  Hall,  when  the  Society  met 
in  Alumni  Hall,  where  the  meetings  of  the  combined 
societies  are  now  held. 

The  Everett  Library  was  founded  in  1866,  by  donation 
and  purchases.  It  soon  grew  to  be  a  creditable  collection 
of  current  literature,  and,  after  being  culled  of  juvenile  and 


SOCIKTUIS.  GOW 

worthless  books,  was  phicrd  in  tlie  lilHJirv  Itiiildinp^  and 
caril-c'ataloij;uet|. 

TIjo  first  number  of  the  Society's  nianiisLiipl  jiaiK-r,  The 
Bud,  \vn^  published  in  1858;  the  last  number  was  issued 
in  18S7.  The  twenty-nine  volumes,  bound  up  in  the  well- 
remembered  green  leather,  now  adorn  the  shelves  of  the 
library,  antl,  if  less  resplendent  specimens  of  the  book- 
bin<lers'  art  than  the  volumes  of  The  G'em,  form  an  e<|ually 
creditable  record  of  well-directtd  industry.  In  .Id  lunntli. 
1883,  was  celebrated  the  twenty-lifth  anniversary  of  tin- 
Society,  described  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 

Since  ISSO  the  interest  in  the  Society  has  waned,  and 
none  of  the  various  expedients  tried  to  revive  it  beinj^ 
successful,  the  last  meetings  of  the  Everett  Society,  as  such, 
were  held  at  the  end  of  the  college  year,  1S87-SS,  and  it 
joined  the  Athenieum  in  the  new  organization  called  "The 
Everett-Athenieum.''  The  new  combination  now  meets 
fortnightly,  and  is  conducted  on  much  the  same  lines  as  the 
old  societies.  The  attendance  has  not  increased,  and  it 
cannot  be  stiid  that  the  outlook  for  literary  life  at  Haver- 
ford,  as  nninifested  in  literary  societies,  is  encouraging. 

The    CTRAS.SIInl'1'KU. 

Toward  the  end  of  1872  an  organization,  under  the  above 
name,  was  instituted,  to  supply  a  need  felt  among  some  of 
the  students  for  a  better  scliool  for  exercise  in  extempore 
del)ating  than  was  at  that  timeanbrde<l  l)y  any  of  the  liter- 
ary ."Societies. 

The  exercises  were  limited  to  debates,  the  membership 
was  rcstricte<l  to  nine,  and  weekly  meetings  were  held,  at 
which  a  judge  presided,  who  summed  up  the  case  and  gave 
the  reasons  which  influenced  him  in  making  iiis  decision. 

^9 


610  HISTORY    OF    TIAVEUFORD    COLLEGE. 

The  title  of  the  club  was  suggested  by  certain  lines  in 
Homer,  where  the  fathers  of  Troy  are  represented  as  delxit- 
ing  as  "  good  orators,  like  grasshoppers,  etc." 

Another  club,  of  kindred  nature,  known  as  the  "  Turkey 
Gobblers,"  was  formed  a  year  later,  and  these  two  associa- 
tions did  something  to  improve  the  quality  of  the  debates  in 
the  larger  societies.  The  members  of  "  The  Gra.sshopper" 
put  out  an  annual  publication,  bearing  the  club  name  at 
first,  but  afterward  this  was  changed  to  The  Haver fordian. 
This  may  be  considered  the  forerunner,  if  not  the  parent,  of 
the  present  college  paper  of  the  same  name. 

Havekfoki)  Periodicals.^ 

Tlie  Collegian,  the  manuscript  paper,  read  before  the 
Loganian  Society,  and  afterward  pasted  in  a  scrap-book,  in 
which  the  literary  talent  of  the  scholars  found  expression 
soon  after  the  opening  of  Haverford  School,  contained  six 
numbers,  extending  from  11th  month,  1835,  to  2d  month, 
1836.  The  quarto  form  was  then  adopted,  steel  engravings 
were  sometimes  inserted  in  the  bound  volumes,  and  the 
publication  was  continued  until  1884,  without  interruption, 
excepting  during  the  suspension  from  1846  to  1848. 

As  The  Collegian  w^as  a  monthly,  devoted  to  literary  aims, 
the  Loganian  in  1844  started  The  Budget,  to  be  put  out 
weekly,  in  order  to  notice  the  details  of  college  life,  but  after 
one  year  it  ceased  to  exist,  and  its  single  volume  now 
reposes  beside  the  long  row  of  Collegians. 

In  1857  the  Athenaeum  began  to  issue  TJic  Gem,  and  one 
year  later  the  Everett  founded  TJie  Bud.  While  these 
papers  followed  the  general  plan  of  The  Collegian,  in  form 


^Aliridged  from  The  Hdrer/ordian,  Vol.  XT,  No.  10. 


I  li;i;.\l:v    and   ML':?KLM   lULLKCTIONS.  Gli 

aiul  coiit*  Ills,  tlic  ariiflfs,  being  extlusively  the  work  of  tlie 
stiuleiiU,  were  lighter  in  tone,  un«l  give  many  iiiteivsting 
glimpses  of  every-«hiy  life. 

Ill  \s~'.i  an  important  I'vent  took  j)lari'  in  tlir  estahlish- 
n>ent  of  7/it  HarerJ'ordiitn,  the  first  regularly  i.ssue<l  printed 
journal  put  out  in  the  inimc  <>f  the  college.  The  first  nnin- 
her  contained  but  nine  pages,  ami  the  succeeding  numbers, 
to  the  eml  of  the  second  volume,  show  a  graclual  improve- 
ment, in  the  third  V(dume  tiic  fnrm  was  changetl  ;  tlie 
pages  were  reduced  in  si/e  and  incicascd  in  number.  Tlie 
.same  form  is  retained,  with  little  variation,  to  the  present 
time.  The  editore  were  formerly  elected,  but  are  now 
chosen  by  competition.  The  Ilavrrfordian  ha.s  well  fullilled 
the  aims  of  its  founders,  and  has  continued  from  the  first 
to  give  to  all  j)ast  and  present  students  a  faithful  and  inter- 
esting record  of  the  active  life  and  literary  work  of  the 
college.  "Ilaverford  College  Studies,"  consisting  of  con- 
tributions by  members  of  the  Faculty,  was  started  in  the 
last  year,  and  gives  j)romi.«<e  of  very  great  vahu 

The  foregoing  comprise  all  the  college  publications  to  be 
found  in  the  library  at  the  present  time.  There  are,  how- 
ever, some  notices  of  other  literary  paj'ers,  known  by  tradi- 
fii»n  "iilv.  recorded  in  the  |)receding  sketches  of  the  societies 

TiiK  LinK.\Kv. 
In  the  first  Managers'  report,  issued  soon  after  the  opening 
of  Haverford  Scho<d,t)ccurs  the  following  pa.«<sage:  ''Sensible 
of  the  import4ince  of  providing  the  necessary  facilities  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  sluiUes  of  the  institution,  the  Managers 
have  made  as  large  an  appropriation  03  the  stiite  of  their 
finances  would  permit  for  the  purchase  of  a  library  and  of 
physical    apparatus.     The    former    will,  in    a    few    weeks, 


012 


IIISTOliY    OF    HAVKltrORD    CULLKGE. 


include  about  1,000  volumes,  embracing  nearly  complete 
sets  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  Classics  and  a  number  of  stand- 
ard works,  some  of  them  scarce  and  of  great  value,  on 
mathematics  and  the  kindred  sciences,  philology,  mental 
and  moral  jdiilosophy,  with  a  small  selection  of  general 
literature"  (Report  11th  month  29th,  1833,  pp.  2,  3).  In  tlie 
same  report  (financial  statement,  p.  ')),  the  Committee  on 


RKSrDICNCK  OF  PROF.  ALLKX  C.  TIIoMAS. 


Books  and  Apparatus  are  charged  with  $3,400,  showing  a 
liberal  construction  of  the  paragra})h  just  quoted,  though 
liow  much  of  the  sum  was  devoted  to  books  does  not  appear. 
Tiie  library  was  given  a  home  in  the  southwestern  room 
on  the  first  floor  of  the  then  "  school  building,"  now  known 
as  Founders'  Hall.  The  size  of  this  room — 10  feet  by  24 
— was  ample  for  the  infant  collection,  and  its  situation  all 
that  could  bo  desired.     Not  long  after,  though   the  exact 


I.mKAKV    AM)    Ml'SKUM    nU.I.K<TIi»NS.  (ll.'j 

date  caniiut  be  asceitaiiieii,  the  ltot)ks  wen-  reiiiuved  to  the 
room  immediately  above — an  almost  eiiually  desirable  loca- 
tion. Here  they  remained  until  istj  J,  when  they  were  trans- 
ferretl  to  tiio  buildin«;  known  as '' Thf  Ahinuii  Hall  and 
Library." 

In  ISotl  tilt'  library  had  ;;rt)wn.  by  purchase  and  by  j^'il'l, 
large  enough  to  be  worthy  of  a  printed  catalogue — the  oidy 
printed  catalogue  of  the  library  whith  has  ever  been  issued. 
It  is  an  octavo  pamphlet  of  forty  pages,  bearing  the  following 
title-page:  "Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  Haverford  School, 
printed  by  order  of  the  Managers,  lOlh  month,  1S3<».  IMiila- 
delpliia:  William  Brown,  I*rinter."  There  is  no  preface  or 
intnxluction  of  any  kind,  nor  is  any  ixpianation  given  of  the 
system  of  classification  adopted.  The  .system  followed  is 
not  a  bad  one  for  a  snuill  library.  The  books  are  divided 
into  seven  great  clas.ses :  Science  and  Arts;  (Jreek  and 
Uonum  Classics;  History,  Civil  and  Ecclesiastical;  Biog- 
raphy, Journals,  N'oyages  and  Travels;  Lexicons  and  Dic- 
tionaries of  Language;  Works  of  authors  who  havi-  written 
on  various  subjects;  Holy  Scriptures  an<i  l>iblical  Litera- 
ture; Miscellaneous.  These  great  clas.«ic's  are  subdivided, 
according  to  the  size  of  the  books,  into  folios,  (juartos,  octavos, 
duodecimos,  octodecimos,  and  then  further  divided  al|>ha- 
betically  by  authoi-s. 

A  glance  through  this  Catalogue  shows  tiial  the  claim 
made  that  .*»ome  of  tiie  works  were  "  scarce  and  of  great 
value"  wa.s  a  just  one;  for  in  the  list  are  found,  among 
otiiers.  the  **  Analytical  Institutions  of  Mairia  Agnesi.  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  in  the  I'niversity  of  Bologna,  1750;" 
thr  .Mathematical  Works  of  Helambre,  in  twelve  quarto 
volumes;  Laplace's  Works,  both  in  Fn'iich  and  in  English; 
r.i"'*<.  Newton's,  Maclaurin's,  Bezout's  Works,  and  ''■•■ f 


014  IIISTOKV    ol'    IFAVKKFOKI)    ( oM.IXJK. 

numerous  otlier.s  in  Mutlu'niatics  and  Physics.  Among  the 
Greek  Classics  there  is  the  Tauchnitz  edition,  in  eighty- 
four  volumes,  witli  such  works  as  the  15ibliotheca  Grieca  of 
Fabricius ;  the  works  of  Coluthus,  Polybius,  Diodorus 
Siculus,  and  Aristotle.  Among  the  Latin  classics  there  are 
the  Valpy  edition  in  149  volumes  and  a  few  critical  editions. 

Volume  one  of  History  and  Biography  is  not  inappro- 
priately the"  Journal  of  George  Fox,"  third  edition,  folio.  In 
this  class  are  found  Clavigero's  "  Mexico,"  quarto;  Gibbon's 
"Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire"  (expurgated), 
Heeren's  "Researches,"  Lingard's  "England"  Niebuhr's 
"  Rome,"  Proud's  "Pennsylvania,"  "Walton's  "  Lives,"  and  a 
number  of  the  volumes  of  "  Lardner's  Cyclopedia."  Among 
the  lexicons  are  Buxtorf's  "  Chaldaic,  Talmudic,  and  Rab- 
binic Lexicons  ;"  Stephens's  great  Greek  "  Thesaurus,"  in  ten 
folio  volumes;  Facciolatus  and  Forcellinus'  "  Latin  Lexicon ;" 
Damm's  "  Homeric  and  Pindaric  Lexicon  ;"  Montaldi's  "  He- 
brew and  Chaldee  Dictionary,"  and  Schleusner's  "  Lexicons 
of  the  New  Testament  and  of  the  Septuagint.'' 

Among  miscellaneous  works  are  Bochartius,  Malpighius, 
Berkeley,  Paley,  Reid,  Stewart,  Butler,  Crombie's  "  Gym- 
nasium," Kent's  "Commentaries,"  Selden's  "Mare  Clausum," 
the  "  British  Essayists"  and  Jahn's  "  Biblical  Archaeology.'' 

These  few  examples,  chosen  almost  at  random,  show  that 
Haverford  was  designed,  from  the  very  start,  to  take  high 
rank,  whether  its  name  might  be  school  or  college.  The  num- 
ber of  volumes  is  not  given,  and  from  the  peculiar  system 
adopted  in  entering  the  books,  it  has  been  difhcult  to  esti- 
mate, but  there  appears  to  have  been,  at  the  date  of  the 
Catalogue,  about  1,550  volumes  of  all  descriptions.  The 
"selection  of  general  literature''  seems  to  have  been  very 
small  indeed. 


i.ii:k.\i:y   am»  mi  ski  m  collfxtions.  015 

The  continued  interest  in  the  lilnarv  is  shown  l»y  the 
following  paragraph  (Report,  ls31>,  p.  o):  "  IJy  an  .\«t  t)f  the 
I.rgislature  of  Pennsylvania,  passeti  4tli  month  12th,  183.S, 
an  annuity  of  live  huntlnd  dollars  for  ten  years  was 
granted  to  eollegt-s  and  academies  of  a  eertain  elass,  within 
whieh  Hjiverford  School  was  embraced,  and  tarly  measures 
were  taken  l»y  tlu-  Managers  for  securing  to  it  the  hmclit 
of  tlu'  saiil  act.  The  wli<»le  ^A'  the  payment  for  the  first 
year  has  heen  received  and  appropriated  to  the  increase  of 
the  lihrary  and  philosophical  apparatus.  "  There  has  been 
no  opportunity  to  tind  out  how  long  this  annuity  was  .so 
used,  but  with  continued  annual  deficiencies  in  the  a<lmin- 
istration  it  is  not  likely  that  the  annuity  was  a|)plied  in 
this  way  more  than  once  or  twice. 

In  the  Report  for  ISol)  (p.  {»),  :?70.ol  are  charged  to  library 
antl  apparatus;  in  1853  (p.  8),  ^08.50;  in  ISoC  (|>.  11),  with  a 
fuller  attendance  of  students,  §459.30;  but  prMbaMy  the 
larger  portion  was  for  apparatus,  tor  we  read  in  the  Report 
for  1S57  (p.  *^):  *'Some  adtlitions  have  been  nuide  during 
the  year  to  the  library;  it,  however,  needs  to  be  greatly  en- 
largetl,  in  order  to  keep  pace  with  the  progress  of  literature 
and  science.  The  means  at  the  disposal  of  the  Hoard  «lo 
not  warrant  a  great  annual  increa.se;  and  this  is  one  of  the 
wants,  for  the  supply  of  which  the  college  nuist  rely  upon 
the  continued  lil»erality  of  its  friends." 

In  iN'd  the  amount  applied  to  "  library  and  apparatus" 
fell  to  tile  small  sum  of  $55.78  (Report,  p.  12),  probably  the 
snnillest  on  record.  .\t  this  time  the  number  of  volumes 
luul  increiise<l  during  the  twenty-eight  years  of  its  existence 
to  about  3,0(K);  no  important  purchases  had  been  nnide  for 
some  years,  gifts  had  been  comparatively  few,  and  the 
general    impression    nuide  by    the    library   was  that  of  a 


616  HISTORY    1)1"    JIAVKKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

neglected  department.  To  the  greater  number  of  the  ;?tu- 
dents  neither  the  collection  nor  the  room  offered  much 
attraction.  0})en  once  a  week,  at  a  time  wlien  most  students 
wished  to  be  in  the  open  air,  many  never  went  near  it  and 
others  rarely;  some  of  the  older  students  were  glad  to  get 
leave  to  use  the  room  as  a  place  for  quiet  study,  and  a  few 
lovers  of  books  would  now  and  then  explore  its  recesses, 
and  not  infrequently  come  upon  some  treasure,  or  find  some 
volume  which  seemed  to  have  got  in  by  accident.  In  such 
a  way  more  than  one  lover  of  books  made  his  first  ac- 
quaintance with  the  pensive  Southwell  and  with  Aubrey 
DeVere,  those  attractive  Roman  Catholic  poets ;  with  Cow- 
per's  "Homer,"  with  Addison's  dramas,  with  the  "  Spectator," 
with  the  dreary  "Rambler,"  with  Crabbe,  or  with  tliat  medle}'' 
known  as  the  "  Harleian  Miscellany."  To  such  readers  as 
these  there  was  an  atmosphere  al)out  the  old  room  that  was 
wonderfully  bookish. 

It  is  a  well-worn  saying  that  the  darkest  hour  is  just 
before  dawn ;  it  is  the  trutli  of  the  saying  that  has  caused 
its  threadbare  condition.  So  the  darkest  hour  of  Haverford 
Library  was  just  before  its  revival.  Just  when  the  greater 
part  of  the  students  wholly  neglected  the  College  Library, 
when  little  or  no  money  was  spent  for  its  increase,  suddenly 
all  was  changed,  and  for  some  time  the  interest  of  every  one 
was  centred  in  the  library.  The  account  of  this  movement 
can  best  be  given  in  the  words  of  the  Managers'  Report: 
"Among  the  educational  means  which  every  college  should 
offer  to  its  students,  a  large  and  well-selected  library  has 
always  been  deemed  essential.  The  liljrary  of  Haverford, 
not  inconsiderable  nor  badly  selected,  has  yet  been  greatly 
deficient  in  extent.  To  promote  accurate  knowledge, 
abundant  resources  must  be  applied;  the  habit  of  research 


I.II.KAKV    AM)    MISKIM    I'Of.LKi-riONS.  f.lT 

deepens  and  tixes  (lie  infoiinatioii  wliii  li  is  actjiiiivil,  ami 
wlien  well  «lirectrd  is  an  invaluable  aid  wliatever  may  he 
the  student's  subse(|uent  course.  An  early  «,'radinitf  of 
Ilaverlbrd  having  generously  oll'ert'd  a  large  sum  to  he 
applied  to  the  erection  of  a  huilding  for  the  library,  and 
many  of  the  alumni  and  others  having  liberally  contribute*! 
to  this  object  in  connection  with  a  hall  for  the  annual  meet- 
ings of  that  Association,  a  commodi(»us  house  has  been 
erected,  adapted  to  both  purposes.  Encouraged  l)y  this 
great  act  of  liberality,  a  number  of  Friends  have  together 
contributed  the  further  sum  of  $1(»,()()0,  the  income  «»f  which 
is  to  be  applietl  to  the  increase  of  the  library.  Ily  thc^^e 
arrangements,  which  have  been  effected  without  drawing 
upon  the  funds  of  the  Association,  it  is  hoped  that  adiii- 
tional  means  of  no  little  value  in  promoting  a  sound  liberal 
education  have  been  j)ermaiiently  socure<l  to  the  institu- 
tion "  (Report,  1S«;4,  p.  C). 

The  description  of  the  building  and  the  circumstances  of 
its  erection  having  been  given  in  anotht  r  pari  *>\'  this 
volume,  it  is  not  needful  tn  dwt  11  upon  that  ].art  (»f  the 
subject  here. 

Tiie  following  account  of  the  removal  of  the  books  to 
their  new  location  is  taken  from  the  records  of  the  library. 
When  it  is  known  that  the  Librarian  at  that  time  was 
Clement  L.  Snjith,  then  an  A.ssistant  Professor,  the  care  with 
which  the  work  was  d«»ne  will  be  appreciated. 

"The  removal  of  the  books  from  the  old  library  to  tin- 
new  room  in  Alumni  Hall  was  conducte<l  under  the  super- 
vision of  the  President  (Samuel  J.  Clummere),  and  com- 
|)leted  about  the  0th  of  the  Sth  month,  1804.  A  rearrange- 
ment of  the  lM)oks  was  commenced  before  the  end  of  the 
vacation  and  completed  in  •' 'vly  pnrt  of  the  l<Uh  month. 


C18  HISTORY    OF    HAVEKFORH    COLLEGE. 

The  books  were  distributed  among  the  alcoves  according  to 
the  subjects.  Tlie  alcoves  were  designated  by  the  first  seven 
letters  of  the  alphabet.  Alcove  A  was  devoted  to  History; 
B  to  Biography,  Geography  and  Travel  and  Miscellaneous 
English  Literature;  C  to  Classics,  Ancient  and  Modern 
(except  English);  D  to  Philology;  E  to  various  classes 
containing  a  few  books  each,  such  as  Law,  Social  Science, 
Art,  etc.;  F  to  Religion  and  Natural  Science;  G  to  Physics, 
Astronomy  and  Mathematics. 

"All  the  shelves  were  numbered  from  1  to  312,  and  in 
each  book  is  written  with  lead-pencil  the  number  of  the 
slielf  where  it  belongs.  Each  book  also  has  its  own  number, 
which  is  one  of  a  series,  the  highest  of  which  shows  the 
whole  number  of  books  belonging  to  the  library. 

"A  new  set  of  labels  was  procured,  and  those  books  which 
were  without  them  supplied.  Room  is  left  on  the  label  to 
write  the  date  of  the  purchase  of  the  book,  or,  if  a  gift,  the 
name  of  the  donor.  Printed  blanks  for  the  acknowledg- 
ment of  donations  were  also  obtained.  The  number  of 
books  in  the  library,  b}'  an  enumeration  made  after  the 
rearrangement  was  completed,  was  3,047.  [A  generous  gift 
from  .James  R.  Greeves,  of  Philadelphia,  made  while  the 
books  were  being  arranged,  brought  the  number  up  to  3,251*) 
volumes.]  The  library  was  opened  11th  montli  14tli  [1S(;4]. 
The  following  were  established  as  the  library  hours : '' 
On  Second  day,  4-6  p.m.;  on  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth  and 
Sixth  days,  8-9  a.m.,  4-G  p.m.;  on  Seventh  days,  8-9  a.m. 
The  increase  of  hours  was  a  great  step  forward,  and  the 
privilege  of  using  the  library-room  for  reading  and  study 
was  highly  appreciated,  as  heretofore,  outside  of  study- 
hours,  there  was  no  place  to  which  a  student  could  retire 
and  be  sure  of  no  interru})tion. 


I.II-.KAKY    AM*    Ml  SI  IM    <  ( >I.I.KtTl<  »NS.  010 

Tlu-  books  wciv  displayt'tl  and  eoiiM  be  luiisulttd  to  imub 
better  a<Ivunta;;e  than  before.  A<Me«l  to  tliis,  tbt*  Lo^aniaii 
Library,  nunil>erinjj  about  l,r>(>U  v(»hnins,  was  ^iv«u  a  place 
in  tbf  neu'  room,  and  its  t-xcelliMit  eoilfction  of  Iji^lisb 
literature  was  thus  thrown  open  to  all  th«'  students.  The 
shelves  on  tin.'  north  wall  were  a.ssi^ned  to  this  library,  and 
the  removal  of  its  books,  their  rearrangement  and  renum- 
berin«;  were  mainly  done  by  the  then  Librarian  of  the 
Society. 

From  this  time  on  there  is  little  to  note  in  the  history  of 
tiie  library  as  a  whole  beyond  the  fre<|uent  efforts  to  in- 
crease its  usefulness  in  various  directions.  Amonj^  the.se 
might  be  mentioned  the  subscriptions  to  periodicals.  A 
beginning  was  made  in  lsO.'»  by  taking  fourteen,  chiefly 
scientific.  I'reviously  the  Loganian  Society  had  taken  the 
North  Aineriran  Hrrieic,  the  Atlantic  Montlihj  and  one  or  two 
reprints  of  English  reviews,  l)Ut  the  college  had  done  little 
or  nothing  in  this  line  since  the  early  <lays. 

Tiie  character  of  the  collection  of  books  which  wa<  de- 
sireil  to  be  made  at  Ilaverford  is  well  described  in  the 
Report  for  isr.T  (j).  7):  "  It  lias  been  the  aim  of  the  Library 
Committee  to  procure  books  of  standard  and  durable  value, 
and  their  aim  is  to  make  it  an  important  reference  library, 
es|H'cially  for  works  and  nninuscripts  relating  to  «»ur  own 
Religious  Society."  Tiiis  design  has  been  steadily  kept  in 
view,  and  the  result  is  a  library  with  but  little  «'phemeral 
literature  UjKin  its  shelves. 

In  I'STO  n  card  catalogue,  prepared  by  Josiah  W.  Leeds, 
added  greatly  to  the  u.sefulness  of  the  library.  In  this 
catalogue  not  only  were  tin-  b<x)ks  cat^ilogued  under  author 
and  title,  but  the  Imund  volumes  of  the  maga/.iin^  were 
gone  ov»  r    "vl  the  iDo^t   iMi|K>rtant  Mrticle<  in  them   cata- 


620  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKRFOIJD    COLLKGIi:. 

logued  as  well.  This  latter  practice  was  kept  up  until  the 
publication  of  the  new  edition  of  Poole's  Index  to  Periodical 
Literature  and  its  continuation,  the  ("o-operative  Index, 
rendered  the  labor  unnecessary  so  far  as  periodicals  are 
concerned.  In  1876,  also,  the  library  hours  were  lengthened 
to  four  daily,  below  which  they  have  never  since  fallen. 

In  1867  the  Everett  Society  began  to  collect  a  library,  and 
shortly  after  the  Athenseum  Society  did  the  same.  By  per- 
mission of  the  Board  of  Managers  these  collections  were 
given  places  in  the  library  building,  and,  together  with  the 
books  belonging  to  the  Loganian  Society,  added  greatl}'  to 
the  resources  of  the  whole  collection  by  furnishing  every 
year  a  well-selected  addition  to  the  supply  of  general  litera- 
ture, the  value  of  which  was  better  appreciated  wht-n  the 
societies  ceased  to  buy  books  in  1887. 

In  1870  the  number  of  books  had  so  increased  (8,007  in 
the  College  Library,  and  3,811  belonging  to  the  societies) 
that  it  became  necessary  to  increase  the  shelf-room,  which 
was  done  by  placing  shelves  along  the  east,  north  and  west 
walls  above  the  alcoves,  and  running  a  light  gallery  in  front 
of  them.  This  increased  the  capacity  of  the  room  by  about 
4,500  volumes,  and  also  added  to  its  architectural  effect. 

In  1887  the  Loganian  Society  gave  its  collection  to  the 
college,  and  in  1888  the  Athemeum  and  Everett  societies 
followed  its  example.  Suitable  bookplates,  recording  these 
facts,  were  placed  in  the  volumes,  and  all  the  books  were 
then  incorporated  with  the  College  Library. 

In  1881  the  office  of  Assistant  Librarian  was  established, 
with  the  result  of  greatly  increasing  the  usefulness  of  the 
library,  and  improving  its  administration  in  every  way.  In 
1884  the  Librarian  was  able  to  devote  stated  hours  every 
week  to  the  si)ecial  purpose  of  advising  students  in  their 


I,IBKAl:V     \M»    Ml'SKlM    COF.LKCTloN*.  r.Jl 

reiulinjj,  aixl  aiilin.;   im m   in    the   inve><ti^ation  of  sjiecia! 
subjects,  wliicli  practirf  is  still  kept  ii|>. 

In  18.S9  the  lihrarv  receivi^l  fmin  sivtial  rrieiuls  of  tlie 
college  its  largest  single  aiKlition — the  "(Justav  Haur  col- 
lection." This  aoiuisition  was  chielly  due  to  the  personal 
efforts  of  Professor  J.  Kendel  Harris.  The  character  of  this 
collection  is  Wfll  »h'scril»ctl  in  the  Manancrs'  Report  for 
1890: 

"This  library  is  the  collection  of  a  man  of  witle  scholarly 
tiistes,  a  minister  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  for  a  lonj; 
time  Professor  of  TluMtlogy  in  the  Tniversity  at  Lcipsic, 
Germany.  Prinuirily  a  theological  collection,  it  is  also  rich 
in  Gernum  literature,  both  old  and  new,  in  history,  in  peda- 
gogy, in  Arabic,  Syriac,  Persian,  ami  Italian  literature.  It 
contains  about  7,'M HI  volumes;  there  are  also  several  thou- 
sand pamphlets,  many  of  which  are  very  valuable."  To 
accommodate  this  increase  in  the  number  of  volumes,  a 
double  case  of  shelving,  extendiiij;  the  whole  length  of  the 
library-room,  was  placvd  on  top  of  tlir  al«"vcst»n  the  western 
side  of  the  building. 

The  general  character  of  the  library  has,  perhaps,  been 
.sufliciently  indicated  in  the  foregoing  pages,  but  it  may 
be  well  to  repeat  that  the  aim  has  been  to  make  the 
collection  a  working  on«*,  and  in  no  sense  a  popular  one. 
This  will  explain  the  almost  total  absence  of  fiction,  as 
well  as  of  ephemeral  literature  generally.  While  in  the 
purchji.se  of  Iwmks  there  has  been  .some  diU'ercnce  of  ojiinion 
as  to  where  the  line  should  be  drawn,  on  the  whole  the 
selection  is  a  very  good  one.  It  would  be  absunl  not  to 
recognize  that  there  are  great  gaps  existing,  and  that  there 
are  lines  in  which  the  collection  is  sadly  deficient,  or  that 
the  advanced  student  continually  misses  works  es,sential  for 


622  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFORD    COLLEtiK. 

the  right  prosecution  of  his  studies.  But  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  the  unnuiil  expenditure  has  rarely  been  «jver 
$600,  it  must  be  acknowledged  that  much  has  been  done  with 
little  means. 

In  the  numerous  benefactions  which  the  college  has  re- 
ceived the  library  has  not  been  forgotten,  though,  with  one 
or  two  exceptions,  the  individual  gifts  have  not  been  very 
large.  Of  the  benefactors  it  is  right  to  recall  several  to  whom 
grateful  acknowledgments  are  specially  due.  Fir.st  of  these 
is  Thomas  Kimber,  who  in  1803  generously  gave  the  library 
half  the  cost  of  the  Alumni  Hall  and  Library  building. 
From  him  also  came  the  Lemaire  edition  of  the  Latin 
Classics,  in  174  volumes,  as  well  as  other  valuable  books. 
From  the  elder  Thomas  P.  Cope  came  a  colloetion  of  tlie 
Latin  Classics,  a  number  of  the  volumes  being  the 
Bipontine  edition  ;  from  Jasper  Cope  came  the  folio  edition 
of  Wilson's  "  Ornithology,"  with  the  plates  colored  by  the 
author;  from  Josepli  and  Beulah  Sansom,  in  1831  or  1835, 
a  few  rare  books  and  the  adminil)le  models  of  Roman  ruins 
which  still  adorn  one  of  the  class-rooms  ;  from  Josepli  Bevan 
Braithwaite,  and  through  him,  came  a  number  of  valuable 
works,  among  them  the  fac-simiLe  edition  of  the  "  Codex 
Sinaiticus,part  of  the  "Codex  Vaticanus"  (fac-simile),Woide's 
edition  of  the  "Alexandrian  Codex,"  Walton's  "Polyglot" 
and  Castell's  "Lexicon,'"  and  Tillemont's  "  Kcclesiastical 
History."  From  various  Irish  Friends,  through  the  solicita- 
tion of  the  late  Edward  L.  Scull,  came  some  valuable  addi- 
tions to  the  collection  of  the  literature  of  the  ISociety  of 
Friends,  helping  to  make  it  one  of  the  best  collections  of  the 
kind  in  the  country,  though  the  collection  is  still  far  from 
what  it  should  be,  being  specially  deficient  in  tracts  of  the 
seventeenth  eenturv.     From  ^\'alter  Wood  and  Professor  J. 


IIi:i:\i:V     \M»    Ml-I.L'M    CuLLKCTlt  "Ns.  *\'2'A 

Kt'iukl  Harris  worf  nciiVL-ii,  in  l.SSO,  forly-sevtii  inaim- 
sjcripts,  part  of  tin*  valuable  colU'ctioij  of  Ih'l»rr\v,  Kthiopic, 
Syriac,  ami  otlier  inamisrript}*,  pitherod  in  the  Kast  l»y 
Professor  Harris.  Tlnsf  liuvr  boon  tatalo^iud  by  lli»btrt 
\V.  R<»gers,  PJj.D.,  ami  tbe  catalojiiu*  publisbed  in  •■  llaver- 
foril  rollege  Stiulies,"  Number  I.  I'roin  Kicbaril  Wood, 
Janu's  R.  (Jreeves,  Dr.  J.  H.  \\'orlliin«;tttn,  KaclK'l  S.  J. 
Hamlolpii,aii(l  many  otbers,  have  also  come  j^iftsof  no  little 
vahu-  to  tlie  collogo.  It  woiiKl  also  be  a  great  omission  not 
to  nanje  otbers,  either  not  living  or  no  longer  connecte<l  with 
the  institution,  who  have  been  much  interested  in  this 
department  and  to  whom  it  is  deeply  indebted.  Of  tlu-sc, 
in  the  earlier  days,  few  contributed  more  directly  to  the 
shaping  of  the  course  to  be  followed  than  (liarKs  Varnall. 
Daniel  B.  Smith  and  .iobn  (iuniim-re.  In  later  years,  the 
names  of  ex-President  Thomas  Chase  and  Edward  L.  Scull 
stand  out  j)re-eminently. 

No  etl'ort  has  ever  been  made  to  buy  l)onks  jiimjdy  because 
of  their  rarity,  and  coiKsequently  the  library  has  compara- 
tively little  to  show  in  this  line  beyond  a  few  gifts. 

In  conclusion,  it  nuiy  be  said  that  though  the  library  is 
greatly  in«lebte<l  to  friends  in  the  past,  it  always  will  appeal 
to  their  generosity.  A  list  of  some  of  the  important  books, 
maps,  etc.,  is  appended. 


Kakk  and  C'l'Riot'*  Books. 

]'ilx  I'hUtuHtphnruin,  \>y  Waller  Iliirleigli.     Small  folio.     Prinlcd  l>y  Knsltrir 

Creiuinrr,  a(  NiireniUTR.  Iaj»t  «lii_v  nf  June,  1  174. 
SntfCit    }fiirali* :   alM)  the  <M>-«nlU<tl  IfUvni  of  Si.    I':iul   ami  .S.'neca.     Folio. 

I'rintcd  at    Vrni<'>>    l>v     tl4-rii.iril  t.(  <   rcni-ii:!    uiiil   Siliii'll    III    I.ilrrn,    •'itli  nf 

CXlolwr,  MW. 

.luveital  rt  Pertiu*.       \  run  r,   i"-!         rriii\i-<i  i.>     Vnin-. 

Su^toniu*,  I'aulHn  Diarnnut,  fir.     Vfiiiw.     Printing  lioiitk«  of  Alilii!*,  I.VJI. 
PofiK  firwcar  PrinrtiKf.     Folio.     Piihliflhcil  hr  11.  8te|ilieii«,  1.566. 


624  HiSTOKV  OF  }iavi:kfokd  college. 

Prochis'  Comraents  upon  the  Timreon  and  the  Republic  of  Plato.  Small  folio. 
Basle,  l.")34. 

Confession  of  Fatlh,  €<<■.,  given  fortli  by  the  Yearly  Meeting  at  Burlington, 
7th  of  the  7th  month,  \(Y^^1.  Printed  and  sold  by  Wiiliaiu  Bradford  in 
Pliiladeiphia,  1G93.     18°. 

An  Exiiortalion  to  tlie  Inliabitants  of  the  Province  of  South  Carolina,  etc.,  by 
S[ophia]   H[ume].     Pliiladeiphia.     Printed  by  William  Bradford,  n.  d. 

M.  T.  Cicero's  Cato  Major,  or  His  Discourse  of  Old  Age,  witli  Explanatory 
Notes.     Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  MDCCXLIV. 

Thomas  Chalkley'.<<  Journal,  dr.  Pliiladeiphia.  Printed  l)y  B.  Franklin  and 
D.  Hall,  1749. 

Considerations  on  Keeping  Negroes,  etc.  Part  2,  by  John  Woolman.  Phila- 
delphia.    Printed  by  B.  Franklin  and  D.  Hall,  17ti2. 

The  History  of  t  lie  Colony  of  Nova-Ca'saria  or  New  Jersey,  etc.  By  Samuel 
Smith,  Burlington  in  New  Jersey.  Printed  and  sold  by  James  Parker. 
Sold  also  by  David  Hall,  in  Philadelphia,  MDCCLXV.     8vo. 

A  Collection  of  Tracts  by  George  Fox.     Small  4°.     Printed  lOo-")  to  1658. 

Works  of  Margaret  Fell,  afterwards  Margaret  Fox,  wife  of  George  Fox.  Svo. 
London,  1710. 

Barclay's  Apology,  the  first  edition,  Latin.     Amsterdam,  1G76.     Small  4°. 

Baiday's  Apology,  the  first  edition  in  English  [Aberdeen],  1()78. 

[Note. — The  library  also  contains  an  example  of  nearly  every  edition 
of  the  Apology  published,  embracing  Latin,  Frencli,  German,  Danish  and 
Spanish  versions,  and  the  beautiful  edition  published  by  Baskerville,  Bir- 
mingham, 17(55.] 

Reliquiie  Barclaianse.  Unpublished  Letters  of  the  Barclay  Family.  Lith- 
ographed by  direction  of  J.  Gurney  Barclay,  1870.  4°.  Only  17  copies 
printed. 

Geneva  Bible,  1560  (slightly  imperfect). 

Greek  Testament.  First  American  edition.  Isaiah  Thomas.  Wigorniae, 
Mass.    April,  1800. 

Account  of  the  Editions  of  the  New  Testament.  Tyndales  Version,  1525- 
1566.     4°,  with  many  fac-similes.     Francis  Fry. 

The  Great  Bible,  Cranmer's  and  Authorized  Version,  1611,  with  many  fac- 
similes, and  an  original  leaf  of  every  Bible  described  (14).  By  Francis 
Fry.     Folio. 

Fac-siraile  of  The  Codex  Sinaiticus.  Edited  by  Tischendorf.  St.  Petersburg, 
1862.     4  vols.     Folio.     300  copies  printed. 

Fac-simile  of  The  Codex  Vaticanus.     Kome,  1868-1880.     6  vols.     Folio. 

Fac-simile  of  Tiie  Codex  Alexandrinus,  by  Woide.     Folio.     London,  1786. 

Photographic  Fac-simile  of  the  New  Testament.     Alexandrian  Codex. 

Photographic  Fac-simile  of  the  New  Testament.     Vatican  Codex. 

Walton's  Polyglot,  1657.     6  vols.     Folio. 

Castell's  Lexicon  Heptaglot.     2  vols.     Folio.     I-ondon,  1669. 

Pantheon  Anabaptisticum  et  Enthusiasticnm.     Folio.     1702. 

Erasmus'  Paraphrase  of  tiie  New  Testament.     Printed  by  Frobenius,  1527. 

Purver's  Bible.     2  vols.     Folio.     London,  1764. 


1.1I.I;AI:\     AM»    Ml'SKl'M    Col.LKCTInNs.  02') 

BarKiiiuV  AniriU,  with  C'onliiimUious.    "Jl  vols.    Folio.    Puliiislieil  l.>'*^-172"«. 

Be/a's  New  Ttfttainent.     Kolio.      15(5'>. 

WilwmV    American    Ornitliolojjy.      'J   vol?«.     Folio.      ISOS-IHI  I,   wiih    plule- 

roloreil  br  the  iiuthor. 
WiLson'a  Ornithology.     Volume  <if  plates  (culorctl)  only.     Folio.     iS'jy. 
Aiidiilxm'!!  ItinU  of  Amerii-a.     s°  eilition.     7  vols.     1S40-4. 
AiuliilH>n'!t  t^ii!ulru|KHl»  of  .Vmerim.     .'»  vols.     s^.     ls')"J-5-l. 
Morton's  (.'nuiia.     Folio.     ls;{y. 
Nultiral  IlUlory  of  the  Sliite  of  New  York.      1.     '2-  vols. 

FitiKSDs'   Books. 

Cieorge  Fox'it  Journal.     First  edition.     Folio.     1094. 

(f«"<>ri;f  Fox'n  Journal.     Sectmd  olition.     2  vols.     S°.     1709. 

tM-..rm' Fox's  Journal.     Tliinl  e<li(i<in.     1    vol.     Folio.     17t)5.     Also    various 

other  e«lition-i. 
(Jeorge  Fox's  ( Jreat  Mysdry.     Folio.     l«i.)l». 
George  Fox's  Kpislles.     Folio.     lOOs. 
(ieorge  Fox's  D<M'trinal  IU>oks.     Folio.     1700. 

Dawnings  of  the  (>o«|H.>l  I>ay,  etc.     Francis  llowgill.     Folio.     U)7t». 
James  I'arnel's  Works.     Svo.     lG7o. 
Isaac  lVnini;ton's  Works.     Folio.      16*«1. 
The  Christian  (Quaker.     Folio.     lt;74. 
Works  of  Thomas  Taylor.     4°.     P'.lt7. 

S;imuel  Fisher.     Folio.     I(i7'.'. 

William  Smith.     Folio.      1«)7'). 

I^lward  Burroughs.     Folio.     I«»7*J. 

James  Naylor.     s°.     17 Hi. 

•  t«i)rge  Fox,  ihe  Younger.     16".     Second  edition.     \M'>. 

John  Burnyent.     4°.     lt">'.M. 
Christian  Trognin.     (ieorge  Whitehead,     s  . 
William  EilmiuuLs<in.     4^.      I71'». 
John  Butty's  Spiritual  Diary.     2  vols.     ]()".     177«>. 
BfHM.«'s  Sutlerings  of  the  (Quakers.     '2  vols.     Folio.     K.'iS. 
Scwcl's  History  of  the  (Quakers.     Folio.      \1'2'2. 

The  Christian  (juaker.     Folio.     By  William  IVnn  and  (toorge  Whitehead. 
Works  iif  William  I'enn.     First  e«l  it  ion.     '.'vols.     Folio.     1724. 

William  IVnn.     Select  Works.     2  vols.     Folio.     1771. 
"         Thi>m:is  Story.     Folio.     1747. 
Immetliate  IJevelation  not  Cra.s««l.     (ieorge  Keith.     Small  4°.     IW^. 
Several  Sermons  or  iH-^-laratioivs  of  Mr.  Stephen  Crisp.     '2  ToU.     10".     1707. 
Katharine  Kvans  and  Sarah  Cheerer.      Is".     \(it\:\. 
\   Brief  .\hridgnicnt  of  Kuachius*  Kccleniastial   History,  hr  William   Fjiton. 

is^.    Ifiys. 
Bishopr's  New  Kngland  Judge*.     16*>.     170].     Reprint  of  ir>61,  with  Whit- 
ing's Truth  ami  Innorency.     1702, 
(ierard  Cnesiiis'  Historia  (^uakeriana.    Second  edition.     18**.     161H5. 
•10 


62G 


HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 


Anti-Quakeriana  and  Replies,  etc. 

The  Snake  in  the  Grass,  and  tlie  Switoli  for  tlie  Snake. 

Defence  of  a  Book  entitled  The  Snake  in  the  Grass. 

Leslie's  Tracts. 

Antoinette  Bourignon. 

Anti-Barc'hiins.     An  Examen  of  Barclay's  Apology,  by  L.  A.  Reiser.     1683. 

Examination  of  the  Doctrines  of  Barclaj^'s  Apology.  John  Thornley.  Lon- 
don, 1742. 

A  Collection  of  Pamphlets  on  the  Beaconite  Controversy. 

Quakerism  No  Christianity.     John  Faldo.     16°.     1673. 

Reports  of  Various  Trials. 

Xearly  a  complete  set  of  the  Annual  Monitors,  English,  siiowing  the  Ne- 
crology of  the  Society  of  Friends  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.     1SI4-1888. 

Tyndale's  Works.     Imprinted  at  London  by  John  Day. 

Works  of  John  Firth.     Folio.     1572. 

Mathematical  Works. 

LaPlace's  Works  in  French  and  English. 
Analytical  Institutions  of  Maria  Agnesi. 

Delambre's  Works,  Newton's  Works,  Maclaurin's,  Bezout's,  Biol's,  and  many 
others. 

Art  and  Architecture,  Archaeology,  etc. 

The  Edifices  of  Ancient  Rome.     L.  Canina.     3  vols.     Folio.     Rome,  1848. 
The  Antiquities  of  Athens.     J.  Stuart  and  N.  Revett.     4  vols.     Folio.     1762- 

1816. 
Une<Hted  Antiquities  of  Attica.     Society  of  Dilettanti.     Folio.     1S17. 
Edifices  of  Ancient  Rome,  Desgodetz.     2  vols.     Folio.     1771. 
Views  of  .Vncient  Rome.     Piranesi.     Folio.     139  plates  in  portfolio. 
Paris  and  Its  Monuments,  by  Baltard.     Folio.     Paris.     An.  XI,  1X03. 
Specimens  of  Ancient  Sculpture  and   Painting  in   England.      John  Carter. 

Folio.     London,  1838. 
Silvestre's  Paleography.      Edited  by  Sir  F.  Madden.      2  vols.      8°.      1  vol. 

Folio.     Colored  Plates.     London,  1850. 


Periodicals  and  Sets. 

Valpy's  Latin  Classics.     149  vols.     8°. 
Lemaire's  Latin  Classics.     174  vols.     8°. 
Fabricius'  Bibliotheca  Grfeca.     12  vols.     4°. 
Teubner's  Greek  Texts. 
Teubner's  Latin  Texts. 
Niles'  Register.     50  vols.     8°. 
American  Archives.     9  vols.     Folio. 
American  State  Papers.     38  vols.     Folio. 
Benton's  Abridgment  of  Debates  of  Congres.s 


1789-1850.     16  vols.     8°. 


l.l^.KAl;^    am»   mi  m  t  m   <  ci  i  i  i  i  ions.  G27 

Annual  KeKist*'!".     l7.VS-lsr,3.     107  voU.     8°. 

Thurli>«'>  Siato  ra|>er.t.     7  vi>l».     Folio. 

PinktTtoii'!!  N'oyune?*.     17  voU.     4'*. 

SiuitlKHtinian  Contribution!)  to  Knowledge.     L's  vols.     4^.     <  o[u|iU-tc. 

Smithsonian  MiiMvllaneou.H  Collection.     H°.     Compluti'. 

Smilliiionian  I{i-|H)rtti.     S'^.     Complete. 

riiili>M>pliii-ul  Mii^it/ine.     Nearly  complete. 

.\ii)erii-an  Journal  of  Arti  ami  St-iences  (Siliiman'Mi.     Complete. 

rnx-eeilin);*!  »>!' .\mericaM  I'hilo'>oplii(-al  So«iety.     Nearly  complete. 

I'rmee<lii)KH  of  .Vnnleiiiy  of  Natural  Science.     Complcle. 

American  Naturaliitt.     Complete. 

Nature.     From  1S79. 

t^uarterly  Iteview.     isu2-l>>yi.     Complete. 

nar|>er'»,  Scrilmer's,  Century,  Atlantic.     Complete  sets. 

Littell's  Living  Age.     Complete. 

The  Nation.     Complete. 

The  Friend  ( IMiila.  I,  FriemU'  Review,  Friends' Quarterly  Kxaminer.  Com- 
plete sets. 

Besides  many  nihcr  p-.irtial  sets  of  North  .\merit-in  Keview,  Hritish  Quar- 
terly, Nortli  Hritisli  Keview,  Jourii:iI  (if  Chemical  Society,  Contemporary 
Keview,  et' . 

MlSCKLI.AXE"l  s. 

A  Volume  of  Autoyrapii  letters,  containing'  one  of  William  Caton's,  '.'i  4°; 
one  of  Robert  Snndlland's,  4°  ;  seven  of  William  Penn's,  4°. 

.\n  .VutoKraph  Letter  of  John  Woolman's,  tiate<l  London    da    rao 

II       i\    177'J. 

.\n  Autograph  Ix-tter  of  Williar.i  iSradtonrs,  dated  I'hiladelphia,  1st  of  1st 
month,  If.s; :  "To  the  half  year'.s  meetini;  of  tfriends  hehl  at  Burlington, 
the  Ml  of  yc  fir^t  mouth,  I'W;,"  pro|K)e«inf;  to  print  a  large  Bible  in  folio. 

Two  French  .\sHignats,  <>f  the  years  \7*J'2  ami  I7'j;i  re»i>ectively. 

One  lottery  ticket,  17«».'5.     New  Jersey  College  Ixrtterj*. 

One  lottery  ticket,  IIanov»T  mh.I  1  ..niHa  Lottery.     17«>4. 

Cast  (*(  K(«etta  Stone. 

Mahogany  table  formerly  i«  i'ii;;iii-  lo  William  I'enn. 

Saddle  bag^  u»ed  by  .Mexander  Wilstm.  the  Ornilliologist,  in  his  travels. 

Portrait*,  Vikwm,  trrv. 

Daniel  H.  Smith.  Fir^t  Principal.  (Jil  |Kiinting  by  John  Collins,  from  pho- 
tuitrnph  and  from  memory. 

Samuel  J.  (Jummere,  President,  1.H<')3-1M74,  Oil  |>ainting  from  photograph, 
by  Trotter. 

Thomas  Chase,  President,  1875-1H.S6.     Dil  painting  frT>m  life,  by  IL  I.a7jirus. 

Pliny  K.  Cha.<«e,  .\i-ting  President,  l^****.     (HI  {tainting  from  life. 

Pr  Paul  Swift,  I*n»fe»*«or  Natural  and  Moral  Science.  Oil  painting  from  pho- 
tograph, by  O.  W.  Petlil. 


028  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

James  Logan.  Oil  painting  from  portrait  in  IMiihuieiphia  Liljrary,  by  John 
Wilson. 

Isaac  Collins,  Manager  and  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Lawn  Grounds.  India 
ink,  (?)  by  John  Collins. 

John  Collins,  Instructor.     India  ink,  by  himself. 

William  Penn.  Engraving  from  portrait  belonging  to  Pennsylvania  His- 
torical Society. 

William  Penn.     Small  engraving.     Medallion  portrait. 

George  Fox.     Engraving  from  G.  Ilonthorst's  portrait. 

George  Fox.     Engraving  from  Swarthmore  i)ortrait. 

Dr.  .lohn  Fothergill,  founder  of  Ackworth  School.     Engraving. 

Stephen  Grellet.     Lithograph.     Silhouette,  standing. 

Joseph  John  Gurney.     Engraving. 

Samuel  Gurney.     Engraving. 

"William  Allen.     Engraving. 

William  Allen.     Engraving  (small). 

Lindley  Murray,  the  Grammarian.     luigraving. 

Goold  Brown,  the  Grammarian.     Engraving. 

Joseph  Roberts.     Engraving. 

Josiah  Forster.     Photograph. 

Thomas,  Israel,  and  Jasper  Cope.     Engraving. 

Professor  Gustav  Baur,  collector  of  "  The  Gustav  Baur  Library."    Photograph. 

Dr.  John  Fothergill.     Small  bust  in  black  basalt. 

John  G.  Whittier.     Small  bust  in  clay. 

Fac-simile  of  the  Protest  of  Germantown  Friends  against  Slavery.  Supposed 
to  be  the  earliest  protest  against  slavery  by  an  organized  body. 

Models  of  the  Pont  du  Gard  at  Nismes,  of  the  Maison  Carri'e  at  Nismes,  and 
of  a  Roman  tomb. 

Pen-and-ink  sketch  of  the  Old  Octagonal  Friends'  Meeting  House  at  Bur- 
lington, N.  J. 

Maps,  Plans,  etc. 

Original  IMau  of  Survey  of  Tract  belonging  to  Haverford  School  Association. 
1833. 

Map  of  the  Province  of  Pennsilvania,  Containing  the  three  Countyes  of  Ches- 
ter, Philadelphia  and  Bucks,  as  far  as  yet  Surveyed  and  Laid,  ye  Divis- 
ions or  distinctions  made  by  ye  different  Coullers  respecting  the  senlement, 
by  way  of  Townships.  By  Thos.  Holme  Surveyor  Gen'l.  Sold  by  Robt. 
Greene  at  the  Rose  it  Crown  in  Budgerow.  And  by  John  Thornton  at 
the  Piatt  in  the  Minories.     London  [  ]     Size  :mx52  inches. 

An  East  Prospect  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  taken  by  George  Heap  from  the 
Jersey  Shore  under  the  directit)n  of  Nicholas  Skull,  Surveyor-General  of 
the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.     Size '24xSL*i  inches.     17r)4. 

Plan  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  and  its  Environs,  by  John  Hills,  May  30th, 
179G.  Published  and  sold  by  John  Hills,  Surveyor  and  Draughtsman. 
1797.  Engraved  by  .lolin  Cooke  of  Hendon,  Middlesex,  near  London, 
Published  and  sold  1st  January,  1798,  by  Messrs.  John  and  Josiah  Boy- 


LIIIKAKY    AM)    Ml'SKl  M    COLLK(  TH »NS.  629 

di-U  at  the  S|iakii)|K'art'  (iulU-ry  niui  ut  No.  W  ('liea|witie.  Sim*  2l>jx3((J 
iiulifs*. 
A  t'olltftioii  of  is  Maniiticri|its,  cliit-lly  Oriental.  Thtitt'  iiisniiM-riplit  were 
piiriliuM^l  l«y  Profcsjmr  J.  Heixlt'l  llarrin  in  Kj;y|«l  an*!  Syria  in  l^Sl*, 
and  were  given  ti>  the  I'olU'gi-  l>y  Walter  Wixxl  an<l  Pn>fc?vMir  Harris. 
.\  i-i>ni|iletf  i-atalo^iio  hy  Pn>l'es(»or  HnlttTl  \V.  Kogfrs  will  he  found  in 
llavfrford  ('olle>;e  Studit-?*,  No.  1.     A  few  are  nit-ntionetl  lii-ri;: 

(1)  llehrew  MS.  on  lino  while  vellum  leaver  '.ixl>l  inche>,  written  in  a  b«.*au- 
tifid  regnUr  hund  of  the  XIII  century.  Three  colnmnii  on  a  |>age  except 
in  the  Books  of  INalnus  and  Jolt,  which  have  hut  two,  each  column  having 
thirty  lines.  Some  illnminalioius.  Hoinid  in  Oriental  rtnl  leather-  On 
the  i-overs  i»  a  repres»iitalion  of  Jeru.salem.  The  order  of  the  lxM)k»  dif- 
fers t'roni  the  Knglixh  ISihle;  I'salms,  Jol>,  Troverlw,  h>fle!iia"<te>,  (anti- 
cU*!t,  I.^imentation-i,  Ihmiel,  Father  and  ChronicleH  i-omin^  at  the  end. 
Date  piven  is  'lO'JtJ,  e«iuivalent  to  I'jr.i;  A.I>.  (llav.  1.) 

('2)  Koll  of  tine  vellum  17  inches  wiile  :ind  73  feet  long,  com po(ie<l  of  14  »kinH: 
containing  the  i'entaleuch.  i  llav.  2.) 

(3)  Roll  of  fuie  vellum  10  inches  wide  and  7')  feet  long.  -13  skins.  ('ontuin» 
the  Pentateuch.  i  llav.  3.1 

(4)  Four  rolls  of  hrown  leather  containing  each  one  book  of  the  <  )ld  Testa- 
ment. I  llav.  4-7.) 

(5)  A  nnml>er  of  single  and  double  leaves  of  vellum  manuscripts. 

(Hav.  8-12). 

(6)  A  vellum  manuscript  of  .\l\'  rentury,  ■J'>t)  leaves,  each  i>xU\  inchec,  con- 
taining |>ortion8  of  Maimonidcs.  (Hav.  Id). 

(7)  Ilebneo-xSaiuaritan  manus^-ript  on  tine  vellum  of  XI  century,  (?)  219 
leaves,  each  12x15^  inches.     Contains  Pentateuch.  (  Hnv.  22.) 

(8)  Rthiopic  vellum  manuscript,  1>>2  leaves  I2xlti)  inches.  |{«iund  in  original 
Oriental  binding  of  boards  covere«l  with  leather,  in  exivllcnt  preservation. 
Contains  tienesis  to  Kutli.  (llav.  23.) 

(9)  .\n  Kthiopic  vellum  manuscript,  containing  ol  leaves  61x7  inches.  The 
l>cuinnings  of  >>e4-tions  and  certain  names  rubrimte<l  throughout.  There 
is  a  rude  drawing  of  the  Trinity  (!)  and  also  of  the  Virgin    Mary.    (?) 

(Hav.  24.) 

(10)  A  Syriac  manuscript  of  the  XIII  century  in  the  VVtrangclo  hand.  Site 
of  Icnvra  6^xS|  inches.  It  cunlains  the  whole  of  the  New  Testament, 
including  the  .Vnti-legomena  Epistles.  (Hav.  'IS.) 

(11)  An  .\nibic  |>a|>«>r  manu<u-ript  in  exipiititely  fine  hand.  The  leave*  are 
octagonal  in  shafie,  outside  diameter  2]  inchea,  but  the  writing  is  enclosed 
in  a  cin'lc  21  inches  in  diameter.  Contains  the  (^u'n'in.  Itound  in 
Oriental  leather  stam|>e<l  in  golil.  (Hav.  34.) 

(12)  An  .\mbif  |>a|K*r  manus<-ript,  Ixrantifnllr  written,  with  rich  illuminMtion« 
in  gold  an<l  cnlon.  SiM  of  leaven  4x6.  ContaiiM  |«rtions  of  the  (ju'rAn 
with  comnwnitary.  (Hav.  35.) 

(13)  .\  paper  roll  containing  a  modern  Armenian  Phylactery  with  picture*, 
10 j  feet  lofiK.  (Hav.  40.) 


030  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

(14)  A  Latin  vellum  manuscript,  written  in  a  line  hand  of  the  XIV  century. 
Initial  letters  in  gold  and  colors,  with  ornamental  borders.  Size  of  page 
2Jx4J  inches.     Contains  P.><alnis  and  Canticles.  (Mav.  42.) 

Ethnolo(;icai.  Collection. 

Most  of  the  articles  in  this  class  were  received  from  tlie  Loganian  Society, 
to  which  they  had  been  given  by  various  alunmi  and  friends  of  the  college. 
The  following  are  some  of  these: 

Pottery    figures  representing   Italian    peasantry,  numbering   seventeen;    pre- 
sented by  I>eulah  Sansom. 
Indian  bircli-bark  canoe,  with  spar  and  paddles.     (Donor  unknown.) 
Moccasins  made  by  Seneca  Indians,  also  pipe  of  peace;  Josepii  Kliiinfon. 
Pipe,  cup  and  saucer,  Catawba  Indians;  Elizabeth  Blenden. 
Cocoanut-shell  cup,  South  Sea  Islands;    H.  C.  Perderrain. 
Pottery  from  mound  in  Warren  County,  O.  ;  T.  H.  Burgess. 
Chinese  compass  and  dial  and  Chinese  laborer's  shoe;  Daniel  B.  Smitli. 
Shot-bag  made  by  Liberian  Africans;  Eli  and  Sybil  Jones. 
Lacquered  case  containing  India  ink  blocks;  Thomas  Wharton. 
Sepulchral  lamp,  from  ruins  of  Carthage  ;  J.  L.  Hodge. 
Chinese  chopsticks  in  case  ;  Thomas  Wharton. 
Flint  arrowheads  (7)  and  hatchet;  Tlieodore  Starr. 
Various    other  Indian  relics;  Ezra  Weston,  Joseph   Parrish,   J.  G.  Taylor, 

Tiiomas  Wistar,  Edgar  Wistar,  d  al. 
A  piece  of  the  original  Atlantic  cable,  with  an  autograph  letter  from  Cyrus 

W.  Field. 
Costume  of  a  South  Sea  Island  belle  ;  Abram  Hutton. 
Native  bark-cloth.  Sandwich  Islands;  Abram  Hutton. 
A  Lachrymal,  Pompeii,  Italy;  Jonathan  Thomas. 

Currency  of  the  Colonies  and  of  the  early  national  times.     (Donor  unknown.) 
A  20shiirmg  script  piece  made  in  Philadelphia,  175!t,  reign  of  (ieorge  II,  by 

"  Bevjamiii  Franklin,  Printer."     (Donor  unknown.) 
Script  of  Confederate  States  of  America.     (Donor  unknown.) 
Cork  hat,  Fiji  Islands;  George  H.  Chase. 
Grass  bag  made  by  Liberians;  J.  Copperthwait. 
Cloth,  pieces  of  different  thicknesses,  texture  and  color.  Sandwich  Islands  ; 

Thonuis  Morgan. 

The  coin  collection  contains  over  1,.")00  coins,  representing  many  nations 
and  a  large  portion  of  historic  time.  Of  these  1,1()2  have  been  classilied  and 
catalogued. 

The  whole  class  of  Ethnology  contains  about  1,700  specimens. 

Zoological  Collection. 
Ornitholo(jy  : 

(1)  This  department  is  fairly  well  represented.  There  are  about  SOO 
birds,  representing  every  order  and  many  lands.  Nearly  all  of  this 
collection  is  the  gift  of  David  Scull,  Jr. 


I.ir.lCAKV     ANI>    MrsKlM    (  nLI.KCTK'NS.  (iSl 

(2)  Tlie  egK  follection  of  about  l/KK)  Mpei-imeiii,  n-prevnling  'tV.i  species, 
given  by  Muunab  WikkI  S«u11  in  1>7'.>.  Mtwi  of  ibote  are  of  »!>«• 
riett  repn-itenlitl  in  (he  bini  t-t)llection.  In  uli  nik-Ii  auvH  tlie  e^g 
Itears,  in  aiidition  to  it.s  ivtalof^ue  nnm)H-r,  the  ralalogiie  nunil>er  of 
the  bird,  thus  making  it  a  pnti-iii-al  mixiliary  to  the  bird  (-olle<-lion. 

There  are  also  eleven  binia*  nest-. 

Total  tt{>«cies  almut  1, :{()<>. 
f  'oiichAogy  : 

(1)  A  l>eautiful  ci>lUv(ion  of  shells  represenling  3iy  spei-ies;  all  foreign 

and  ninny  of  them  tropical. 

(2)  Fre^h-water  .shells  of  America,  'Jixj  s|>e<-ies. 

|3)   A    c«>lU'ction    of   liritish    -hell-    r<|>rc«.iiiiini:   loT   s|„.,ii-.:    ijivi-fi  l.v 

Martha  Braithwaite,  Jr. 
(4»  MiM.'«llaneoiLs.     UK)  sjiccies. 
I'altevntiAoijti  : 

(1)  Wan!  ca.sts, 'JiH^t  s[>e<iiiicMs  ;  the  ^'itt  of  Kiiliard  Wixxl. 

(2)  Fossila,  1,1(.M)  .specimens,  repre-entinj,'  alndit  3o0  sjKHMes. 
Gmmtl  '/.tii'ilogy  : 

(1)  Corals,  53  sjiecies  from  the  ARas-iz  Museum  of  Comparative  Zo<iloKy; 

given  by  .Me.xander  Agassi/.. 

(2)  Animalii  in  alcohol,  representing  all  sub-kingdoms,  Iti'J  species. 

(3)  Animal  skins,  stuffed  and  mountetl,  S  8|>ecie8. 

(4)  I>isnrticulatc<l  skeletons,  2<i. 

IJoTANICAI.    »  <)l.I.K<TliiN. 

HfrUiritim  : 

(1)  Old  collection   made  by  many  imlividuals,  and  containiii;;  alM>nt  i>ini 

specimens  reprcM-ntini;  about  •"iCin  sitecii"!*  and  several  distinct  lloni. 

(2)  Recent  collection  U-^uii  by  Dr.  McMurriih  ami  .M.  K.  Ixanls,  who  in- 

creaiied  the  herbarium  by  1.50  .s|>ecief< — all.  or  nearly  all,  tinplicates 
of  the  old  c«)llection.     To  this  recent  collection  Mr>.  W.  S.  Hall  ha« 
aildetl  300  sj>ecie*. 
Wooil  Stdioitu  : 

( 1)  Sections  of  woods  fmm  the  valley  of  the  .\IU>>;hany  Kiver,  iiuml>ering 

72  s|>ecimenA;  purchased  of  I>r.  A.  I>.  ItinkcrtI  and  his  selection. 
(2>  Polished  x«ctioa<t  (2t*i  of  woods  listed  in  cabinelwart* ;  given  by  I>aniel 
I(.  Smith. 
Sftd0 . 

125  viaU  nf  <teeds  of  common  Pennsylvanin  and  New  Jersey  plants  ;  left 

in  (ni«t  nnJ  f<>r  u«<<  by  Uobcrt  Talnall,  'iM>. 
In   addition   in    thoM-    there    .ire    -iiiidrv     miH<-ella!ioous    s|)ecilDCD9    from 
variiHia  donors 

liC<>l.<Mj|<  AL  <  OI.I.IXTIoN. 

Oeneml  Gfotof/»t  : 

(1)  The  collection  of  I'rofeMor  K.  A.  (ienth,  of  IMiilndelphin,  cont.iin  !  . 
niMMit    3,0«H>    spe<-inicns    giilhere<l    during    the  second   (tet)lii- 
SufTey  of  iVnnsylvania.     This  valuable  addition  to  our  museum  i.H 
kept  in  two  uprisht  case*.  al.<«o  given  by  I'rofewor  Gentli. 


632  HISTOKV    OF    IIAVERFOKD    COLLEGE, 

(2)  A  column  of  basalt   frotu   the   Giant's   Causeway.      Dimensions,  32 

inches  high  by  13  inches  diameter,  and  composed  of  4  segments; 
given  by  Thom.is  Kimber,  Jr. 

(3)  Miscellaneous  specimens,  most  of  wliioh  are   packed    in    boxes  and 

stored  in  the  attic.     About  ],(»00  specimens.     (Donors  unknown.) 
Lithology  : 

A  collection  of  4-50  specimens,  kept   in  drawers  for  class  use.     Most  of 

them  are  foreign.     They  represent  granites,  schists,  shales,  slates, 

grits,  etc.,  etc. 
Mineralogy  : 

This  collection  is  the  most  complete,  and  one  of  the  most  valuable  and 

attractive  in  the  museum.     It  has  recently  been  rearranged  and 

classified  by  H.  A.  Todd,  '91.     In  this  rearrangement  local  and 

individual  collections  have  been  temporarily  sacrificed  to  SystotKitic 

Minendogy.     As  each  label  bears  the  name  of  the  locality  and  of 

the  donor,  the  collection  may  be  again  broken  up  and  rearranged 

at  any  time  that  our  space  will  permit. 
The  minerals  are  arranged  according  to  Dana  as  follows : 
Series  I. — Native  Elements:  Native  gold,  silver,  copper,  graphite,  sulphur, 

etc. ;  56  specimens. 
Series  II. — Sulphides,   arsenides,    antimonides,   bismuthides,   selenides,  tel- 

lurides,  including  many  beautiful  specimens  of  galena  and  pyrites, 

etc. ;  1 3.'5  specimens. 
Series  III. — Chlorides,  bromides,  iodides;  no  specimens  in  this  series. 
Series  IV. — Fluorides.     In  this  series  are  found  many  beautiful  specimens 

of  fluor  spar;  presented  by  W.  S.  Vaux  ct  al. ;  30  specimens. 
Series  V. — Oxygen  Compounds: 

(1)  Oxides:  Here  are  found  many  metallic  ores;  e.  g.,  hematite,  etc.;  143 

specimens. 

(2)  Silicates:  The  quartzes  and  agates  are  found  here,  and  the  specimens 

in  our  cases  are  beautiful  and  numerous  ;  174  specimens. 

(3)  Tantalates,  columbates. 

(4)  Phosphates,  vanandates,  arsenates ;  63  specimens. 

(5)  Boi-ates. 

(6)  Tungstates,  molybdates,  chromates;  12  specimens. 

(7)  Sulphates:  In  this  division  maybe  found  many  beautiful  specimens 

of  gypsum  ;  98  specimens. 

(8)  Carbonates:  The  stalactites,  presented  by  Robert  Corson  and  Theo- 

dore D.  Hand,  and  the  Iceland  spars,  make  this  division  an  attrac- 
tive one;  211  specimens. 

Series  VI. — Hydrocarbons:  The  coal  series  comes  here.  beginning  with 
peat,  we  pass  through  lignite  and  bituminous  coal  to  anthracite 
coal,  and  end  with  some  of  the  coal  products,  as  paratiino,  petro- 
leum, etc.;  33  specimens. 

Miscellaneous:  There  are  about  150  specimens  in  cases  and  drawers,  and 
packed  away,  waiting  for  more  room. 


i.ii.i;ai:v  and  muskim  collkctions.  O.'iS 

Si  MMAKV    OK    rilK   CoNTESI^    oK    IHK    Ml'SEt'M. 

KlIiiioloKicnl  Collection,  1,700 

Zutilo^ical  rolloction, 

Oruitliolufjv,  <^>^ciV«, 1,300 

C\>nihol«»gy,       "        735 

ralii-ontiilciKy,     "        560 

CJcn.  Zo»>I.»Ky,     '•        25C— 2,S3o 

RotHiiic-fll  Collection: 

Hcrhariiini,  nfucir',  .    .     750 

\V«kk1  Btttions,  "  .101 

Se«l!i,  "  .      r_'"> —    'J~6 

Geological  Colleclion: 

(Jen.  CJeologj",  siwcimtnf,   .  1,"MK) 

Lithology,  "  ....      I.'jO 

I  cxljibilc<l 1,.VJ0 

^•'"«™'"R>''(,mkcl, l,.-,0O-7,470 

Total  Contents  of  Museum.  .  ....  lJ.!t*l 


ArPARATl'S   AXI>    .\l-ri.l.VM  K..i. 

In  llie  antiinin  of  l.*<S'.ta  complete  outtit  for  plioloniico^jriipliy  was  procuretl 
for  the  riioloi;ic:il  Department,  also  ,'.,-inih  oil  immersion  lens,  aperture  V. 
About  fifteen  ounplele  skeletons  were  prepariil  durinjj  the  year,  and  the 
nimil>er  brought  up  to  twenty  the  next  year.  During  the  summer  of  18'.»o  the 
museum  wa.s  renrninge«l  and  cnlaloguc<l,  the  rearrangement  atlbrding  n|>- 
preciable  additions  to  the  room,  lioth  in  the  museum  an<l  in  the  lalioratory. 
.V  numl>cr  of  new  liooks  on  embryology,  tifhnology,  physiology,  etc.,  have 
been  :ulde«i  to  the  working  library  of  the  IVpartment  of  Biology.  At  the 
present  time  a  collection  of  the  marine  fauna  of  the  New  Jersey  coast  is  U-ing 
made.  Thi.s  collection  will  Ik>  a  great  addition  to  the  teaching  facilities  of  the 
department.  Time  having  remove*!  the  laln-ls  iVom  the  trees  and  ithrulw  of 
the  lawn,  the  wc»rk  of  relabelling  ha.s  been  Ix-gun,  and  will  U'  i-omplet*"*!  next 
rear.  A  lint  numlwring  13-'<  upet'ieit  has  lieen  enumerate<l  by  an  ex  itludent. 
Thee<piipment  of  the  Biological  laboratory  in  a«  follows: 

Tables  for  !•>  students. 

12  star  niicroiioi>|>c!t  in  gooti  condition. 
2  l^yitz  niiinxMtiiH's  with  revolving  n<»M-piece^. 
1  K.  \  J.  Ileck  bin<x-ular,  with  sutmlage  fixtures. 
I  Bullock  miir«»sc«>|H",  with  eye  pie«v  micronjeter  and  me«'hani<"nl  »t.'igc.' 

The  range  of  magnilication  of  the  last  two  instnimcnts  is  fnmi  20  diam- 
eleni  to  1,200  dianielera,  and  the  detinition  is  all  thai  can  !«  desired. 

1  Minot  microtome. 

1  Schantz  microtome. 

1  table  microtome. 

■  The  Ihtllnrk  rokm«cotw  hrloogi  In  W.  ^«.  llall,  Uii  U  uonl  in  lltr  lalnralorr. 


634  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORD   COLLEGE. 

2  turntables. 

1  incubator. 

2  tbermo-regulators. 
2  tbermometers. 

1  still  for  waste  alcohol. 

Photographic  appliances  complete. 

Besides  tliis  list  there  are  aquaria  and  other  glassware,  cutlery  and  dis- 
secting instruments,  water-bath  oven,  a  good  stock  of  reagents  and  chemicals, 
etc.,  etc. 

Present  Condition. 

The  recent  appropriations  made  by  the  Managers  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Physical  Laboratory  have  all  been  spent  in  the  purchase  of  apparatus  which 
the  student  himself  can  use  in  quantitative  experimentation  in  electricity. 
We  now  have  four  rooms  devoted  exclusively  to  student  work.  The  most  im- 
portant additions  are  the  following : 
In  MecJtanics  : 

A  dividing  engine  with  a  o-5-centimetre  screw. 

Kathetometer,  standard  meter  attached. 

Standard  balances,  maximum  load  1  kilogram. 

Comparator,  Socicti-  Genevoise  pattern. 

Reversible  pendulum  (made  by  student). 
/»  Sound  : 

Comparator  fork  l)y  Koenig. 
In  Heat  : 

Mercury  still  (design  of  Professor  Wright). 

Two  standard  thermometers  (Tonnlot). 

Thermopile  of  49  pairs. 
Light  : 

Spectrometer,  10-iuch  circle  reading  to  10". 

2-inch  diffraction  grating  by  Rowland. 

Heliostat  with  two  reliections. 

Acliromatic  lens,  3-inch. 
Electricitji  and  Magnetii^m  : 

Standard  10-ohm  coil. 

Wheatstone  bridge,  Fleming  pattern. 

Thomson's  centiampere  balance. 

Standard  galvanometer,  meter  brass  circle. 

Thomson  high-resistance  galvanometer  (made  by  student). 

Galvanometer  for  thermal  currents. 

Standard  (lark  cell. 

Standard  condenser,  \  microfarad. 

Standard  high-re-iistance,  100,000  ohms. 

Complete  outfit  for  study  of  hysteresis  (made  by  student). 

Storage  battery  of  14  celLs. 

Together  with  many  minor  valuable  pieces  by  students. 


MI'.KAKV     AM'    Ml  SKIM    <  i  iM.M Hi  i.NS. 


lio.") 


TlIK   (iYMNA-llM. 

In  lSo5  the  |)rtr«**nt  k> '■■>>'*-'*>»■■>  room  wiu  littetl  up  l>y  tlu-  LoKuniun 
Society.  The  fact  that  (hi-  );yiiinn>iiiin  foiiiiil  :iny  |ihirt*  In  tlic  i'alnhi^ue  i»t> 
lung  agu  IS,  huwrever,  si);niti<-iuit,  and  pniveH  that  IIuverr<>nl  liaa,  fur  a  lung 
time,  he«n  liltenil  tu  pliyaical  devehipment.  Very  few  American  culleKe*  liail 
any  pruvit>iun  fur  exercise  withinMluuni  in  1S.V). 

In  ISMI  the  room  w&s  entirely  retilteil,  ami  fiirnished  with  the  apparatus 
of  I)r.  Sargent,  of  Iliirvanl  I  'niversity.  Tlio  fuilnwini'  list  of  apparatus  was  put 
in  at  (hat  time  : 

1"^  Chtlit  weii;h(s. 

\'2  IVveluping  appliances. 
1  IIi>ri/.un(ul  har. 
1  N'aultinK  bar. 

Swinging  rings. 

Travelling  rings. 

1  Vanhing  horse. 

'2  clo/en  '_'-U>.  Indian  cliil>->. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 
HAVERFORD  AT  SIXTY. 

Two  liundred  years  lead  up  to  thee, 

TJiro'  steadfast  faitli  and  sure  suggestion  ; 

Two  liundred  more  expectantly 

Wait  from  thy  lips  the  answered  question. — C.  E.  I*ratt. 

OuK  narrative  is  ended,  and  it  only  remains  for  us  to 
present  a  picture  of  Haverford  as  it  is  at  the  end  of  the  first 
sixty  years.  There  is  one  phase  of  the  history  which  we 
have  touched  but  lightly,  not  only  because  it  is  the  least 
interesting  and  the  least  satisfactory,  but  also  because  it  is 
a  phase  Avhicli  Haverford  shares  with  almost  every  other 
educational  institution.  We  refer  to  the  financial  phase. 
Colleges  are  not  money-making  concerns,  but  money- 
spending.  A  college  flourishes  at  the  cost  of  its  treasury; 
its  profit-and-loss  account  is  all  debit.  It  can  spend  any 
amount  of  money  its  benefactors  consent  to,  in  adding  to  its 
educating  resources.  No  class  of  institutions,  therefore,  is 
probably  more  hungry  for  money,  or  more  constantly  poor. 
Haverford  is  no  exception.  If  the  treasurer  or  the  chair- 
man of  the  Finance  Committee,  or  the  chief  benefactor  were 
to  write  the  history,  it  would  be  that  of  a  chain  of  disasters, 
of  a  bottomless  sink  for  greenbacks,  upon  which,  as  on 
Bunyan's  Slough  of  De.spond,  tliou.sands  of  cartloads  of 
instruction  have  been  wasted.  Recurrent  waves  of  debt 
and  recuperation  have  beaten  upon  her  shores  from  the 
beginning  of  her  history.     The  valuable  ciders,  who  were  so 

(636) 


HAVKKFnKIt    AT    SIXTY.  «».17 

alaniK'd  in  l>  lo  at  a  ilel>t  of  a  IV'W  tlioiisaiMl  dollars  that  tlit'V 
aliamloiiiMl  the  school  in  aj>j)areiit  despair,  woulil  hold  their 
breath  with  aina/.emeiit  at  the  sangfroid  witli  whieh  the  men 
of  'iX)  faced  an  indehtedness  of  quatlrupU*  the  amount.  Fain 
would  we  here  record  by  name  the  noble  j^enerosity  of  a  few 
steadfast  Friends,  who,  time  and  apiin,  have  put  tlu'ir  hands 
in  their  pockets  to  relieve  the  strain  on  the  treasury;  but,  hap- 
pily, most  of  them  are  living,  and  their  modesty  forbids  us. 
Were  there  no  redeeming  assurance  of  la.sting  benefit  to  the 
cause  of  Truth,  .«ad,  indeed,  would  be  the  record  of  the  i)a.st 
to  some  of  thc-^e;  it  would  then  be  a  story  of  wasted  sub- 
stance. But  is  money  wisely  expendetl  in  cilucati<»n  ever 
wasted,  even  if  lavishly  spent?  And  when  thus  laid  out 
on  behalf  of  a  high  education  to  the  youthful  followers  of 
George  Fox.  and  undt  r  the  control  of  that  small  jind  hum- 
ble sect  who  accej)t  the  (iospel  of  Christ  with  the  purity  and 
simplicity  and  altruism  with  which  Friends  havi'  been  wont 
to  receive  it,  wliat  untold  good  may  not  be  expected  to  flow 
from  the  power  imparted  to  these  by  education?  IIow 
better,  indeed,  could  the  stewards  of  ample  fortunes  bestow 
their  wealth  in  the  loving  service  of  their  Master?  It  may 
not  be  claimed  that  no  mistakes  have  been  ma«le  in  the 
expenditure  of  means  at  Haverford  ;  but  fallibility  belongs  to 
humanity ;  and  seldom  has  money  been  spent  with  a  more 
sincere  desire  to  do  it  wi.sely  and  well,  nor  by  more  sensible 
men.  The  error  is  mainly  traceal>le  to  that  vacillation  of 
jKilicy  consef|uent  upon  management  by  a  large  and  chang- 
ing Hoard,  with  whom  sometimes  one  view  of  things  is  in  tin* 
ascendant  and  sometimes  another.  Among  the  rc>st  of  the  im- 
perfections of  this  hi.story,  we  will  venture  to  ad«l  that  of  going 
no  dee|>er  than  we  have  done  into  the  details  of  Haver- 
ford finances.     Suflice  it  to  say,  she  has  struggled  manfully 


<)38  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD   COLLE(JE. 

through  Jill  vicisnitudes  hitherto,  and,  relying  upon  Divine 
lielp,  may  confidently  hoj)e  to  battle  with  them  successfully 
hereafter;  and  that  her  endowment  has  slowly  Ijut  steadily 
grown  until  she  has  now  $220,000  invested  and  yielding 
income,  besides  an  amount  estimated  roughly  at  $000,000 
in  the  buildings,  land,  library,  museum  and  appliances. 

We  conclude  with  a  short  statement  of  the  status  of  the 
college  at  the  present  time,  educationally.  The  last  twenty 
years  have  made  a  great  change  in  the  outward  surround- 
ings of  Haverford.  Instead  of  being  bordered  by  a  series 
of  farms,  it  is  now  in  the  midst  of  a  community  composed 
largely  of  business  men  of  Philadelphia,  with  other  groups 
of  clerks  and  artisans  in  modest  cottages. 

From  rural,  it  has  become  distinctly  suburban.  The  great 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  has,  probably,  made  it  the  most  pop- 
ular and  rapidly  growing  of  all  the  settlements  on  the  out- 
skirts of  the  great  cit}".  The  college  farm  isr  now  fringed 
with  houses,  and  the  lawn  begins  to  resemble  a  park  in  the 
midst  of  a  city.  Some  of  the  most  imposing  villas  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Philadelphia  are  to  be  seen  within  the 
radius  of  a  few  miles  around  Haverford :  Wootton,  the 
beautiful  seat  of  George  W.  Childs,  Henry  C.  Gibson's 
baronial  mansion,  and  Isaac  H.  Clothier's,  at  W3'nnewood, 
and  many  others  of  great  beauty  and  good  taste  in  their 
architecture  and  landscape  gardening;  among  them,  the 
stately  residence  of  the  President  of  the  college  corporation, 
and  another  of  one  of  its  most  liberal  benefactors,  may  ap- 
propriately be  named. 

The  wisdom  of  the  founders  in  securing  so  large  a  farm, 
and  such  excellent  water-rights,  is  now  abundantly  mani- 
fest, and  if  none  of  it  is  parted  with,  as  we  trust  may  never 
be  the  case,  the  healthy  growth  of  the  college  will  never  be 


HAVKKFOKl)    AT   SIXTY. 


(;3J> 


crauiprd  for  want  of  room.  Tlnrc  i.s  a  latent  satisfaction  in 
knowing  thut  tlu'  huul  has  so  jjreatly  incroascMl  in  value, 
that  thr  sale  of  a  small  part  i»f  it  unly  wonM  liijuidate 
any  in«lebtedness  likely  to  ueeuinulate  apiinst  the  eorjiora- 
tion,  and  another  suspension  nniy  he  eonsidered  «»ut  of  the 
question. 

Ilaverford   College,  at  the  pnsrnt   time,   has  twenty-one 
names  on  its  list  of  oflieers — hv  a  sin^rular  euineidenee  the 


woom^N.  Rt>iDKNrK  OK  ni^:oi(iiK  w.  i  ini.i»s 


.same  number  a.s  that  of  the  studeiit.s  at  the  opening  of  the 
school.  Of  these,  one  rej^ides  at  Cambridge.  Kngland,  and 
gives  some  instruetion  liy  correspontlence  ;  three  are  assist- 
ants doing  but  little  teaching,  three  have  other  oeeupations, 
visiting  the  college  but  a  few  hours  weekly.  The  other 
fourteen  give  their  whole  time  to  the  college.     The  duties 


640  HISTORY    OF    HAVERI'ORD    COLLEGE. 

and  educational  histoiT  of  the  officers  may  be  partly  obtained 
from  the  following  table  : 

ISAAC  SHARPLESS,  S.B.  (Harvard),   Sc.  D.  (University  of  Pennsylvania), 
LL.D.  (Swarthniore),  Presicknt  and  Pro/esnor  of  Ethirs. 

ALLEN  C.  THOMAS,  A. B.  and  A.M.  (^Haverford),  Llhrarian  and  Profei^sor 
of  HiHtoni  and  PoUtlml  Science. 

LYMAX  B.  HALL,  A.B.  (Amherst),  A.M.  and  PIi.  D.  (Gottingen),  Professor 
of  Chemisirif. 

SETH  K.  GIFFORD,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Haverford),  Professor  of  Greek. 

J.  RENDEL  HARRIS,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Cambridge,  England),  non-resident 
Professor  of  Bible  Langjiaf/es  and  Ecclesiastical  History. 

MYROX  R.  SANFORD,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Wesleyan   Tniversity),  Professor  of 
Latin. 

LEVI  T.  EDWARDS,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Haverford),  Professor  of  Engineering. 

WILLIAM  COFFIN  LADD,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Brown),  Professor  of  French. 

FRANCIS  B.  GUMMERE,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Haverford),   A.li.  (Harvard), 
Ph.D.  (Freiburg),  Professor  of  English  and  <ier)nan. 

FRANK  MORLEY,   A.B.  and  A.M.    (Cambridge,  Eng.),  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics. 

FRANCIS  P.  LEAVENWORTH,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Indiana),  Director  of  the 
Observatory. 

WINFIELD  SCOTT  HALL,  S.B.  and  S.M.  (Northwestern  University),  M.D. 

(Chicago),  Instructor  in  Biologi/  and  Instructor  in  Ph;isical  Training. 

ERNEST  WILLIAM  BROWN,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Cambridge,  England),  In- 
structor in  Mathematics. 

JOSEPH  OSGOOD  THOMPSON,  A.B.  (Amherst),  Ph.D.  (Strasburg), /«- 
structor  in  Physics. 

GEORGE  H.  BICKFORD,  A.B.  (Wesleyan),   Instructor  in    Engli.<h  and  in 
I'hi/sical  Training. 

J.  H.  BECHTEL,  In.Hructor  in  Elocution. 

GEORGE  A.  BARTON,  A.B.  and  A.M.  (Haverford),  A.M.  and  Ph.D.  (Har- 
vard), In.'<trnctor  in  Bible  Languages. 

ROBERT    S.    DeBOW,  Ph.D.  (University  of   Pennsylvania),    Instructor  in 
Philosophy. 

JONATHAN  MO  WRY  STEERE,  A.B.  (Haverford),  Secretary  of  the  College. 
WILLIAM  II.  COLLINS,  S.B.  (Haverford),  Assistant  in  the  Observatory. 
J.  WETIIERILL  HUTTON,  S.B.  (Haverford),  Assistant  in  the  Library. 


HAVKKUti;!'    AT    SIXTY,  041 

'riifiv  art'  loJ  stuilt'iits,  tlividfil  as  follows: 

(iraduati'S       ......  *J 

Seniors  . 21 

.Juniors 'JO 

Sophoniores    ......         'Hi 

Fivslmu'n      .  I'd 

Of  the  «;raduates  four  are  Fellows — ont-  hein^.seiit  wjt  i)V 
each  of  the  Frien<ls' ('olle<;es — Ilavt'rfonl,  Farlliam,  I't'iiii, 
auil  Wihnin^toii.  Tin- others  are  our  own  graduates,  except 
one,  who  received  liis  liachelor's  Degree  at  Ilarvani.  They 
are  recjuired  to  jj^ive  at  Irast  three-fourths  of  their  energies 
to  their  major  subject  and  to  meet  the  Professors  at  least  live 
hours  a  week  in  lecture  or  recitation.  Five  of  the  gra<luate3 
are  taking  mathematical  or  jiliy>iial  sul)jects  as  majors, 
three  English,  and  one  Greek.  Should  they  satisfy  tiieir 
examiners,  they  will,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  receive  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts. 

Of  the  undergraduates  l.">  are  taking  the  classical  course, 
32  the  scientific,  and  14  the  «(»urse  in  mechanical  engineer- 
ing. Having  elected  a  course,  there  is  no  choice  of  subjects 
all<>wed  during  the  first  two  years.  The  course  rigidly  de- 
fines their  work.  About  one-third  of  their  Junior  studies 
and  four-fifths  of  their  Senior  studies  are  elective.  These 
studies  are  chosen  from  a  list  ofl'ere<l  by  the  Faculty,  and 
fret|uently  after  consultation  with  the  Tresitlent  and  Pro- 
fessors. This  plan  having,  in  .some  cases,  theefrect  to  intjuce 
too  discursive  u  course,  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  year 
an  "  Honor"  .•system  was  introduce*!,  which  encourages  con- 
centration upon  one  subject  or  two  closely  related.  Special 
examinations  may  be  used  by  the  Professors,  to  determine 
tlie  choice  of  Honor  men,  who,  lx;cau,se  of  the  liigh  standanl 
it  is  proposed  to  maintain,  will  prolmbly  not  be  very  plenti- 
41 


642  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

ful.  It  is  not  easy  to  say  in  what  direction  the  trend  of 
scholastic  interest  lies — Mathematics,  Classics,  English 
Studies  and  Science,  all  have  their  votaries. 

The  gradual  tendency  toward  specialization,  noticeable 
for  several  years,  is  having  the  result  of  making  better 
scholars  than  ever  before  in  all  departments.  Take,  for  in- 
stance. Mathematics;  of  the  graduates,  Seniors  and  Juniors, 
about  one-fourth  are  taking  mathematical  courses,  and 
among  them  will  be  found  students  at  least  two  years  in 
advance  of  the  best  Haverford  could  show  twenty  years  ago. 
In  the  same  way  the  classical  scholars  are  better  than  the 
best  of  old  times.  But  the  mathematical  scholars  know  less 
classics  and  the  classical  scholars  less  mathematics  than 
under  the  former  regime.  The  advantage  of  this  is  that 
more  real  scholarly  interest  is  maintained  in  the  chosen 
"major  subject," and  Professors,  who  are  themselves  special- 
ists, are  stimulated  to  better  work. 

There  is,  of  late  years,  a  greater  tendency  than  of  old  to 
take  graduate  courses,  either  at  Haverford  or  at  Harvard  or 
Johns  Plopkins.  Our  best  students  have  often  expressed  the 
opinion  that  one  year  may  be  profitably  spent  at  Haverford, 
after  graduation,  in  certain  departments.  The  Faculty  use 
very  little  argument  to  retain  students  after  graduation. 
After  having  spent  four  years  with  us,  they  know  what  they 
can  get,  and,  if  they  elect  to  stay,  we  give  them  our  best  efforts. 
If  they  prefer  to  try  their  chances  at  a  university  we  send 
them  on,  with  good  wishes  and  credentials.  After  one 
year  we,  in  many  cases,  give  them  positive  encouragement 
to  seek  higher  instruction  elsewhere. 

The  presence  of  graduate  students  in  the  classes  and 
about  the  college  has  an  effect  to  raise  the  tone  of  under- 
graduate work.     Relieved  from  many  of  the  restrictions,  as 


1IA\  I  l;!  OKIt    AT    SIXTY.  »'.  l.'j 

to  rc<|uire(l  attcn»laiu»',  vie,  wliirli  seem  iiecessarv  lV>r  tlnir 
juiiiui-s,  lliey  have  loyally  enteretl  into  tlie  spirit  of  ilaver- 
Ibrd  life,  ami  constituto  an  clement  we  wouKl  regret  to  see 
eliminated. 

The  four  Fellows  eoming  from  mir  Friends'  colleges  will, 
it  is  hopeil,  tend  to  proinoti-  luirinony  of  interest  anuMi;; 
scholarly  l^uakei-s.  Of  the  three  that  come  yearly  from  the 
West  some  return  to  teach.  The  acquaintances  formed 
here,  with  Profes.soi*s  and  fellow-students,  and  tiic  opiMti- 
lunity  given  us  to  judge  of  the  (juality  of  results  ohtained 
in  the  West,  will  foster  good  feeling  and  good  fellowship, 
which  may  have  their  elfect  on  the  solution  of  religious 
as  well  as  educational  prohlems. 

The  graduate  students  of  recent  years,  whom  Ilaverford 
has  sent  to  universities,  have,  in  almost  every  case,  done 
credit  to  the  college.  They  have  won  open  fellowships 
and  scholarships  at  Harvard  and  lohns  Hopkins,  and 
have  led  large  cla.sses  in  the  Law  anil  Mediial  schools 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Their  success  as 
teachers  has  been  no  less  marked,  and  an  increasing  feeling 
exists  that  Ilaverford  men,  when  they  enter  upon  scholarly 
pursuits,  are  expected  to  place  themselves  in  the  ujtper 
ranks.  This  is  due  largely  to  the  .^^elf-sacriticing  hahits  of 
work  they  develop,  and  the  enthusiasm  for  scholarship, 
which  close  contiict  with  the  Profes-sors  begets  in  the  best 
of  them. 

Many  of  our  graduates  rnt»r  iiit<>  niertantjle.  banking. 
railroad  and  other  businesses.  Their  reputation  iis  men  of 
energy,  foresight  an<l  probity  is  an  honorable  one.  In  the 
discharge  of  their  duties  as  citizens  they  have  taken  a  large 
share  in  tmotticial  public  life,  and  no  reform  measure  has 
been  passi'd  in   Philadelphia  of  recent  times  without  the 


644  HISTORY    OF    HAVKRFORD    COI.LECiP:. 

active  co-operation  of  a  large  number,  relatively,  of  Haver- 
ford  men.  The  experience  in  college  politics,  in  athletic 
and  literar}'  associations,  the  wholesome  ethical  principles 
instilled  during  their  course,  and  the  sound  intellectual 
training,  may  be  the  factors  which  liave  ]»roduced  this 
result. 

The  old-fashioned  "recitation"'  is  not  so  ubiquitous  as  in 
old  times  at  Haverford,  The  hour  with  the  Professor  may 
be  spent  in  listening  to  his  lecture  on  the  subject  under  con- 
sideration ;  it  may  be  spent  in  a  free  discussion,  which  he 
will  direct — the  object  being  to  develop  in  the  student  intel- 
ligent thought ;  it  may  be  spent  in  an  examination  of  pre- 
vious lectures,  or  of  parts  of  a  text-book,  or  in  testing  the 
students'  powers  of  original  work ;  or  it  may  be  spent  in 
answering  questions,  one  after  another,  to  determine  how 
accurately  the  student  has  studied  his  assigned  lesson.  All 
of  these  have  their  places,  depending  on  the  subject  and  the 
peculiarities  of  the  teacher. 

A  reckoning  of  results  takes  place  four  times  a  year. 
Students  are  grouped,  in  each  subject,  in  proportion  to 
their  proficiency.  The  old  system  of  strict  ranking  has 
been  abolished,  and  every  student  has  the  chance  to 
secure  a  place  in  the  highest  group.  The  exaltation  of 
one  does  not  involve  the  degradation  of  another.  The  final 
promotion  of  the  student  to  liis  next  class  or  to  a  degree 
depends  on  his  terminal  examinations,  conducted  in  state, 
in  Chase  Hall. 

The  library  is  a  great  power  in  the  educational  work. 
There  is  probably  less  discursive  reading  done  than  for- 
merly, and  this  is,  in  some  respects,  to  be  regretted.  But 
there  is  more  systematic  reading  in  connection  with  the 
work  of  the  class-room.     A  subject  is  assigned  for  study, 


IIAVl  i;n>Hli    AT    SIXTY.  *'>{'> 

aulliorilies  are  imnlittiitMl,  and  tljo  librarian  has  a  ^ou<I 
cliance  to  know  tlu*  trend  of  class-room  work  in  any  depart- 
ment l»y  the  calls  tor  literature.  A  student's  "  major  suhject" 
will  also  frequently  make  demands  on  his  interest  which 
tlu'  Professor  will  not  supply,  and  the  library  comes  to  the 
rescue;  while  the  themes,  prize  orations,  Junior  and  Com- 
mencement orations,  are  evolve<l  partly  out  of  the  Uujks  in 
Alumni  Hall,  and  not  solely  from  the  students'  brains. 

The  daily  life  of  a  1  laverford  student  usually  begins  about 
7  o'clock  in  the  morning,  when  the  lirst  bell  rings.  .\t  7.1') 
breakfast  is  announced,  and  from  this  time  until  8  there  is 
a  stream  of  stragglers  from  Barclay  Hall  towanl  the  dining- 
room  in  old  Founders'.  At  S.30, 1).:50,  10.30  and  1 1.3<i  bells 
announce  the  beginning  of  "recitation  lutur-,"  which  fon- 
tiuuo  after  a  1"J.  I'>  lunch  at  l.:)<>.  '1  and  ."..  No  one  stmlent 
will  be  called  out  at  all  these  hours,  though  he  may  be  at 
any  of  them;  about  HI  hours  a  week  constituting  his  allotted 
time.  In  estimating  this,  in  the  case  of  laboratory  work 
drawing  and  such  things,  2.]  hours  are  counted  as  equiva- 
lent to  one  hour  of  recitation,  and  the  greater  part  of  this  is 
place<l  from  1.30  to  4  in  the  afternoon. 

From  I  to  0  is  sacred  to  recreation.  A  finer  sight  is  sel- 
ilom  seen  than  the  grounds  at  these  houi*s,  on  some  line  day 
in  spring  or  Fall.  Football  in  autumn  or  cricket  in  spring 
takes  the  prominent  pla<-e,  while  tennis  games  and  cricket 
practice  occupy  every  available  smooth  piece  of  turf.  In 
the  winter  months  gymmisiiim  work  (and  it  is  work  required 
of  Sophomores  and  Freshmen)  with  toasting  and  skating, 
when  the  elements  are  favorable,  and  cricket  practice  in  the 
shed,  occupy  the  time. 

At  0  o'clock  comes  dinner,  a  substantial  meal,  to  which 
the  preceding  two  hours  of  exercise  enable  the  sttidents  to  do 


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HISTOKV    OF    HAVEKFORD    COLLKGE. 


full  justice.  Then  follows  the  long  evening  in  Barclay  Hall, 
broken  at  8.50  by  the  collection,  when  a  chapter  in  the 
Bible  is  read  and  occasionally  a  few  words  spoken  by  some 
one  of  the  officers.  After  the  collection  is  a  favorite  time  for 
college  meetings,  class  meetings,  meetings  of  athletic  associa- 
tions, and  the  numerous  other  affairs  necessary  to  sustain 
the  various  organizations  which  the  life  of  the  college  seems 


.SKATIN(i  rONlJ. 


to  require.  (3nce  a  week  the  members  of  the  literary 
societies  meet  in  Alumni  Hall ;  and  lectures  to  the  college 
are  frequently  delivered  during  the  winter  months.  It  is  no 
wonder  that  those  alumni,  who  have  entered  into  the  spirit 
of  this  life,  look  back  with  enthusiasm  to  its  varied  interests, 
so  full  of  zest  to  the  growing  young  man. 

The  increased  number  of  Professors  enables  each  man  to 
give  more  time  to  his  subject  than  formerly.     From  twelve 


lIAVKRFt»ia>    AT    SIXTY.  tllT 

to  sixteen  hours  with  his  chiss,  unci  aihliliuiuil  time  lor  the 
scientific  men  in  tlie  laboratories,  is  about  the  weekly  duty 
whieh  the  college  expects.  An  in<lefinite  but  large  amount 
of  aihlitional  work  is  necessary  to  keep  pace  with  the  needs 
of  his  department  and  the  growth  of  his  subject.  The  addi- 
tions to  the  corps  have  not  iliminished  the  labors  of  the  indi- 
viilual  Professors,  whieh  are  probably  more  strenuous  than 
ever,  but  they  havi-  allowed  him  to  concentrate  them.  They 
have  also  permitted  the  college  to  seek  authorities  in  given 
subjects,  rather  than  mere  teachers,  who  eould  satisfactorily 
hanille  the  elements  of  many  branches  ;  and  the  growth  of 
strong  scholarship  in  a  few  individuals  is  probably  more  <lue 
to  this  cause  than  to  any  other. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  games  occupy  a  hirge  space 
in  the  life  and  thoughts  of  the  average  llaverfordian.  The 
present  administration  claims  that  this  needs  no  justification. 
The  harm  of  games,  if  there  be  harm,  consists  not  in  any- 
thing inherently  demoralizing,  but  in  the  lowering  of  .scho- 
lastic and  moral  tone  of  tiie  participants  or  spectators. 
Results  of  this  sort  have  been  carefully  looked  for  and  have 
not  seriously  manifested  themselves.  (James  in  their  organi- 
zation ami  in  their  execution  are  a  mental  discijdine, 
involving  forethought,  judgment  of  men  and  capacity  for 
executive  management.  They  are  a  moral  discipline,  de- 
veloping fairness,  self-control, courtesy  to  opponents,  and  the 
ability  to  face  defeat  with  grace  and  heroism.  Their  physical 
advantages  are  un<|Ui>stione<l.  In  the  face  of  these  facts 
it  has  been  the  recent  jKilicy  of  the  Ilaverford  numagement 
to  attempt  to  secure  these  a<lvantages  by  |)ositive  sympathy, 
involving  also  control,  rather  thun  i>y  simply  negative  leg- 
islation, involving  also  discouragement.  The  s|H'ctacle  of  a 
lot  .if  L'!»iiwli-.s  voung  men.  wandering  with  canes  over  the 


648  HISTOKY    OF    HAVKI{K()i;r)    VOLUXiE. 

grouiuls,  or  haunting  secluded  places  with  cigarettes  and 
low  talk  is  so  dreadful,  that  even  were  the  evils  of  games 
more  pronounced  we  should  probably  make  them  the  choice 
of  evils.  Their  advantages  in  developing  morality  and 
driving  out  vice  can  only  be  appreciated  by  those  who  have 
kept  in  touch  with  undergraduate  life  in  America  during 
the  past  score  of  years. 

After  entering  college  in  the  autumn  the  first  sport  is  foot- 
ball. The  prospects  of  the  team  are  eagerly  discussed.  The 
physique  of  new  men  is  carefully  scanned,  to  determine  their 
possibilities.  Information  concerning  the  make-up  of  teams 
in  rival  colleges  is  })assed  from  mouth  to  mouth.  Train- 
ing— which  consists  in  regular  exercise — hygienic  diet  at 
separate  tables  in  the  dining-room,  and  practising  the  "  arts  '' 
of  the  game,  begins  almost  with  the  first  day.  The  Mana- 
ger in  the  meantime  is  arranging  his  matches  and  the  Caj)- 
tain  keeps  himself  awake  to  choose  the  best  available  eleven. 
Presently  serious  work  begins,  as  many  as  a  dozen  match 
games  with  outside  elevens  being  usually  played,  and  the 
football  thermometer  rises  or  falls  with  everj^  victory  or 
defeat.  The  culmination  is  the  Swartlimore  game,  when 
interest  rises  to  a  fever  lieat. 

In  the  spring,  cricket  takes  the  place  of  football.  If  the 
game  has  certain  inherent  disadvantages,  these  are  more 
than  compensated  for  by  its  merits  and  its  undisputed  gen- 
tlemanliness  and  the  high  tone  which  pervades  it.  Hence 
one  can  watch  its  development  at  Haverford  with  unquali- 
fied satisfaction.  Harvard  and  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania are  the  only  other  institutions  which  have  elevens, 
and  the  championship  must  lie  among  the  three.  And  that 
Haverford,  out  of  her  one  hundred  students,  has  been  able  to 
train  elevens  which  will  meet  on  nearly  equal  grounds  the 


nAvi:i:rni;i>  at  sixty 


(Ul) 


trcmendoiKsly  tx«.«ssivt'  rt'stuint's  »il  ilif>c  ^^ri'iii  universities, 
sliows  tlio  interest  aiul  /.eul  of  our  students  in  tlie  «;tnne. 
Haseball  lani^uislies;  fielil  aiul  traek  athleties  are  somewhat 
of  a  bunk'U  ;  ttniiis  interests  centre  in  a  minority;  but  foot- 
ball and  cricket,  by  a  process  of  selection,  are  recognized  as 
ilistinctively  Ilaverford  ^^amcs. 

Every  one   knows  that  the  fniiiulition  ..f  Ilaverford  was, 


I.  ::.     i  .    1-.    i.l  MMi.i.l. 


as  was  tersely  expressed  by  one  of  its  founders,  "  a  guarded 
education  in  the  higlh-r  branches,"  and  that,  throughout 
its  history,  the  j)reservation  of  morals  and  the  development 

of  spiritual  life  wen*  two  great  objects  of  its  exi*^*-  ' to 

which  intellectual  matters  were  held  subordinate. 

Should  any  one  ask  whether  recent  changes  in  its  disci- 
pline had  interfered  with  these  ideas,  the  answer  would  be — 
as   to  objects — no;   as  to   metho<ls — yes.     The  restrictions 


050  HISTORY   OF    IfAVKUFORD    fOT-LEfiK. 

wliicli  hedged  in  tlie  oM  .ueneration  of  Haverfordians  have 
hirgely  passed  away.  Regular  attendance  at  college  ap- 
pointments, recitations,  lectures,  meetings,  etc.,  and  (with  an 
allowance  of  "cuts'"  in  the  upper  classes)  the  evening  col- 
lection, is  still  secured  ;  but  the  students  are  not  required 
to  study  at  particular  hours,  to  go  to  bed  on  the  ringing  of 
the  bell,  or,  if  they  choose  to  do  without  breakfast,  to  get  up 
at  a  definite  hour.  It  is  much  easier  to  leave  college  than  for- 
merly, and  no  system  of  policing  is  employed  to  detect  of- 
fenders. Now  what  has  been  the  effect  of  this?  It  is  true  that 
disorderly  disturbances  still  occasionally  occur,  but  they  are 
less  frequent  and  less  malicious  than  formerly,  and  a  grow- 
ing feeling  of  self-responsibility  is  yearly  making  them  less 
generally  popular.  It  is  true  that  moral  weakness  still  exists, 
but  it  is  the  opinion  of  those  who  have  known  the  old  Hav- 
erfonl  and  tlie  new,  that  gross  immorality  was  never  more 
rare  than  now,  that  our  students  are  remarkably  clean  and 
honest  in  their  lives,  and  that  a  new  student  from  a  good 
home  is  rarely,  if  ever,  led  astray.  If  vice  exists,  it  is  not 
a  thing  to  be  known  ;  it  is  confined  to  a  few,  who  keep  it 
secret,  not  only  from  the  officers,  but  largely  from  their 
fellow-students. 

The  era  of  influence  has  succeeded  the  era  of  restriction, 
and  is  proving  no  less  effective.  Young  men  of  the  charac- 
ter and  age  we  draw  together  are  amenable  to  common 
sense  and  Ciiristian  a})pcal.  A  quiet  separation  from  the 
college — usually  at  vacation  time — of  stiidents  who  seem 
likely  to  ])v  incorrigible  or  injurious,  is  almost  the  only 

'  It  may  lie  i'X|ilainetl  to  the  uninitiated  tliat  "cuts"  or  absences  from  col- 
lections and  iicitations,  wiiiili  are  allowed  in  the  upper  classes,  without  the 
necessity  of  ohtaining  special  permission,  are  (juite  limited  in  number, 
and  are  intended  to  cover  cases  whicli,  while  not  strictly  unavoidable,  are 
jiistitiable. 


HAVKKKnKl)    AT    SIXTY.  C51 

penalty  ;  but  nmiis  :i  private  and  puldir  apjical  is  made 
l»elore  this  resort  is  used. 

Tlie  feeling  that  the  Professors  are  not  policemen  has 
had  a  happy  etleet  in  drawing;  together  otticers  and  students 
in  sympathetic  relations  to  each  other.  One  is  not  waiting 
to  detect  deliiKpieneies,  the  other  not  fearful  of  opening  his 
mouth,  lest  he  should  inform  of  his  own  or  his  follows'  mis- 
deeds. A  healthy  and  unconstrained  intercourse  may  be 
developed,  and  tlit-  intellectual  an<l  moral  wtight  of  a  Pro- 
fessor's character  may  have  its  tull  tllect.  That  this  influ- 
ence tells  for  good  in  many  cases — assisting  to  keep  the  col- 
lege tone  high  and  pure — must  be  acknowledged  by  those 
who  know  llaverford  in  recent  times.  The  "guards"  of  the 
Founders  still  exist  in  all  their  ellieacy,  but  in  a  iliUVTcnt 
form. 

We  presume  nine-tenths  of  the  original  Managers  of 
Haverfonl  would  have  said  that  in  a  purely  secular  edu- 
cation they  had  but  little  interest,  and  would  nnike  but 
slight  sacrifices  for  it,  and  that  nine-tenths  of  the  presi-nt 
Managers  would  .«ay  so  to-day.  Tiie  religious  idea  is  per- 
manently engrafted  on  the  place.  Here,  again,  the  form 
has  changed.  The  "peculiarities'*  of  Friends,  in  dress  and 
language  have  largely  departed,  but  we  trust  that  the  life 
of  (Quakerism  is  far  from  extinct.  Every  Fifth  day  morn- 
ing tiie  students  still  wend  their  way  to  the  old  .Meeting 
House  and  sit  amid  reverent  silence,  unless  the  Divine 
Spirit  brings  forth  words  from  the  mouth  of  .some  faithful 
servant.  To  son»e  these  meetings  art'  doubtless  irksome, 
but  the  totality  of  their  effects,  in  four  years  of  life,  is, 
in  many  cases,  a  strong  jMiwer,  making  for  righteousness, 
and  spirituality  an«i  simplicity  in  worship. 

The    Weekly    meetings   of  the    Young    Men  s    (  iiri>iian 


Go2  HISTOltV    OF    IIAVEKFORD    COLLEGE. 

Association  are  voluntarily  attended  by  a  number  varying 
from  one-fourth  to  one-third  of  the  whole  body  of  students 
and  not  un frequently  by  some  of  the  Professors.  Its  mem- 
bers do  considerable  self-sacrificing  work  for  poor  people  of 
the  neighborhood  and  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  principle  of 
a  religious  responsibility  for  education  and  position  is  fully 
recognized.  If  the  vacation  influences  of  students  were  as 
good  as  the  college  influences,  the  spark  of  spiritual  life 
would  enkindle  with  a  brighter  glow. 

The  evening  collections  also  have  their  ell'ect,  and  the 
weekly  Scripture  classes,  which  long  made  Haverford 
unique  among  colleges,  but  which  now  many  are  adopting, 
in  the  hands  of  learned  and  gifted  men  help  to  keep  prom- 
inent the  fundamental  religious  idea.  The  simple  forms 
of  the  Society  of  Friends  lend  themselves  readily  to  the 
double  object  we  have  to  strive  for.  We  wish  to  make  the 
Friends  among  our  students  more  loyal,  and  more  intelli- 
gently and  aggressively  devoted  to  the  principles  of  their 
religious  connection ;  and  we  wish  to  make  those  who  are 
not  Friends  more  spiritual  and  more  earnest  in  the  faith 
which  they  profess.  Moreover,  we  want  to  accomplish  these 
objects  without  emphasizing  religious  differences  and  de- 
stroying the  delightful  communit}^  of  feeling  which  now 
exists.  We  have  an  idea  that  the  solution  of  all  these  and 
similar  problems  rests  on  an  increase  of  real,  unfeigned  re- 
ligious vitality,  and  that  if  we  can  have  raised  high  enough 
the  spiritual  plane,  all  good  things  will  follow. 

What  will  Haverford  develop  into  in  the  future?  Pie 
would  be  a  rash  nnin  who  would  attempt  to  answer  defi- 
nitely this  question ;  and  yet  they  w'ho  are  shaping  its  i)resent 
must  liave  some  ideal  toward  which  they  desire  to  work. 
Perhaps  this  ideal  may  be  summarized  somewhat  as  fol- 
lows: Haverford  aspires  to  be  a  place  which  will  supply  the 


IIAVIKI  tiKl»    AT    SIXTY.  ()53 

coiulitions  for  the  I'ost  iin-ntal,  jthysicul  aiul  >|iiritual  th- 
velopiuent  of  the  iiulivithial  student.  It  i.s  not  aiiniiijj;  t<» 
rival  in  iiinnl)ers  any  other  institution.  \\\  have  faith  the 
colle*,'e  will  j;row,  hut  we  \vt>uhl  niakr  it  meritorious  lirst, 
antl  lar^e  afterward.  We  would  study  tin- conditions  under 
whieh  the  greatest  and  most  useful  mm  are  produeed,  and, 
one  by  one,  gather  tlieni  together.  Wt-  do  not  wish  to  for- 
get any  sid»'  of  the  dcvelo|>in;:;  man.  There  scein.s  to  he  no 
fear  for  his  physi(|Ue  in  oui*  htalthy  location,  regular  life 
and  sanitary  arrangements,  A  eareful  selection  of  great 
scholars  and  inspiring  teachers  must  look  after  his  niiinl. 
His  character  must  be  built  up  hy  forceful  men,  and  this 
trait  must  count  heavily  in  the  selection  of  Profes.sors ;  and 
his  religious  life  must  be  fostered — it  cannot  be  created — by 
surroundings  and  influences  which  make  for  reverence  and 
spirituality,  and  a  belief  in  atnl  ilei>endence  upon  Divine 
assistance. 

Ail  the  dillerent  elements  of  college  life  must  be  welded 
together  in  strong  fellow-feeling.  The  ollicers  and  students 
must  have  their  proper  influence  on  each  other,  and  keep 
each  other  alert  and  growing.  \'igor  must  be  thrown  into 
every  phase  of  intellectual  and  athletic  life,  and  there  must 
be  no  room  for  cither  libertinism  or  mere  dilettanteism. 
Lil>erality  and  broad  thinking  must  prevail:  all  that  is  best 
in  contemporary  literature  and  thought  must  pass  before  our 
view.  Karnest  advocacy  of  what  is  good  and  right  and  true 
must  become  a  duty,  and  the  men  who  go  out  from  Ilavcr- 
ford  must  contain  a  large  proportion  of  real  reforniers. 

A  state  of  tilings  approximating  this  ideal  need  not  be 
relegated  to  the  very  dist^int  future.  With  the  continueil 
n.s.xistance  and  co-operation  of  Nfanagers.alunnii  and  Faculty, 
another  decade  ought  to  show  for  llav.rr'T.I  m-  much  |»ro- 
gress  as  the  prece<ling  six  combined. 


()5-J  HISTORY    OF    IIAVi:i;i'<)RD    COLLEGE. 


"  If  this  institution  did  not  offer  all  the  advantages  of 
elder  and  prouder  seminaries,  its  deficiencies  were  com- 
pensated to  its  students  by  the  inculcation  of  regular  habits, 
and  of  a  deep  and  awful  sense  of  religion,  which  seldom 
deserted  them  in  their  course  through  life.  The  mild  and 
gentle  rule  was  more  destructive  to  vice  than  a  sterner 
sway;  and,  though  youth  is  never  without  its  follies,  they 
have  seldom  been  more  harmless  than  they  were  here. 

"  The  students,  indeed,  ignorant  of  their  own  bliss,  some- 
times wished  to  hasten  the  time  of  their  entrance  on  the 
business  of  life ;  but  they  found,  in  after-years,  that  many 
of  their  happiest  remembrances — many  of  the  scenes  which 
they  would  with  least  reluctance  live  over  again — referred 
to  the  seat  of  their  early  studies," — Hawthorne  on  Bow- 
DoiN  College. 


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Baily,  Tliomas  L Atlantic  City,  N.  J 1836 

Bakierston,  Lloyd Colora,  Cecil  Co.,  Md 1837 

-{-I'rowii,  Tlios.  S 1837 

-}- Blinker,  Nathan,  Jr 1S37 

t  Bines,  William  11 1838 

+  Bii(riin,  Benjamin 1S39 

Bullock,  Wm.  K Wilmington,  Del 1839 

Barker,  Benjamin  .....   Tiverton,  R.  1 1 840 

•i"  Bacon,  Joseph  K 1840 

Brown,  David  S.,Jr Haddington,  Philadelphia   ......  1841 

Bullock,  Charles 528  Arch  St.,  riiiladelphia 1841 

t  Brown,  Stephen 1842 

•{•Brown,  Moses,  Jr 1842 

•{•Brown,  J.  .Tohnson    ...         1842 

+  Birdsall  Zephaniah 1844 

fBirdsall,  Nathan  D 1844 

Barrow,  Henry  H Chappacpia,  N.  Y 1844 

•h  Beesley,  Theophilus 1845 

■{•Brinton,  George 1848 

Brinton,  Thos.  H Chadd's  Ford,  Delaware  Co.,  Pa 1848 

t  Brooke,  Nathan 1849 

t  Brinton  Charles 1S49 

Bailey,  Jos.  L Pine  Iron  Works,  Berks  Co.,  Pa 1849 

Bailey,  Thos.  C.  J 49  N.  9th  St.,  Newark,  N.  J 1850 

•{•Bradford,  James  C 1852 

•{-Bettle,  Samuel       w 1852 

t  Brown,  J.  Howell 1852 

Beesley,  Bartholomew  W.    .   Coulter  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia  .   .  1852 

Brooke,  Lewis  T 18  S.  Broad  St.,  Philadelphia 1852 

Brooke,  Francis  M KHO  Summer  St.,  Philadelphia 1852 

Brooke,  Alfred Norristown,  Pa 1854 

Burgess,  Thomas  II Highland,  lister  Co.,  New  York     ....  1855 

Bacon,  Morris Greenwich,  N.  J 1855 

•{-Brown,  Will.  11.,  Jr 1855 

Brooke,  Benjamin  ....        TOO  Franklin  St.,  Philadeli-liia 1856 

Broomall,  William  B.  .    .    .    Chester,  Pa 1856 

t  Bettle,  Charles 1857 

Bettle,  Edward,  Jr 514  Walnut  St.,  Philadelhia 1857 

t  Bettle,  Henry 1857 

Battey,  Thomas  J Friend.s'  School,  Providence,  R.  1 1859 

Bacon,  George  W 209  S.  Third  St.,  Philadelpiiia 1859 

-{- Barney,  William  II 1859 


LIST   ul"   STl  UKNTS. 


Go' 


Bruwn,  Kilwiinl  1". .  .    . 
Briiit;liur>t,  JkIiii  K.  .    . 
Brown,  HiMiry  V. 
tBeck,  I'hiirli-s  H.    .    . 
Hmwn,  Jiiines  Stuart 
Brown,  llt'ury  (.imliuni 
Ban^*,  William  .    . 
Bullock,  John  Ci.  . 
Bi!i|)li:ini,  Kdwiirtl   Kim) 
Bispliain,  Ihivid  Scull 
Brown,  Alonio       .    . 
Baily,  Frederick  L.  . 
tBell,  ('li:irles  Diitilh 
Black,  John  M.  L.    . 
Bnilv,  Henry  .... 
Baily,  Albert  L:ing    . 
Bruwn,  T.  Wistar,  Jr. 
Biiipham,  Sanitiel,  Jr. 
IJee/.lcy,  James  . 
Bachnian,  Frank   Fshlt 
Bines,  I>avid  .^dam^  . 
Bre<le,  Charity  Frederic   . 
Blair,  William  Allen 
Bishop.  Willinni    . 
Brinton,  Walter. 
Blam-lurd,  John    .  . 

Bri^'U's.  Frank  K 

Barton,  ( Jeor^e  .\ 
Baily,  Wm.  L.    • 
Butler,  Fretleriik  r.  . 
Bati>H,  Orren  William   .    ■ 

liettle,  Samuel 

Baily,  Charles*  W 

Blair,  John  J 

Brick,  J.«».  (• 

Brooke,  B«'njamin  .... 

Biirtlett,  J.  Henry.    . 

Butluni,  Kdward 

Bacon,  John 

Betl.s  Thomas  Wade  . 

Br<M>ke,  H.  Jonen  .... 

Barr,  Krne^t  Kirl>y  .    .    . 

I'Mtlell,  (harlot  Hampton. 

Br<Mik.<i,  Ftlwanl,  Jr.  .   .    ■ 

lUiwne,  Howland   .    .    .    . 

Binp«,  F.«lwnr»l  Hu.'wey  .   . 

42 


Swarthmore,  I*a 

NeW|K)rt,  I'el 

425  Walnut  St.,  IMiiladelpliia 


I'lttsliiir^h,  I'a.  

ritt!il)ur);li,  I'a.  

12(1  N.  Front  St.,  Philadelphia 

.VJS  .\rch  St..  rhilailelphia 

4  i:5  .Marahall  St.,  I'liiladeli-hia  .  .  . 
1'.'  Kensington  (Jore.  I»ndon,  England 
141(j  ("hestnut  St.,  rhiladelphia  .  .  .  - 
It)  Strawberry  St.,  I'hiladelphii 


Bryn  Mawr,  I'a 

Newton  Centre,  Ma.-s 

1(5  Stniwberry  St.,  IMiiladelphi:i 
•j:>t*.  Chestnut  St.,  Phila«lelphi:i 
4  i;?  .Mar>hall  St.,  IMiiladeli.hiu 

Ya/oo  City,  Miss 

Strasburg,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

Cincinnati,  <) 

Coulter  St.,  (lernianliiNMi,   I'liila.lolphia 

Winston,  N.  C.    .    . 

Walnford,  .\.  J.  .    .    . 

4<;i.'4  Frankfonl  .\venue,  Philadelphia  . 

Bellefonte,  Pa. 

Winthrop,  M- 

Bryn  .Mawr  C<ilU';;e.  I'a 

It;  Sirawl>erry  St.,  Phihulelphia  .    .    .    . 
t'>Oy  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia     .    .    .    . 

*  >neco.  Conn 

Haverford,  Pa 

1«»  Stniwberry  St.,  Philadelphia  .    .    .    . 

WiuHton,  N.  C 

208  S.  3<>tli  St.,  Philadelphia 
Fort  I.,envenwortli,  Kan.  .  . 
U>ir»  Cherry  St.,  Philadelphia 

Provideniv.  K.  I 

1  10  N.  2inli  St.,  Philadelphia 

iKnver,  Colo 

Mclia,  Pa 

.l\*»\  Chcjttnul  St 

Sw«rthn«ore,  Pa, 

1 1:1:  N.  l«Jih  St.,  Philadclphi.T 
124  Pearl  St.,  New  York  .    . 
.   Pillitlmrgh,  P;i 


1S61 

iMil 

l'<(52 
1863 
lg(}(] 
1K67 
l^TU 
1x71 
l<^71 
1S72 
ls7:{ 
is73 
IS73 
1x7:5 
1n74 
1»74 
1S74 
1s7o 
1S76 
I  x7(; 
1S76 
1S77 
1S77 
1S78 
1  x7y 
'X79 
-T'J 
n7U 
1880 
1880 
ISHl 
1881 
issi 
18K1 
18M1 
1881 
I  SSI 
18S1 
ISSl 

1S81 
issi 
1H83 
1HM3 

1SS4 
lvH4 


A 


6.J.S  HISTORY    Ol'    IIAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Binns,  Ralph  Holden    .    .    .   Pittsburgli,  Pa 1SS4 

Beiilclnian,  LawreiK-e  P.  .    .    Little  Rock,  Ark 1SS4 

t  Rally,  ArtliurHallam iSSo 

Battty,  Charles  II 100  Lippitt  St.,  Providence,  R.  1 1885 

Bond,  Frank  Edward,  Jr.    .   fierniantown,  Pliiladelpliia 1885 

Banes,  Robert  Coleman        .   2021  Sprinj;  Garden  St.,  Piiiladcli)liia    .    .  1SS6 

Branson,  Thomas  Franklin.  3214  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia ISSf) 

Burr,  Charles  Henry,  Jr.  .  .   3'.)5»;  Pine  St.,  Philadelphia 1SS6 

Rally,  Henry  Paul    ....    16  Strawberry  St.,  Philadelphia  .    ...  1886 

P.iitler,  George  Thomas    .    .   West  Chester,  Pa ...  1886 

Rringhnrst,Henry  Ryan,  Jr.  Wilmington,  Del 1SS7 

Blair,  David  Hunt    ....   Student  at  the  College 1887 

Brlntitu,  Christian  Frederick  Student  at  the  College  ........  1888 

l?run)l)augh,  I.  Harvey    .    .  Student  at  the  College 1889 

Bailey,  Leslie  Adelbert    .    .  Student  at  the  College 1889 

Bechtel,  Harry  Oliver  .    .    .  Pottsville,  Pa 1889 

Brinton,  Horace West  Chester,  Pa 1889 

Brown,  John  Farnuni  .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1800 

Blair,AugustineWilberforce   Student  at  the  College 1890 

Busselle,  Alfred Student  at  the  College 1890 

Byer.s,  Lawrence  Marshall  .   U.  S.  Consulate,  St.  Gall,  Switzerland  .  .    .  18ii0 

Beale,  Horace  Alexander,  Jr.  Student  at  the  College 1890 

•j- Collins,  Henry  H 1833 

Collins,  Alfred  M.  .  .        .    .   527  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1833 

i-Canby,  Roberts 1833 

Collins,  John 602  N.  43d  St.,  Philadelphia 1833 

tClapp,  Isaac  H 18.34 

t  Collins,  Thomas  A 1834 

i-Cowperthwait,  Thomas  C 1834 

-}-Cowperth wait,  Edwin 1834 

Cock,  Thomas  F 233  Madison  Avenue,  New  York 1834 

Collins,  r.enjamin,  Jr.  .    .    .   103  E.  36th  St.,  New  York 1834 

Collins,  Freilerlok 1918  Sjjruce  St.,  Phlladelphl;i 1S34 

Cope,  Francis  R Germantown,  Philadel])hia 183.") 

Cope,  Tiiomas  P Germantown,  Philadelphia 1833 

Carey,  James 301  N.  Charles  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.    .    .    .  1835 

tCoates,  Joseph  P.  H 1835 

-|- Collins,  Francis 1835 

t Cromwell.  Henry 1835 

t  Cobb,  William  A 183«j 

tCrenshaw,  John  B 1837 

Cadbury,  Richard  .    .        .    .   773  Drexel  Building,  Philadelphia  .  .    .    .  1837 

Canby,  William Wilmington,  Del 1837 

Collins,  Isaac 1225  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1837 

Coale,  James  Carey  .    .    .    .   27  South  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 1838 


I 


LIST    ol     Ml   l>l MS.  fi5i> 

•*-('hase,  <ieorge  Iln/cn    .  |s;>s 

fCoalf,  Isaa.-,  Jr .  1H41 

t('a.ll.iiry,  William  W 1S44 

< 'rt'Uhliaw,  Kilimiml  A.  .    .    ■    ''-'^    Vuli  Si  .  riiil:i.li-l|.lii  i  1S44 

•f-C'rew,  IJenjamin  J.    .    .  1S44 

•ffhaae,  (Jeorgo  Ilowlaiitl  ...            1H4K 

C'oale,  Tlu>ina.H  K ( "art* of  HnuUln-el'H  Agency,  Biiltimore,  Md.  I'*4>t 

t  roiH-,  Sanuifl  H 1S48 

tClapp,  Jolm,  .Ir.                                           .  |S4S 

i'aiiliurv,  Jt»liii  W 1134  Uitlgi' Avt-mie,  riiiladclpliia  ...  IMU 

t CV.rl.it.  William  V isjy 

«'orl«ii,  John  (■ OtU>s»a,  IVl .  l.S4y 

C'iia.««c,  William  H.,  Jr.    .    .    Union  SpringK,  N.  Y. .  .                    ...  ISoO 

Clark,  iHnigan Riolimontl,  InW ...  1h50 

-hCanl>y,  Samuel.  J  r iSoO 

•f'CoojH'r,  I.,elimaii  A 1M51 

(■.M.|HT.  John  .    .....   232  Walnut  St.,  Philaileiphia IS.')! 

Crew,  I'eter  J 2712  K.  Kranklin  .St.,  Kiolimond,  Va.     .    .  1.S51 

fCrew,  Jno.  n ...  ls51 

-{■Cresjion,  J.  Clarence ....  is,')2 

Comfort,  Jonathan  J.    .        .    Chirago,  Ills 1^,12 

Ca.U.iiry,  Joel ll.'M  Ki.l^io  Ave..  I'hila.ielphia lSo2 

Cheyney,  Jesse  S 049  N.  44tli  St..  IMiiladelphia Is.'iS 

Collins,  Stephen  G 228  S.  Third  St.,  IMiihidtlphia ls.-,3 

Crew,  William  H 217  K.  Main  St.,  Fiirhniond.  Va ISW 

-*•  Crowe,  Samuel l.**53 

Carnialt,  James  K S-ninton,  I'a.    .    .                        ...  ls53 

Colket.  William  W 2o:!7  Chestnut  St..  riiilmlelpliia  .        .    .  IX.Vl 

< '<M>per.  Samuel  <'.     .    .    .        ("(^i^er's  Point,  Canidrn.   N .  .1 1H54 

Clark.   Thomas W.Uter.    In.l.     ...  1S.S4 

Cojie,  K4lgar ( >verl.rook,  P.  ().,  Pa \SM 

•fConist«H-k,  Nathan  F I'^Sft 

Cromwell,  Jamejt  W.    .    .    .   2'.*  Krevoort  Place,  Hrooklyn,  N.  Y.  1H55 

fCorliis,  William   M |S,V5 

■r<'hn.HO,  Ri.hard  W                                                                                              .  ]x^ 

tCorbit,  William  II.                                               .  \SbC> 

tClark.  I.imlley  M 1«<5T 

Ouiti-s,  II enrj- Troth     .        .  900  Chestnut  St.,  Philadclph I                       .  Is.58 

fCox,  KoU'rt  n .  1S5M 

Coatw,  (leorge  M..  Jr. .        .    127  Market  St.,  Philadelphia                       .  1^5/0 

<'oat(>«,  William  M 127  Market  St.,  Phil.-idcl)>hia                       .  lSiK> 

Corhit,  Daniel   W Oiie^^sa,  IX-l 1n60 

(note*.  K.4lwnnl  1!                     1  !<>  (  hentnut  St.,  Philadelphii  1 '«60 

C.-.iM-r.  Howard  M KM',  Market  St.,  Cnm.len,  N.  J.  I'^Ol 

fClapp,  Samuel  IF. IMII 

Chase,  Jnnic*  A                          I.    V.  i:    K  ,  Ilarclton,  Pa.    .  lSfl2 


060  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFOKD    COLLEGE. 

Cloiitl,  J.  Cooper 1544  Centennial  Ave.,  Pliiladelpliia  .    .    .  1S62 

Coles,  Isaac  W Kllisburg,  N.  J lsG2 

Carpenter,  S.  Preston  .    .       Salem,  X.  J l'^63 

Congilon,  Samuel  H.     .    .    .    I'M'l  Park  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md 1^03 

Chase,  Robert  H Norrislown,  Pa 1863 

Collins,  Samuel  Craft    .    .    .  Chappacpia,  N.  Y 1863 

Coles,  David   B Lumberton,  N.  J 1S63 

Coffin,  Elijah liU  Gresham  House,  London,  E.  C,  Eng  .  1S64 

Clark,  William  Penn   .    .    .   Centre  Valley,  Ind 1^64 

Crenshaw,  Nathaniel  Bacon  .  Girard  Building,  Philadelphia 1864 

Cook,  Edward  H X.  Vassalborough,  Me 1864 

fCope,  Alexis  T 1S64 

Cope,  Henry      Germantown,  Philadelphia 1"^64 

Congdon,  Johns  Hopkins     .   Providence,  R.  1 1S()0 

Carey,  Thomas  Kimber  .    .   827  Park  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md 1866 

Comfort,  Howard 52'J  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1866 

Carey,  John  E 17  W.  German  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.    .    .    .  1867 

Coale,  Alford  Gable  ....   Xew  York  City 1867 

fComfort,  William 1868 

Cadbury,  Richard  T.    .    .    .  409  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1868 

Carey,  James,  Jr 26  Light  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 186!) 

t Chase,  William  B iS6<> 

Clark,  Charles  G Bessbrook,  Ireland    ....            ....  1S69 

Cope,  Thomas  Pirn,  Jr.    .    -    Germantown,  Philadelphia 1>^(J9 

Comfort,  James  Cooper    .    .   Knox  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia  .    .  1^70 

Colton,  Reuben 28  Queen  St.,  Worcester,  Mass 1872 

Cope,  Alfred .   Chew  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia    .    .  1872 

+  Congdon,  Gilbert  Arnold 1873 

Carey,  Francis  King    .    .    .   301  Charles  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 1874 

Comfort,  Edward  Thomas    .   529  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1874 

Crosman,  Charles  S Ilaverford  College,  Pa 1875 

Cope,  Francis  I lazen .    .    .    .   Chew  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia    .    .  1876 

Cox,  Charles  Ehvood    .    .    .  San  Jose,  Cal 1S76 

Corbit,  Alexander  Peterson  .  Odes.sa,  Del 1:S7(> 

Carey,  A.  Morris 26  Light  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 1877 

Chase,  William  Cromwell  .  Care  Thos.  Chase,  Providence,  R.  I.   .    .    .  ]><77 

Collins,  William  Henry  .    .   Haverford  College,  Pa Is77 

Cook,  Joseph  Horace      .    .  713  Filbei"t  St.,  Philadelphia 1877 

Cox,  Isaac  Milton San  Jose,  Cal 1878 

Coflin,  John  F Los  Angeles,  Cal 1S78 

Corbil,  l>aniel Odessa,  Del 1878 

Crosman,  (Jeorge  Loring  .    .  Swampscott,  Ma>-s 1878 

Craig,  .\ndrew  Catherwood  .  Aldine  Hotel,  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia.  1878 

Cates,  Edward  E Dundee,  X.  Y' 1880 

Cates,  Horace  G Santa  Monica,  Cal 1880 

Collins,  Stephen  W Purchase,  N.  Y 1879 


LIST   <»K    STUDKNTS. 


CGI 


(■ha«e,  T.  lliTl..rt  .    . 
Clothier,  Julin  H.  .    . 
Collins,  lU*iij:iiiiiu  .    ■ 
Curiiiult.  C.  Clitin-hill 
Camatt,  Kdwanl  Buclianni 
Clia»c'.  Alfml    .    .    . 
Cliillmnn,  I->lwani  Ffiiiiii 
Cojie,  A I  ban    ... 
Corbit,  John  Cowgill,  Jr. 
Cleiiii-nt.   Alli-ii  Hallingf 
ColliiiH,  Freilvrirk,  Jr.  . 
Causey,  Fiwter    .... 
Causey,  Truslen  Polk 
Co.x,  Kxiim  Morris    . 
Cortin,  Tiionias  Aniory  . 
Connnl,  Henry  Norninii 

Cal)o.  .\n|{el  K 

Colirell,  Charles  Thiintton  . 
Canby,  William  Marriott  . 
CrawlonI,  Julin  Yociim 
C'oale,  Carey  .... 
Collins,  .Minturn  Post,  . 
Cmzier,  K^lwanl  I'. 
Cailbury,  Heiijainin  .  . 
Crowther.  William  M. 
Cary,  Kijbert  Snell  .  . 
<  '<M>k,  Charles  (iilpin 
Carroll.  William  Hunt 
Cha«e,  Ost-ar  Marshall 
Collins, Charles  .... 
<'on)lort,  William  Wistai 


(■areTlios.Clia.se,  Provitlenoe,  K.  I.    .    .    .  IS.SO 

.■{4th  St.  \  Powelton  Ave.,  Philadelphia     .  1H80 

Puriha.se.  N.  Y issl 

S«Tnnton.  Pa IS.VJ 

Haverfortl,  Pa 1SS3 

Care  Thos.  Chiuse,  IVovidenee,  K.  I.  .    .    .  IHSS 

Chestnut   Hill.  Philadelphia IH.H3 

(iermantown,  Philadelphia  ]!<iS4 

Odes.sa,    l>el 1SS4 

Camden.   N.J lH.»v> 

llMs  S|)rnee  .^t.,   Phijadelphin  1.S.K5 

.Milford.  I>el.   .    .                                            .  1.SS.5 

Milford.  Del .    .  1SH5 

Eeho,  ( )rej;on  .    .  ]ssQ 

Phonixville.  Pa 1SS6 

Philadelphia,  Pa 1  «<K6 

Me.\ii<) 1SK7 

.Student  at  the  College   .    .  1887 

Wilminjilon,  Del.  lss7 

I'.ryn   Mawr,   Pa.  ls.s7 

Care  .\.  J5.  Morton  vV  S»ns,  liallimore,  Md.  1."<8.S 

Student  at  the  College   .    .             1.*<H.S 

IphiiKi,  Pa.     .        .    .                             .    .    .  1.S.S.S 

Student  at  the  College    .  ixsy 

Student  at  the  College  1  XH'J 

Student  at  the  College  IS'.K) 

Student  at  the  College    .  \>W 

Student  at  the  College   .  I^K) 

Siinhnt  at  the  College  \>W 

Student  at  the  College 1890 

Student  at  the  (ollege Is90 


■f- I)avia,  Richard   Wistar 
-{•  Drinker,  J.  Henry 

t  I>;«y,  h:4lwani  .M.  

i"  Dunbar,  Charleji  C.  

f  Dilworth,  William  T 

Deait)n,  James   W.     .    .  Mt.  Holly,   N.J. 

■*•  Dickinson,  Kdwin  I.. 

■{•I>aws<in,  William  M.     . 

Ik*  Con,  Samuel  C.    .    .  .M.Kirwilown,  N.  .1. 

•{■  D.iWB<>n,  Charin  P 

Davis,  Henry  W 1  J.'7  Arrh  St.,  Phibdelphia 

IVnnis,  James,  Jr K-ist  Pn>ridem-c,  K.  I.   .    .    . 

I >>iwning,  Joseph   M.     ...    Wilmington.  IK-I 

Drake,  Jameit  H.    ...  St.  I'nul,  Minn 


1  ssri 

ls.^s 

1  .S-JO 
1 «» l!» 
1S.51 
1  ''.'■.2 
1  S.V2 
18.V5 


1^61 


602  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKKOltD    COLLEGE. 

De  Coil,  Franklin St.  Paul,  Minn 1863 

fDorsey,  William  T 1863 

Darlington,  Charles  H.    .    .   Jonesboro,  Tenii 1864 

t  Delaplain,  Loni.s  S.,  Jr 1866 

Downing,  Thomas  S.,  Jr.    .   West  Whiteland,  Pa 1868 

Deacon,  Frederick  Howard  .   37U5  Locust  St.,  Phiiaileiphia 1870 

Davis,  J.  Franklin    ....   Guilford  College,  New  Garden,  N.  C.     .    .  1872 

Dudley,  Henry  W.           .    .   CJNeill,  Neh .  1872 

Davis,  George  Frederick    .   Adamsville,  R.  1 1878 

Dunn,  Robert  R Minneapolis,  Minn 1879 

Doan,  Fnos  L Wilmington,  Del 1881 

Dean,  William   .....  N.  Ferrisburgh,  Vt 1S83 

Dickinson,  Jonathan,  Jr.    .   Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y 1883 

Dawson,  Charles  Wilmot    .    Colorado  Springs,  Colorado  .            ....  1884 

Dunton,  William  Rush    .    .   Germantown,  Philadelphia 1885 

Davies,  (iiiy  Ilulett  ....   Towanda,  Pa 1886 

Darlington,  Percy  Smedley  .  West  Chester,  Pa 1886 

Du  Barry,  Joseph  N.,  Jr.    .   2017  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1886 

Da  Costa,  John  Chalmers    .   1633  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1888 

Davis,  Henry  Laraont,  Jr.  .  Student  at  the  College 1888 

Dennis,  Joseph  Henry  .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1889 

Detwiler,  Warren  H.    .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1889 

Davis,  Francis  F Student  at  the  College 1889 

Estlack,  Thomas,  Jr.     ...    774  N.  3Stli  St.,  Philadelphia 1834 

-f- Everingliam,   Henry 1834 

Elliott,  John Santa  Cruz,  Cal 1834 

■jr  Emlen,  James  V 1835 

t  Elliott,  Daniel  M 1837 

Edwards,  Edward  B.    .    .    .   Ridge  &  Susquehanna  Aves.,  Philadelphia  1838 

t  t:ddy,  Job  A.  T 1839 

Ellis,  Evan  T 12  Gold  St.,  New  York 1840 

Ely,  Richard  E New  Hope,  Pa 1848 

t  Eyre,  Joshua  P •    • 1852 

Exton,  Joseph  C Clinton,  N.J 1856 

Elliott,  .\.  Marshall  .    .    .    .   Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md.  1862 

P^shleman,  B.  Franklin    .    .   Lancaster,  Pa 1863 

fEvaul,  Henry 1864 

Estes,  Ludovic Westfield,  Ind 1866 

Evans,  William  Pciin  .    .    .   1931  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1868 

Erben,  Walttr 3415  Baring  St.,  Philadelphia 1868 

Estes,  Thomas  Rowland  .    .    Wilmington,  Ohio  ...            1869 

Emlen,  Cieorge  Williams    .   Washington  Lane,  Germantown,  Pliilad'a.  1870 

Emlen,  James Ciermantown,  Philadelphia 1870 

Etiwards,  Josiah  Pennington  Richmond,  ind 1876 

Eldridge,  Jonathan  .    .    .    .  Westtown,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 1S77 


ll>T    I'l     STL'I»KNTS. 


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K.lw!ir.U,  Levi    1'all.uti  Hum  i  i.-ul  O.lU-f'e,  !* «  1^^' 

Kvuiis,  (Je«.rj;e  11 liulJJiiiii|H.lis  Iiul.  ^^'J* 

KilwariU,  Ihivi.l  William     .    Iiuliaiin|K.liH,  liul.  •  1^*^ 

Kllio.ii  ;UI.  Williiiin   M.      •    I'ortlaiul.  <)ri«..n  l****** 

J:«U's.  Josiph  StanU-y  S|.n»Ktif  MilN,  Mc     .  ^^ 

Evans.  Honicf  Y.mnK.  Jr.   .    KttlliimlH.  Cal •  ^^^^ 

Eiiglaml,  Unwell  Siroiul       .    Wilmington.  I )ii.  J^**^ 

Kvan.s  Tli««ma.H (Jormanluwn,  I'liihulelpiiia •    •  l"***^ 

Evans.  William  lli'nry     .    .   (  olnrailo SpringJ', Colorado l^^ 

luitun.  William  Hra.lf..r.l     .  Stii.lent  al  the  t"olU"Kc ^^^ 

b>tes.  Will.ur  AllH-rt     .    •    •   Stii.Unt  at  tlie  Collese 1^' 

Wwanls,  rlarenrc  Kinley  .  Staitlo,  W:i>hihKlon  .  l^W 


1H34 

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•f-Fell,  Junallian  W 

•{-Fisher,  Limlley 

+  Fisher,  Charles  William 

-{•  Foster.  Charles 

+  F<>lwell,  Joseph  1> •  .... 

Franklin,  Henjantin  II.   .    •   :55  Rroadway,  New  York 

•j- Fisher,   I-rael   l' 

f  Fuller.  James 

f  Fuller,  John   W 

•{•Folwell,   KirlianI    I. 

Fox.  Samuel   1 lUlO  Chestnut  St ,  Philailelphia  .    . 

Ferris,  L.  Murniy.  Jr.    .    .   f,2  S.utli  Si.,  New  York 1"^'>1 

FotherKill,  Henry Steelton,  I'a.  '^•'■-| 

t  Field,  W.  Harrington '''*' 

Farmer,  Elihu  J Cleveland,  Ohio I'^-^S 

Flowers.  Willian.  P.    .    •    •   25s  Drexel  BuildinR,  Philadelphia        .    ■     1><5< 
•f-barnum,  Sanmel 

Fehitfer,  Christian  C.  .    .    .  7(J6  Snnsom  St..  Philadelphia  .  1^61 

Fox,  J.«»ei'h   M 33i>  S.  Broad  .St..  PhiLidelphi:!  .  ISCH 

Forsvthe,  John   Kvans .        .    iM-J  L<hu„  St..  Phila-lelphia  .  I^TO 

Fora'vthe.  I.Hanc Drexel  lh.ildin«,  Philadelphia  1^.6 

Foni'vihe,  Fxlward.   .    .        .   .I.TJ  Drexel  Buildin>,',  I'hiladelph.a  .     \^.j^ 

Fnuier.  Cvrus  PigK""    •       Trinity  College,  f  J rwn«lMin.,  N.  «'  ...     l>:. 
Fon»ythe    Ihivis  Hoo|h>s  .    .   '.•  Cmlter  St.. ( iermantown.  Philadelphia  .     l>7i» 

F^i^«•ll.  Walker   1 54  1  Ith  .St.,  Wh.-elinj;.  W.  Va.  l-^' 

Ferris,   Davis  S I^nmnrie,  Itapiiles  Par.,  Im !'*"'<' 

Ferris,  William  T.  .  iW  Br.«idway.  New  Y..rk 1^*^'^ 

Fulrell.  William   l!arriM>n  .    lUO  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia  "^^ 

Firth,   Henrv   HeU-rton  •        iJermant.^wn,  Philmlelphia  .  -^' 

File.  Warner  Hutchin-.n      17ol  N.  Jlsl  St.,  Phila.lclphia  1^<» 

Fox,  RoUrt  I'jw.tl.um.   .    .    Bryn  Mawr.  Pn l^"'* 

Fischer.WillianiGuslavus.Jr.  I'J'Jl  (  he-tnut  St .  Philadelphia  1  "'• 

t  Fuller,  (ieorge  Llewellyn  -"• 


(j('A  HISTORY    OF    IIAVERFOIID    COLLEGE. 

Firth,  Samuel  Lloyd       .    .   Germantown,  Philadelphia 18SS 

Kiirr,  Cliflbrd  Bailey   .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1S90 

Foulke,  Edward  Jeanes  .    .  Student  at  the  College 1890 

Gumniere,  William  ....   Burlington,  N.  J 1833 

CJreaves,  Thomas Paris,  France 1834 

Gumniere,  Barker Trenton,  X.J 1835 

Gummere,  John  G Burlington,  N.  J 1835 

-f- Gumniere,  Clias.  J 1839 

Gummere,  Henry  D.   .    .    .   824  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1842 

tGill,  William  "h 1848 

Giflbrd,  Chas.  H New  Bedford,  Mass 1849 

Garrett,  Philip  C Logan,  Philadelphia 1849 

Garrett,  John  B 22S  S.  Third  St.,  Philadelphia 1851 

Garrett,  Albin Englewood,  N.  J 1860 

Grier,  George I860 

Gillis,  John  P Fulton  &  Gold  Sts.,  New  York 1861 

Gummere,  R.  Morris   .    .    .  S.  Bethlehem,  Pa 1S62 

Griffith,  Richard  Edward  .   Winchester,  Va 1S(;4 

Griscom,  William  W.  .  .    .224  Carter  St.,  Philadelphia 1866 

Garrigues,  John  S Bryn  Mawr,  Pa 1868 

Gibbons,  Wm.  11 Coatesville,  Pa 1869 

Gummere,  Francis  Barton  .  Haverford  College,  Pa 1809 

Giflbrd,  Seth  K Haverford  College,  Pa 1873 

+  Gibbons,  Edward .  1874 

Giflbrd,  John  Henry     .    .    .    Fall  River,  ^Nlass 1876 

Gause,  Charles  Edward,  Jr.  Milwaukee,  Wis 1878 

Gamble,  Elislia 6th  Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  .    .     ...  1880 

Gummere,  William  H.   .    .   S.  Bethlehem,  Pa 1880 

Grafliin,  Frederick  L.  .    .    .   209  South  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 1882 

Garrett.  Alfred  Cope    .    .    .   Logan,  Philadelphia 1883 

Goddard,  Henry  Herbert.    .   Oak  Grove,  Vassalboro,  Me 1883 

Gummere,  Henry  V.  725  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1885 

Geary,  John  White  ....   1509  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1885 

Griscom,  Rodman  Ellison  .   Haverford,  Pa 1885 

Goodwin,  Warren  Clarkson   Westtown,  Pa 1866 

Guilford,  William  Moore,  Jr.  Lebanon,  Pa. 1886 

Guss,  John  Noble    ....   West  Chester,  Pa 1886 

Gilbert,  Henry  Lee  ....   3508  Hamilton  St.,  Philadelphia     ....  1887 

Griswold,  Frank  Tracy   .    .   1500  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1889 

Gates,  Thomas  Sovereign .   .  Student  at  the  College 1889 

Gardner,  Earner  Somers .  .   Student  at  the  College 1890 

Green,  Kane  Stovell    .    .    .  Student  at  the  College 1890 

+  Haines,  John  S 1833 

fHilles,  Wm.  S 1833 


LIST    OF    STIUENTS. 


mo 


Kali\v;i.v,  N.  J 

H:iiu<Hk  Si.,  (iennan'own.  IMiiladelphi 


f  Howell,  Artliiir  II 

llimii,  John CooMw,  S.  (' 

f  Ilnnly,  lU-niiiinin  F 

-}•  IIowoll,  J«**t'|>ll  K.     .         •      •    • 

tlliukcr.   K.Uar.l 

-»•  HurktT,  Henry 

Hiilme.  Samuel Bristol,  Bucks  Co.,  I'a 

t  Unwell,  Win.  H 

-{•  Hiiiswliile,  Stephen  G. 
Ilurtslu'rne,  (ieorge  .    . 
Hartsliorne.  Henry    .    . 

t  Hollin^'.lieatl,  J.'sepli   M 

HollinKshea.l,   Henrv        .        riiilailelphia.  I'a. 

Hussey.  Wm.  H i:^"'  West  30lh  St.,  New  York 

•{•Howell,  Joseph,  Jr 

Ilussey,  John   B New  Beilfonl,  .M:.-- 

-j-  H:iine!«,  Wni.  S. .    . 

fHill,   Nathan   H. 

Howlan.l,   Hol^rt  B.     -    •    •    L  nion  >i.riii>;-,  Now  V-.rk. 

IIt)wlaml.  Wni.   I'enn  San  Francisc..,  (  al. 

t  Hacker.   Llny.l   .MitHin 

Hart>horne,  Isaac Brighton.  Montgomery  Co.,  M.l.  . 

Haines,  Kobert  B Cheltenham,  Montn<.mery  <-..,  Pa 

■r  Handy,  Charles 

Hest.m,  tieorse  T Newtown,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa 

■{-Hunt,  .Vmhroee 

Hacker,  iharles    .    .        .    •    i:?-2  Walnut  St..  Philadelphia 
H:.rt-.horne,  Charles  .   .    .       -Jl's  S.  Third  St..  Philadelphia 

-Haviland,  Kdward  K 

f  Howland,  (ieorge  H. 

i-Hilles.  John  S 

■{-Hacker,  Morris  . 

Haviland,  Charles   F. 

Hazard,   Rowland  . 

Hull.   J«M\>\\    J.     .     .     . 

-{•  Hacker.  Arthur 

Howland   Anlrew  M. 

•{■Hull.  John 

Hacker,  William l»;i  Winter  St.,  <J«rmantown,  Philadel 

Hallowell,   Kichar»I   P.    .    .   SOti  Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston.  Ma-n. 

Hopkins  I-owiH  N City  Hall.  Baltimore,  M-l. 

fHulme.  John  I~ 

■{-Howland,  Benjanun  . 

-{-Haworth.  Jam*'*  M 

Hunn.  Town-en.!  S I'lainfidd,  N.  ' 

Hill.  Thon»a.<«  ClarkM)n  Wcwtem  SpriuRs.  HI- 


Ma.HUiarvent.  H.nite  Vienne.  France 

Pea<««lale,  K.  I.  

l.'.s  Wt-sl  :;4th  St.,  New  York 


Shalen,  I>'»na  Ana  Co..  New  Mex. 


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GGO  HISTOUY    <>1"    IIAVKltl'OKD    COLLEGE. 

IlereiKleen,  Edward  W.  .   .   Geneva,  N.  Y ISoO 

llowland,  Cornelius  ....  Care  W.  &  J.  Sloane,  884  Broadwav,  N.  Y.  1850 

tll(.l)kins,  John  J 1850 

flloag,  Nicholas  W 1S51 

Huljhar.l,  John  R Westlield,  Ind IS.51 

Hanson,  K.  Iliinn    ....   1609  Vine  St.,  Philadelphia 1S51 

Hibherd,  Isaac  II 310  Tine  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 1851 

Hopkins,  Gerard Gloucester  C.  H.,  Va 1851 

Hopkins,  Samuel  ....   Hij^hland,  Howard  Co.,  Md.     .....  1S51 

Hallowell,  Norwood  P.   .    .   102  Federal  St.,  Boston,  Mass 1851 

Hoa<r,  Joseph  L Iowa  Falls,  Hardin  Co.,  Iowa 1852 

t  Hunt,  Ellwood 1852 

Hadley,  Hiram Las  Cruces,  New  Mex 1853 

Hopkins,  Geo.  H Haddonfield,  N.  J 1853 

•f- Hickman,  Joseph  £ .    .  1853 

Hopkins,  Ephraim,  Jr.    .    .   Marsliallton,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 18.53 

Hacker,  Paschall Santa  Barbara,  Cal 18.54 

Hunt,  Daniel  \V Oskaloosa,  Iowa 1854 

Hill,  Fowell  Bii.xton    .    .    .    Ill*  Douglas  Avenue,  Chicago,  Ills.     .    .    .  1855 

Hopkins,  Walter  G 226  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1855 

Hopkins,  Joseph  S.  .  .    .       Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  Baltimore,  Md.  .  1X55 

■f- Harris,  John  S 1856 

Hull,  William  J 5  Hanover  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 185G 

-{-Harkness,  Howard  F 1856 

t  Hadley,  Samuel  A 1858 

+  Haines,  Samuel  B 1858 

t  Handy,  Thomas  P 1859 

Holme,  John  G Salem,  N.  J 1859 

Haines,  Howard  L 1714  Green  St.,  Philadelphia 1860 

Hiatt,  Oliver  S Leavenworth,  Kans IStiO 

+  Haines,  Frederick 1860 

Haviland,  Arthur ()23  E.  139th  St.,  New  York 1860 

tHall,  Franks 1861 

Haines,  Zebedee Westtown,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 1863 

t  Hopkins,  Frank  N 1863 

Hewlings,  Isaac  W Moorestown,  N.  J 1864 

fllunt,  Howard  A 1864 

Holme,  R.  Henry    ....    1 140  Druid  Hill  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.  .  1865 

Haines,  Lindley 430  Library  St.,  Philadelphia JS65 

Haines,  William  Henry  .    .   1134  Ridge  Avenue,  Philadelphia      .    .    .  1867 

Harlshorne,  Joseph.    .    .    .  331  S.  Broad  St.,  Philadelphia 1867 

Hilles,  Thomas  Allen  .    .    .   Wilmington,  Del 1867 

Hubbard,  William  Harrison,  Indianapoli.«,  Ind 1S68 

Haines,  Reuben Haines  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia .   .  1868 

Hartshorne,  William  D. .   .   Arlington  Mills,  Lawrence,  Mass 1868 

Hoskins,  Jesse  F Summerlield,  N.  C 1868 


I.I>T   HK   STIDKNTS. 


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Huiiii'9«,  C':L>i|>ur  Wistar         . 

t  Harlan.  Win.  B 

Hiwton,  Win.  I* 

Huwlniul,  C'liarlai  8.  .  .  . 
Hu.Htuu,  Altraiii  Francis  .  . 
llaint"*,  HtMiry  LV)|>t*  .  .  . 
IIarl>li(irn(*,  Clint*.  Kobintiun 
Iliileit,  Samuel  Kli     .... 

HiMit,  William,  Jr 

HiLsliin,  (  iiarlvri  I 

Haines,  C'liarlet)  Kilwarti  .    . 
ilainvs,  Francis  C«>|  e   .    .    . 
Hoblitt,  I^wis  Lyndon 
HaiiH-s,  Koltert  H.,Jr.  .    .    . 

Hill,  Sam.icl  H 

IliMuletxMi,  Francis  .  . 
Mill,  Malil(>nra(ttrs.>ii 
Harlslionu',  E»l\varil  Yaniall 

Harvey,  I..:iw8oii  M 

Hadley,  Walter  Carjienter  . 
Hussey,  (fcorne  Frederick  . 
Hazard,  Kiiliard  B«)wno  .    . 

Haines,  William  J 

Hill,  I^.nis  T 

Hall,  .Vrtlnir  I) 

Hilles,  William  S 

•j-Hill,  J.  «;iirm-y 

Hu-i-ey,  William  T 

Hattlin^,  (ie<>rj;e  F 

Hazanl,  Willis  Hettleld  .  . 
Herendeen,  Francis  .-MiKirt. 

HuH.»ey,  .Xrtluir  M 

Hacker,  William   I-jUes    .    . 
Hart-'liorne,  Fnincis  (\>|ie 
HilU-s,  Jnewpli  Tattim    ■    .    . 
Howell,  HerU>rt  C'harleM.   . 
Haley,  F^lMrin  Jameit    .    .    . 
Hippie,  Williaai  I^vin 
Hanfchtnn,  Victi.r  Mellel    . 
Handy,  William  Winder 
HiMerd,  Dilworth  I'otu  .    . 
jj|ji£t.  Waller  .M<>rri«    .    .    . 
II    ;'ti  an,  Mil«ii  .\llee   .    .    . 

IT"  l"  •«,  .\rthiir 

Hutton,  Jdlin  Wetherill  .  . 
Hall,  Knfii*  Hacker  . 


C'lieltenliam,  I'a. . 


(tirard  Building;,  I'liiladelphia 

Wiltuinjftun,  lK.*l 

i  'uat(*sville,  I'a 

( iermantown,  Philadelphia 

HriKlit-.n.  Md 

Julin  .V  Waicr  Sts.,  Cincinnati,  Dhio 
•JM  S.  TliinI  St..   IMiiladelphia 

Coatesville,  I'a 

1134  Kidgo  Ave.,  I'hila.lelphia    .    .    . 
Haines  St.,  (iermnntown,  I'liiladelphia 
Guilford  College,  New  ilartk-n,  N.  C. 

Coatesville,  I'a 

.Miniiea|K>lis,  Minn 

(icrinantown,  I'liiladelphia  . 
.Mount  riea.-ant,  Ohio  ... 
•Jjs  .S.  Third  St.,  i'liiladelphia 

Indianapolis,  Ind 

Hadley,  Cirant  Co.,  New  Mex. 
5<'>  I^fayette  I'lace,  New  York 

Kiver  Falls,  Wis 

Cheltenliain.  I'a. 
I'leusant  I'lain,    low  :i 

Bethel,  Me 

Wilniinylon,  l>el.    . 


North  llcrwick,  Mc 

36»»  Ciiliinibiis  Ave.,  Boston,  Ma*->.  .    . 
West  Chester.  I'a.  . 
Geneva,  N.  Y. 

N.  Berwick.  Me 

Wister  St.,  (iermantown,  Philadelphia 
Bullitt   Building',  riiiladclphia  .    . 

Wilmington,   IVI 

•Xail  N.   17th  St.,   I'liiladelphia 

Stale  College,  Ik*llefonlc,  I'a 

l.'MU  Chestnut  Su,  Philaitelphia 
Chelat-a  Square.  New   York 

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C(')S  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKI'ORD    COLLEGE. 

Haughton,  John  Paul  .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1889 

llaviland,  Waller  Winchip.  Student  at  the  College  .  1SS9 

Hoag.  Clarence  Gilliert    .    .   Student  at  tiie  College lS(i(i 

Hill,  Myron  F Student  at  the  College 1S90 

Harvey,  Le  Koy Student  at  the  College 1S90 

tiddings,  James  C 1S53 

flddings,  George  W 1855 

-f-  Jones,  Benjamin  W 1833 

i- Jones,  Samuel  H 1S33 

+  Johnson,  Henry  John 1S34 

Jones,  Charles Coulter  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia  1835 

t  Jones,  Tliomas  W 1S49 

Janney,  Johns  H Churchville,  Harford  Co.,  Md 1850 

•{-Jones,  James  P 1851 

-{-Johnson,  Jacob  L.     .    .    .         1S55 

J  essup,  Benjamin  H.    .    .    .   Moorestown,  N.J 1S56 

+  Jones,  Ivins  D 1S5G 

Jones,  C.  Henry        .        .    .   Le  Mars,  Iowa 1857 

Jessup,  George  W Cinnaminson,  N.  J 1S.59 

t  Jones,  Richard  T 1859 

Jones,  William  B Seal,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 

Jones,  Richard  Mott    .    .    .   William  Penn  CharterSchool,Philadelphia  1863 

Jackson,  Charles  W.     .    .    .   U.  S.  Marine  Corps 1S63 

Jackson,  Walter New  York  City 1S63 

Jones,  John  Barclay  .   .    .    .    601  Linden  St.,  Camden,  N.  J 1S71 

Johnson,  Isaac  Thorne  .   .    .   Friends'  School,  Wilmington,  Del.   .    .  1S77 

"h  Jenkins,  Charles  Williams 1877 

Jones,  Edward  Megarge    .    .   Coulter  St.,  Germantown,  Philadelphia   .  1878 

Jones,  Wilmot  Rufus    .    .    .   Dayton,  Ohio 1878 

Jay,  William  C Lacey,  Iowa 1879 

Jones,  Frederic  D Los  Angeles,  Cal 1879 

Jones,  S.  Rufus Dayton,  Ohio .    .  1880 

Jacob,  Charles  R Friends'  School,  Providence,  R.  I.    .    .    .  1881 

Jones,  Arthur  Winslow    .    .   Penn  College,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa 1882 

Jones,  Rufus  M Vassal boro.  Me 1882 

Jay,  Isaac  K Richmond.  Ind 1882 

Joiinson,  Guy  1\ Longdale,  Va 1883 

Janney,  John  Hall    ....    Brighton,  Md 1S83 

Johnson,  Joseph  Henry    .    .   Ardmore,  Pa 1884 

Joiinson,  Joseph   Esrey,  Jr.   P>aldwin  Works,  Philadelphia 1885 

Janney,  Riciiard  .M.     ...   Churchville,  Md 1885 

Jansen,  Cornelius,  Jr.    .    .    .    Beatrice,  Neb 1SS5 

Jones,  Lewis,  Jr Overbrook,  Pa 1S86 

Janney,  Thomas  S Cliurchville,  Md 1887 


LIST   OF   STUDKXTS.  OOU 

Jt-nkiiiN  Williuiii  (iruiit  .    .    Wilmington,  Ohio.    . I*''*!' 

Jenk!«,  William   retintoii  .        Simlent  at  ihe  College   .    .  !>»'*•.» 

Jaculw,  rarn>l  Hrinton .    .    .   Sttuieiit  :it  the  C'ullege 1N8'J 

Junes,  (leiirge  Lindley     .    .   Stiuli-nt  at  the  College       1881* 

+  King,  KnuK'is  T ...  I  •»:{.'» 

+  King,  TliDmas .    .  IHIJS 

Kiml»er,  Anthony  M.    .    .    .    New|M.rl,   K.I                                               .    .  1>*3«J 

•{•  Kimlter,  Thoma-s.  Jr l'*I>'^ 

King,  Joseph Cor. Charlo- a  Ili.l.ll.- -i,    i;:.liii,i.,r.M.i..  1S3V 

fKing,  Elia.s  R 1843 

Kin^iman,  William  I Salein,  Ma--  l'»4H 

t  Knight,  Tiiomas  W l*^'* 

King,  IVndleton Stokewlale,  Cinillur.l  Lo.,   N.  '  !>■•>»» 

tKaighn,  William   H 1^<">7 

-•■  Kiml>or,  Mannatliike  ('o|n'  l"**)',* 

tKirkhri.le,  .Mahlon.  Jr.    .  1>«71 

tKiml>er,  T.  William    ....                \<\ 

K rider,  James  iV'laplaine   .    ITU'.t  Sydenham  St.,   l'liii:id.l|i|ii:i  1-7:? 

Kennard,  hxlwin  Orson    .    .    Knight-ntown,  Itul " 

KimW'r,  John  ."^huher    .    .        NewjM>rl,   H.I i"^' 

Kirkhri.le,  Franklin  Bntler.    140G  Spnitv  St.,  Philadelphia  1»>5 

Kirkbride,  Thooiiis  Story     .    lUn'.  Spruce  St.,   Philadelphia                     .  l^^O 

Knii>e,  Arthur Student  at  the  C'ldleire    ....  I'^V 

T  I>>gan,  .1.  I)ickin.son  .  '  -^ 

lA'wi»,  John  Howard     .    .    .    Marple,   I  Vlaware  l"o.,   l';i  1  •*;»■• 

•f- Lippincott,  Janies  S.    .    .  1'*>J4 

t  LongMreth,  William  C.    .  !*'••■• 

t  Ix-ggett,  Charles  P I  ^•''  • 

Lewis,  Mordecai,  Jr.         .    •    ('heeler,   I'c  !>.'{.) 

+  Lown«les,  Phint-a.H, ...  IKio 

I»ng,  Alfon/o  W •    •                                                            ■    •    •  I><-W 

fUwrenie,   Ri,  l.ani  II 1'':^'* 

Ix'vick,  Janu-s  J I'J<-M>  Arth  St.,  Philadelphia 1S4» 

tL«dd,  William   11           1"«-' 

I.evitk.ThomaH  J Phil««lelphia,  Pa.  l"*4.s 

-*■  I^adtl,  Iknjamin \>>\'> 

Uvi^  Fmnklin  H Mount  Holly.  N.  J  1^19 

t  I.«wi»,  Kn.K-h  K l^'**! 

+  La.ld,  Thomn!.  W.  .  I'^Vi 

+  freedom,  John  .M.  !>*•'>- 

Live/cT,  John                             <  irrmantown,   I'hiladelphi.i  .                         .  1852 

I,ivej;e%-,  Jo^ph  K.                     i  i.  rm:tntn»ii.    Pliil:id<l|dii:i .  IJ^-'jS 

t  lA-wi«.  Ilergc  Kawie                                                                                       .    .  IH.'iS 

f  b>ng^treth,  Samuel  T  l"-'"' 


070  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Laiul),  Eli  -M 1432  McCiilloh  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.       .    .  lSo5 

Lindlev,  Cyrus       Los  Angeles,  Cal lS5i) 

Lnng,  John  A.   .....    .   "Waterville,  Me lS.i6 

Lippincott,  .JosJiua  W.    .    .   Wyncote  P.  O.,  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.  .   .  iS.jC 

f  Lamb,  Thomas  W 1857 

Lippincott,  Charles  ....    Palmyra,  N.  J 1S57 

Lippincott,  Horace  G.  .    .    .    21   Water  St.,  I'liiladelphia 1S57 

Lippincott,  Hewlings   .    .    .   Cinnaniinson,  N.  J 1S5S 

Levick,  Robert 4S12  Penn  St.,  Frankford,  Philadelphia.  1858 

Leeds,  Albert  R Stevens  Institute,  Hoboken,  N.  J I860 

Longstretli,  Morris    ....    1416  Spruce  St.,  Pliiladeljihia 1860 

Lindlev,  John  H New  Dennison  House,  Indianapolis,  Ind.    .  1S61 

i"  Lawrence,  William  H ; 1862 

Levick,  Lewis  J 1  LI  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1863 

Lippincott,  Joseph  K.  .    .    .   Woodstown,  N.  J 1863 

Longstretli,  Benjamin  T.  .    .   1608  Market  H.,  Philadelpliia 1865 

-{-Levick,  Samuel  Jones,  Jr 180G 

t  Longstreth,  Thomas  K 1866 

Longstretli,  William  M.   .    .   116  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1869 

Lowry,  Benjamin  Howard  .  Drexel  Building,  Philadelphia 1870 

Longstretli,  Henry   ....   409  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1871 

Longstreet,  Jacob  Holmes.   114  Liberty  St.,  New  York 1872 

Longstreth,  Charles  Albert.  228  Market  St.,  Philadelphia     •    .    .    .    .  1872 

Lyon,  J.  Stewart Pittsburgh,  Pa 1873 

Lowry,  William  C 46  S.  Front  St.,  Philadelphia 1876 

Lynch,  .James  Lewis    .    .    .   Longwood,  Mo. Is76 

t  Leeds,  Wilmer  P 1880 

List,  John  K 25  Thirteenth  St.,  Wheeling,  AV.  V.    .    .  1880 

Ladd,  Isaac  G Franklin,  Mass 1881 

Lee,  Philip New  Iberia,  La 18,sl 

Lippincott,  Samuel  P.  •    .    .   Wyncote  P.  O.,  Montgomery  Co  ,  Pa.  .    .  1882 

Lewis,  Edmund  Coleman    .    llaverfoid,  Pa 1883 

Leslie,  Hugh 224  Carter  St.,   Philadelphia 1884 

Lewis,  William  Draper   .    .   Drexel  Building,  Philadelphia 1885 

Lewis,  Daniel  Clark  .    .    .    .   Millville,  N.  J 1885 

Leeds,  Morris  Evans    .    .    .   Westtown,  Pa 1886 

Lewis,  John  Frazier  Taylor  Brooniall,  Pa 1886 

Leeds,  Arthur  Newlin  .    .    .   3221  N.  Seventeenth  St.,  Philadelphia    .  1887 

Longstreth,  Edward  Rhoads  56th  St.  A-  Springfield  Ave.,  Philadelphia  1887 

Lippincott,  Horace  G.,  Jr.   .   Student  at  the  College 1887 

Lancaster,  (Jeorge Student  at  the  College 1890 

-r  Morgan,  James  T 1833 

Murray,  Lindley 45  Broadway,  New  York 1833 

t  Molt,  Samuel  F.,  Jr 1833 

fMendenliall,  Cyrus 1834 


I  I  ST    nl      >II|.r\T<.  till 

~. Murray,  I)jivi(l  CnMeii .  ...  1S34 

t  Molt,  William  F.,  Jr.   .    .  ,  Is.;  J 

T  Morris,  Ji^liua  H.  .    .  ISlH 

tMaule,  Ktlwiir.l  .  .  1835 

M(M>rf,  Kiciiunl  M Mfiiiorial  Hmiiv,  St.  Loiuh,  Mo 1835 

•rMar^li,  !U-njaiiiin  V 1836 

tM.iuifnliiill.  Jamw  Kiitliii .  18.'«» 

Montletihall,  Nvn-ii.H  ....    Jaiiu-^town,  N.  (' 1837 

•{■Miirr.iv,  HolK»rt  Liiulley 1838 

t  Morris,  Clinrles  W .  1838 

■f- Morjjan,  Saimiel  Ro<liiian 1840 

i-Morijan,  Alexander  .    .         I  >^  11 

•h  Martin,  Janieti,  J r .  l-'ll 

.Morri-,  .<amtiel <  >lney,  l'liilailel|ilii:i  l>^^_' 

Murray,  John Santa  Harliarn,  ( "al.  .  l"*!!! 

fMoruan,  William  r. \^i'2 

Morris,  Klli^ton  I* 21  Nortfi  Seventh  St.,  I'liihulelplii.i         .    .  1844 

t  Morris,  Stephen 1848 

Maltliews.  Kiihanl  J.  .    .    .    idtU  Ar^'yle  St.,  Haiti re,  Md 1S48 

Morgan.  William  B l']arlhani  Collejie,  Kirhniond,  Ind.       ...  ls.')0 

Mellor,  JolinB l«U)  Marshall  St.,  riiiiadelphia ls,->0 

Miller,  William   II Mi-<lia.  Delaware  Co.,  I'a 1851 

tMendenhall.  (.'yrns 1S53 

Mellor,  William Wayne  Ave., (Jermantown,  rhilnitlpliia  .  1S'»3 

Magee,  James  K 1720  Walnut  St.,  I'hiladeljdiia    .        .  ls54 

Morri",  Henry  (t Drexel  Itnilding,  I'hiladelphia  1S54 

Morris,  Morton 1057  Riehinond  St.,  I'hiladelphin    ....  Is54 

tMatlaik,  (;et»rKe  T 1855 

Maddork,  Kdward     ....   2227  Venango  St.,  Philadelphia  .  1855 

.Morris,  The<Hlore  II.    .    .    .    1(>08  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1850 

f.Merritt.  William  11..       1X56 

Morris.  Fre<lerick  W.  .    .        1»»0><  Market  St..  Philadelphia  1S.V» 

Merrill,  Isaac  N 55  Frankfort  St.,  New  York     .  1850 

Morris,  Anlhonv  J I'emlH«rton,  N.  J .  1857 

Mod,  John  It 125  E.  Fortieth  St.,  New  York    .    .        .    .  18.57 

t  Morris.  James  T 1^67 

Mellor.  Alfred    .  21s  N.  Twenlysecond  St,  Philadelphia   ,  1858 

Mellor.  tJeorge  r.  Wwt  (  hesler,  P.i I86« 

Merrill,  J.  Waller    .    .        .  .'l.'><>  P.  ().  B^.x.  Allanla,  (ia.  .  .  1858 

Murray,  J<weph   K Flushing,  N.  Y 1859 

Matthews,  William  W.     .    .    Philo|Mdis,  Baltimore  <  o.  M<l  185V 

Morris,  William  M  "-o*  M  .rL.i  »;,     Philadelphia  .  1855> 

t  Morris,  I»aac  W  1859 

Merrill,  Charles  1  m  ,  ^,.rt  <  ir..n  Plart'.  Brooklyn lS(JO 

Miller.  Charles  M  Care  of  Disston  \  S«in«.  Phil.idelphia     .    .  1><60 

Morris,  John  T.  '«2ti  Pine  St.,  Philadelphia   .    .  ...  l^^'-S 


*>t-  HISTORY    OF    HAVKKFoRD    COLLFGE. 

t  McDowell,  Henry 1867 

Moore,  Walter  Til oiiKis    .    .    1"J3  N.  Nineteentli  St.,  I'iiiladelpliia  .    .    .  1869 

Morris,  Isaac  T 269  S.  Fourth  St.,  Philadelpliia 1869 

Metcalf,  Charles  A Cliicago,  111 1873 

Mercer,  George  Gltiyas    .    .   641  N.  Sixteenth  St 1876 

Mason,  Samuel,  Jr Gerniantown,  Philadelphia 1876 

Marshhurn,  William  V.  .    .    Kstaeado,  Texas 1877 

Moore,  Jesse  Hallowell    .    .   Estacado,  Texas     . 1877 

Morgan,  Jesse  Henley  .    .    .   Lowell,  Kan 1878 

Mott,  Richard Burlington,  N.  J 1879 

Morris,  Marriott  Canhy    .    .   21  N.  Seventh  St.,  Philadelphia  .    .    .        .  1881 

Moore,  Walter  L Ercildoun,  I'a 1882 

Murray,  Augustus  T.    .    .    .   Colorado  University,  Colorado  S[)rings,  Col.  1882 

McFarland,  William  S.   .    .   Pottstown,  Pa 1882 

Morgan,  W.  PZarl Lowell,  Kan 1883 

MacLear,  Walter Wilmington,  Del 1883 

Markley,  Joseph  Lybrand  .   Michigan  University,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  .  1883 

Morris,  William  Paul  .    .    .   1GU8  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1883 

+  Morris,  Israel,  Jr 1883 

Morris,  P.  Hollingsworth     .  1325  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1883 

Mowry,  Allan  McLane 1883 

Martin,  L.  Lamphier   .    .    .   Sumter,  S.  C 1884 

Morris,  Frederick Wistar,  Jr.  1608  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1885 

Morris,  Kichard  Jones     .    .    1608  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1885 

Morris,  Herbert     .        ...  Johnstown,  Pa 1885 

Morris,  Lawrence  Johnson  .   1514  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia      1885 

-f- Morris,  Samuel  Buckley 1885 

Mitchell,  Jacol)  Thomas  .    .    Bellefoute,  Pa 1887 

Mekeel,  David  Lane     .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1887 

Martin,  Kobert  Liuwood  .   .   Student  at  the  College 1888 

McAllister,  Franklin    .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1888 

Muir,  John  Wall  ingford  .    .   Student  at  the  College .  1888 

Morris,  John  Stokes  ....   Student  at  the  College 1889 

Michener,  Charles  Leroy    .  Student  at  the  College 1889 

Miller,  Martin  Nixon  .    .    .   Student  at  the  College  ........  1890 

Morris,  Howard Student  at  the  College 1890 

Morton,  Arthur  Villiers  .    .  Student  at  the  College 1890 

tNeedles.Calebll.  . 1834 

fNewbnld,  Edward 1838 

Nicholson,  William  II.    .    .    1828  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1844 

Nicholson,  Coleman  L.     .    .   528  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1848 

Newhall,  William  E.   .    .    .   400  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1849 

+  Newhold,  Joseph  T 1852 

+  Noble,  Charles .  1855 

t Nichols,  David  H 1862 


LIST   or   STl  DKXTS. 


•;7:> 


Nfwliii,  lIuruKI  ]'.    . 

Nich«)I>ti>ii,  J.  Whitall 

Newkirk,  Jt>lin   B.  .    . 

Nfwhall,  iSarker    .    . 

NieKls.I.  IVroy     . 

Nii-liolson,  Williuiii  II.,  Jr.,    Siiuk-tit  at  lite  ColK-jje 


1>U7  I'iuo  St.,  lMiil:uIel|.lii:i  . 
•IH>  Hatx-  St.,  I'liiladelj.liiu  . 
•-•110  Anh  St.,  l'liihi.lel|.liia 

.Vlliea-*,  <  Irvetv 

Wiltnin^toii,   iK'i 


is:  2 

I  NT  2 
1S75 
1H84 
1«84 
18H8 


Kliishiiif,',  .N.  Y. 
Kliisliinj;,  N.  Y. 


2oO  N.  Hroaii  St.,  riiila.leli.liia 


■f-<)»lK)rne,  CliarlttJ 

•{•Osln»rne,  William  I' 

Owen,  Oliver  (iiiltlsniith  .    .   (.Miiiton,  Oneida  Co..  N    ^ 

08lK)rno,  William  KImore 

Orliison,  Thomas  J Ilellefonte,  I'a . 

Overman,  William  Franklin,  Friemis'  Siliool,  Jenkintown,  I'h. 
Okie,  Ji)lin  Mirkle     ....   Stiulent  at  the  College 

<  )>U)rne,  Charles Student  at  the  ( 'ulle;;e    . 

Obcrteurter,  James  Priekett,    l5o,j  I.«eii8l  St.,  Philadelphia 


-f-  Penn(H'k,  Joseph  Liddoii 
Papions,  Sanniel  H.  .  .  . 
Pars4m».  Hol>ert  H.  ... 
f  Parson.s,  William  H.  .  . 
•{•  I'erot,  James  P.  .  .  . 
Perot,  Sanson!  .... 
~  Pearsall,  Uohert,  Jr.  . 
Perkin.-i,  Lindley   Murr:i_v 

Pennm'k,  .\.  L 

Price,  Ste|)hen  S 

•^  Pancoast,  Charles  .    .    . 
Priee,  Joseph  M.  P.  .    .    . 
T  Perkinx,  Itenjamin  I).  . 
T  Parry,   Kdward    K. 
T  I'axson,  Samuel 
•f-  I'rii-e,  Kiehard    .    .    . 

Paige,  Franklin  K 

Panotast,  William  H.    . 
-{•  Panc<m.Hl,  (ie<»rKe  n. 

f  Parry,  Lnrael  H 

I'arry,  Kiehani  K 

Philiii*.  .\lU-rt  S 
Potm,  Williatu  W. 

Painter,  John  V 

-^  Pa.X"M»n,  Kichanlr.  .    . 
Petlriek,  .Vlexaiuler  K      . 
i"  Pilcher,  Sanniel  I"     .    . 
Priiv.  William  H. 
Parri«h.  I'illwvn,  Jr. 


Railway.  N.  J 

|.')1  I  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 
I-".)  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 

•2UH»  Walnut  Si  ,  Philadelphia 


I  hi  N.  Kievenili  .<t.,  I'hilaihlphla 
I  l*M)  Walnut  St.,  IMiilndelphia     . 


New  Ho|>o,  Pa 

(ireenwiMMl  Ave., Trenton,  N.J 
|{riilKe|M)rt,  Monlgomcry  Co.,  Pa. 
Kuclid  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio  . 

708  IakuM  St..  Philadelphia 


Milwaukee,  Wi«. 
London,  Kngland    . 


I>36 
ls.')2 
1867 
lK7y 

1HH4 
1885 
1889 
18«y 
I.SH9 

1S33 
183:{ 
1834 
1K35 
1836 
1S40 
1S41 
1S42 
ls4:{ 

IMI 

ISH 

1-n 

IMS 
1848 
1848 
1848 
IS49 
1S49 
\svj 

1S.VI 
I8.*)U 
1S.W 
IS51 
1S.V2 
IH.W 
is-W 
1  s.*»4 


4: 


074  HISTORY    OF    IIAVKKFOIID    COLLEGE. 

-f- Pleasants,  Charles  Israel 1S55 

Parrish,  James  C Tuxedo  Park,  N.  Y ISoG 

Pancoast,  Kicliard    ....   15  Gold  St.,  New  York    ....        ...  1856 

Potts,  William  N Wayne,  Delaware  Co.,  Pa 1856 

Pinkham,  John  W Montclair,  N.  J 1857 

Parsons,  Samuel Flushing,  Queens  Co.,  N.  Y.     .  1857 

Pancoast,  Henry  Boiler    .    .   243  S.  Third  St.,  Philadelphia     .                .  1S58 

Pancoast,  Alhert 1907  Walnut  St..  Philadelphia    .         ...  1858 

Parrish,  Joseph 52G  Drexel  Building,  Philadelphia     .    .    .  1859 

t  Parrish,  William  W 1859 

Pinkliani,  Joseph  G.     ...   Lynn,  Mass 1860 

Pharo,  Joseph  J Tuckerton,  N.  J .    .  1861 

Parry,  Charles Parry,  N.  J 1862 

I'endleton,  E.  Gray  ....  Pond  Gap,  Augusta  Co.,  Va.    ......  1862 

I'endleton,  C.  Mason     .    .    .   Berkeley  Springs,  W.  Ya 1862 

Parrish,  Alfred Thirtieth  and  Chestnut  Sts.,  Philadelphia  .  1863 

Pinkham,  Gilijert  L.    .    .    .   Miller,  Hand  Co.,  S.  Dakota 1864 

Pearson,  George    .    .               Mercer,  Pa 1865 

Pratt,  Charles  Eadward   .    .   221  Colinnhus  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass.  .            .  1866 

-}- Painter,  Howard 1867 

-}■  Peitsmeyer,  Edward .        .  1869 

Price,  Theophilns  P.    .    .    .  Tuckerton,  N.  J 1S71 

Pharo,  Walter  Willits  .    .    .  22d  and  Washington  Ave.,  Philadelpliia  .  1871 

Paul,  Joseph  W 1821  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia  ....  1873 

Pearce,  Kobert  K 5219  Warren  St.,  West  Philadelphia  .    .    .  1873 

Pliillips,  .lohn  L Care  R.  B.  Phillips,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  .    .    .  1875 

Perry,  William  Francis   .    .   The  Aldine,  Philadelphia 1877 

Price,  Walter  Ferris     .    .    .  Haverford  College,  Pa 1877 

Page,  AVilliam  Enocli  .    .    .   S.  Weare,  N.  H 1878 

Palmer,  T.Chalkley,  Jr.  .    .   Moore's,  Pa 1878 

Price,  William  F Sadsburyville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 1879 

Peel,  William  F St.  Paul,  Minn 1880 

Phillips,  Jesse  E.,  Jr.  .    .    .   Worcester,  Mass 1883 

Purdy.Elli.son  Reynolds  .    .   AVest  Branch,  N.  Y .    .  1883 

Patterson,  George  Stuart  .    .   Chestnut  Hill,  Pa 1884 

Parker,  John  Eberly    .    .    .   Kansas  City,  Mo 1885 

f  Pope,  iCdward  Morrill 1885 

Peirson,  Frank  Warrington,  Vassalboro,  Me 1885 

Painter,  Josiah  Henry  .    .    .   Kennett  Square,  Pa 1888 

Palen,  Gilbert  Joseph,  Jr.  .   Student  at  the  College 1888 

Parrish, Frederick  Maxfield,  Student  at  the  College 1888 

Pritchard,  Charles  Edgar    .  Georgetown,  111 1889 

Pennypacker,  W.  Gause,  Jr.,  Wilmington,  Del 1889 

Pancoast,  William  Howard,   Student  at  the  College 1890 

Pinkham,  Charles  lleber    .   Student  at  the  College 1890 


LIST   MF    STri»KNTS. 


llail.l..iitiil.l.  N.J 

Allnntii-  City,  N.  J 

217  N.  1-Jili  St.,  I'liiladelpliin 

New  Hfilfonl,  Muiw. 

Now  Be<lfortl,  Mu-^.   .    .    . 


Salem,  N.  J. 

(':iiii(leii,  N.  J 

(":iri' Ji«s'iii:i  Kichiimnil.NfW  IU-<lf>.ril,  Mass 
(  liiou,  i'A 


Norfolk,  Va.    , 
Marlin-i  Ferry,  Ohio 


l/uinl'y,  WatMon  K WtliuiiiKton,  lH;l.    .    . 

(jiiiniliy,  hxlwani  KnlwUlv  .   Stiuiriit  ut  tlie(V>lleKe 


+  Riclianlson,  Jn»>.  I>.  . 
Reilniai),  J)>>e|ili  .  .  . 
K:in<liil|i|i,  4  itiir^e.  .  . 
Kanili>l|>li,  Uu'hanl  .  . 
K<><iii)uii,  hi<linuii(l,  .  . 
K<Nliuan,  Tlionins  K.  . 
-*•  Keilmuiul,  Charles  I*. 
T  Kioliuiond,  James  11.  ( 
•f-  Kolierti),  (leor^f  W.  . 

Keeve,  \Vm.  C 

Keeve.  Aiit;ii>tuH    .    .    . 
Kichmoml,  Alexander  .V. 

liowell,  Jni>.  F 

H»>l>erls,  Steplieii   .    . 
+  Hiddick,  Josepli     .    . 
f  Riddiek,  KeuUn  15.  . 
Ri(-Iiards4>ii,  Franeis .    . 
fKli'-ads.  William  (J.  . 
Rat.litr,  \Vm.  K.    .    .    . 
T  Klii>ad«,  IMward    . 
Rat.  litl.  K»lwani    .    . 
Iu>l>erts,  Charles     .    .    . 
Robertii,  F>lwar<l  C.  .    . 
i"  Richard>H>n,  Henry  H. 
T  Redman,  Sanuiel  B.  . 

R««e,  David  F 

Randolpli,  William  H. 

Recve>,  Kllis  U 

RoUrt-t.  .Mired  R.     . 
Rirliard.H,  K.  .Vnher  .   . 
KoU'rta.  iVrrival,  Jr. 
ReynohU.  Lindley  M.  II. 
RoU'rtfi,  J.  R.  Kvaiu 
Rhoads,  JiHeph,  Jr.  .    . 
Randitjph,  F^lwnnl,  .    . 
R..l>in.i.>n.  Wni.  H.    .    . 
Rh.iiles,  Richanl  S., . 
Rohin-^n.  IIerlK?rt  W.  . 
Rn<<hmf>rc.  T«wnjt*nd    . 
Reeve,  Anffnsliis  II    . 
Reeve,  William  I".     .    .    . 
Riclianl<s  Thc«xIore  Wm. 
Rol>erti«,  (»C'>.  Itrintini.  Jr. 


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171)3  Arch  St.,  I'liiladelphin 
■21-2  Hancock  St.,  Brooklyn,  N    > 


Cheater.  I'a. 

.\tlanti«-  City.  N.J. 

Ph'inixville,  I'a. 

lt',_'7  Walnut  St.,  riiilailelphiu     .    .    . 

Wilmington,   I>el 

IIOS.  *JOihSi  ,  IMiilndelphia   .    . 
Guilfonl  College,  New  (tanlen,  N.  «  . 
•-M.')  S.  Broa.l  St.,  I'hila.lelphia    .    .    . 
Wejtttown,  Chetter  C«».,  Va.  .    . 
7.13  Pine  St.,  IMiil.idelphia    . 
Conrtland,  Sncrnmwnto  Co.,  Cal.  .    .    . 
A-«ton  MillH,  IVlaware  Co..  Pa     . 
Siiith  Windham,  Me.    . 

Plainlield,  N.  J 

Camden,  N.  J 

Camden,  N.  J.         ... 

Ilarvani  l.'nivetailr,  Cambridge,  Ma.<>H 

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G7('>  H!ST«iKV    <»F    HAVEUI-OUD    COLLEGE. 

Kiade,  Waltor  (ieorge  .    .    .  'Ao  Falmoiiih  St.  Boston,  Mass 1885 

Keinliardt,  David  Jones  .    .  ]  00-1  Jelleison  .St,  Wilmington,  Del.  .    .    .  1885 

Rogers,  James  AVadswoitii 1SS5 

Kavcnel,  Sam'l  Prioleaii  .    .  1707  Locnst  St.,  riiiladeipliia 188& 

Klioads,  Joseph  Howard  .    .  Overbrook,  Pa 1887 

Klioads,  Cliarles  James     .    .  Student  at  the  College 188i> 

Keeves,  Frank  Butler   .    .    .  Student  at  the  College 188<) 

Khoads,  Edward        ....  Student  at  the  College 1881) 

Head,  AVilliam  Joims,  Jr.    .  Cumberland,  Md 1889 

Roberts,  John Student  at  the  College isSif 

Robinson,  Lucian  Moore  .   .  1715  Walnut  St.,  Philadelidiia  iMlO 

Ri.stine,  Fred.  Pearce,  .    .    .  Student  at  the  College IMtO 

Rorer,  Jonathan  Taylor,  Jr.  Student  at  the  College 1890 

fSmith,  Dilhvyn 1833 

tSharple&s,  Daniel  Ofiley .    .  lS3:i 

-f-Sharpless,  Charles  L ISoS 

Sheppard,  Clarkson  ....    Media,  Pa 1833 

Smith,  Benjamin  R Germantown,  Philadelphia 1834 

Shotwell,  George  F Skaneateles,  N.  Y 183-4 

-{-Smith,  Barclay  A rney IS.!! 

tSerrill,  Isaac  S 1S34 

f. Smith,  Lloyd  P 1835 

•f-Sharpless,  Henry  H.  G 183G 

i-Sharpless,  Isaac 1836 

•}- .Smith,  Albanus  .    .  1837 

fSiroud,  Morris  R 18.'?8 

fScull,  Gideon  D 1838 

Stapler,  John  AV-, Tahlequali,  Cherokee  N.,  Ind.  Ter.    .    .    .  183!)' 

Smith,  Richard  M 3715  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1840 

Sn)ith,  Robert  Pearsal I,    .    .    1305  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia LSIO 

tStroud,  William  D 1841 

Starbuck,  Chas.  C Andover,  Mass 1841 

t  Stokes,  John  N 1841 

■{-Steward son,  John 1841 

Stewardson,  Thomas     .    .    .    Chestnut  Hill,  Phiiadelpliia 1S41 

-{-Shinn,  Samuel  E 1844 

-{-Shotwell,  Augustus 1844 

t Shotwell,  Joseph 1844 

Smiley,  Alfred  H Lake  Minnewaska,  N.  Y 1848 

Smiley,  Albert  K Lake  Moiionk,  N.  Y 1848 

Scull,  J.  Ridgw;.y,     .    .        .   Haddontield,  N.  J 1848 

Stokes,  Francis Locust  Ave.,  Germantown,  Phila 1848 

Stadelman,  Jacob  L Ardmore,  Pa ...  1848 

Scull,  David.  Jr 113  S.  4th  St.,  Philadelphia 1849 

Street,  Louis, Salem,  Ohio ISoO^ 


1. 1ST    (»F   STri)KNTS. 


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•'>S  Keiide  St.,  New  York   .    .    . 
Harvard  I'Diversilv,  ('aiiil>riil>;i',  M 
loj.')  I»<nv<-lli>n  Ave.,  riiil;i>lel|>liia 


Stokes.  \Vi->tar  M T>  Ilernuin  St.,  CierniantDwii.  I'liila 

tSlal.ler.  William  I> 

Stabler,  Tliuinari  S.         ...    lAneliltiirj;,  Va .    . 

Selleni,  Natlum :{|".i  N.  :i;M  St.,  IMuladelplii:!    .    .    . 

fStreet,  J.«lin  W 

Street,  Ihivid  ......    Montieello,  Iowa    . 

Street,  George Salem,  Oliin     ... 

Street,  Ouileii, Seattle,  Wa-Hhiiintnii  . 

+  Sattertliwaite,  Samuel  T 

Smith,  Thomaa  C -isil  ClH~.lnut  St..  Trenton,  N.  .) . 

Starr,  Jueteph  W Steele  ("itv,  Neli 

Sharple^t,  Ahnim Salem,  ( )rei;oii 

Smith,  lU'iijamin  II (fininl  Hnililin^',  I'liilailel|>lii;t 

Steele,  Thoma-x  C,     ...        INittstnwn,  I'a 

•f-Sliimi,  T.  Jertersnn 

Sam|>son,  l-Mward  (V  ■'i'^  Keade  St..  New  York 

•f- Sampson,  (Jeorge   . 
Sam|kson.  Henry,  . 
Smitli,  Clement  L. 
Smith.  William  K., 

•{•Starr,  Tlie<)<h>re 

-{•Stoke?!,  J.  ."^Iieneer  

Street,  John Kokomo,  Ind 

Stuart,  Jehu  Harlan  .    .    .        Minnea|Mjlis,  Minn 

Starr,  Kdwanl    .    .  HI  Walnut  St.,  Philailelphia 

Scott,  Thomas,  Jr.  We.stingljoiise  Building,  Piltslnirgh,  I'a. 

Smyth,  Horai-e  ( ':ire  Lindley  Smyth,  I'hiiadelphia     .    . 

fSeull.  Kdward  I 

Sampson.  K.  Pope 5s  Reade  St.,  New  York    .    . 

Shepher<l,('alel>  W s.5  ^Inron  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

•{■Shannon,  John  K 

Sharpless.  IIenr>-  W.         .    .    SOI  Chestnut  St.,  I'hilailelphia 

•{•Smith,  Cieorge,  Jr.  

Swift,  Henry  H.     .  Milll.nH.k.  N.  Y 

Sand«,  William  L.     .    .  Care  K.  W.  Lawrenee,   41   Wall  St..  N.  Y 

•{•Sharpie*}!,  Charles  W . 

Swift.  William  I MilU.r.K.k.  N.  Y 

Starr,  I^Miis Isls  S.  Kittenhou^e  Sp,  Philadelphia    . 

Satterthwaite,  Benj.  C.      .    .    212  S.  Fifth  St.,  Philadelphia 

•{•Steele.  John  I>utlon 

Sharpl.-.?!,  S.  Frank    ....    HIS  Walnut  St.,  Phil:i<lelphia 

Sam|Rw>n,  .\Idcn  Jr .V*  Keade  St.,  New  York 

fSniith,  Franklin  Whitall 

Stabler,  Charle*  Miller     .    .   a-indy  SprinK»,  Mil.    . 

Slok»*«.  N.  Newlin,  Jr.  .    .    .    M'x.rcsiown.  N.  J.  . 

Stokc9,  Henry  N..  .  National  Museum,  Wa.shiiigtou,  I».  (  . 


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G7.S                       IIISTOHY  OF    HAVKIM-OKI)    COLLEGE. 

Smiley,  I>iu)iel,  .Jr.   ....   Lake  Mohonk,  N.  Y 1874 

Shei)par(l,  John  K 175  Remsen  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 1S75 

Sinitii,  William  Foulke,  .    .   Barnesville,  Ohio 187(5 

Scliivfly,  Edwin  Ford  .    .    .  307  School  Lane,  Gerniantown,  Phil  ■.  .    .  1S76 

Shipley,  Walter  I'enn  .    .    .  Locust  Avenue,  Gerniantown,  I*hila.      .    .  1877 

Smith,  Albanus  Longstreth,  West  Penn  St.,  Gerniantown,  Phila.  .    .    .  1877 

Siioemaker,  Samuel  B. .    .    .    Main  St.,  Gerniantown,  Phila 1S78 

Sutton,  Isaac Haverford,  Pa .    .  1S7() 

Stuart,  Francis  B La  Luz,  New  Mexico    .    .    ■    • 1S79 

Scull,  William  p:ilis  .    .    .    .   Overbrook,  Philadelphia 1879 

Spruance,  John  S 619  Linden  St.,  Camden,  N.  J 1871) 

Smith,  S.  Decatur,  Jr.  .    .    .   1927  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1880 

Starkey,  Howard  A.  .        .    .    Dulutli,  Minn 1880 

Smith,  Alfred  P Provident  Building,  Philadelphia  ....  1880 

Smith,  L.  Logan 1305  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1881 

Scott,  Alexander  IL,  ....  1806  S.  Kittenhouse  Sq.,  Philadelphia  .    .  1882 

Smith,  Horace  E 1213  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1882 

Starr,  Isaac  T., 311  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1882 

Savery,  William  H Wilmington,  Del 1883 

Slocum,  Allison  W 13  Farwell  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass 1883 

Stokes,  Henry  Warrington, .  308  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1883 

Strawbridge,  Frederic  Heap,  801  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1883 

Stubbs,  Martin  Bell,  .   .    .    .  1616  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1884 

Sharp,  Joseph  Webster,  Jr. .   1134  Ridge  Ave.,  Philadelphia 1884 

Sachse,  Albert  Frederic,  .    .  267  North  8tli  St.,  Philadelphia      ....  1885 

Shupert,  Chas.  M Bryn  Mawr,  Pa 1885 

Schwartz,  John  Loeser,    .    .   Pittsburgh,  Pa 1885 

Smith,  Walter  Emanuel  .    .   1213  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1885 

Smith,  Wilson  Longstreth  .   1305  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 1886 

Stevens,  Lindley  Murray,    .  Student  at  the  College 1886 

Stokes,  John  Stogdell,  .    .    .  1010  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia  .        ...  1886 

Shaw,  James  George,  Jr.  .  .   Newcastle,  Del 1886 

Simpson,  Wm.  Percy,  .    .    .    Overbrook,  Pa 1886 

Stotesbury,  William  Alfred,   Bozeman,  Montana 1886 

Steere,  Jonathan  Mowry, .  .   Student  at  the  College 1887 

Strawbridge,  Robert  Early  .   801  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 1887 

Stone,  Ralph  Warren,  .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1888 

Sayrs,  W'illiam  Christopher.  Wilmington  College,  Ohio 1889 

Shipley,  William  Ellis,    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1889 

Sen.seiiig,  Barton Student  at  the  College 1889 

Scarborough,  Henry  Wismer,  Student  at  the  College 1890 

Shoemaker,  Benj.  H.,  Jr.  .  .   Student  at  the  College 1890 

Stokes,  Francis  Joseph     .    .   Student  at  the  College 1890 

Stiawbridge,WiHiam  Justus,  Student  at  the  College 1890 

Tatuall,  Edwanl Wilmington,  Del 1833 


LIST   OF   STlMKNTJi. 


L';io  y„  15th  St.,  N\w   York 
3(i  N.  Front  St..  I'iiiltukl|ilii:i 
Sknneateli*s,  N.  Y. 


Tliur>tuii,  William  K 
Trotter,  William  II.  . 
Taln.tt,  J<wf|>li  I). 

i-Tliurston,  Joseph  1'. 

■{•Talwr,  Charli';)  .    .  

i-TaiiKill,  Witliiim  .  

"i: Tyson,  ICii-hiinl  W 

•^ TliKUKus,  Williiiin  A 

TThorne,  Kdwiii  .    .  

T Taylor,  Joseph  H 

Tal>er,  Augustus 711  Water  St.,  New  York 

Tyson,  Jesse H  K.  Franklin  St.,  naltimure,  .Md.  .  . 

Trotter,  Charles  W 36  N.  Front  St.,  I'hiia.ielphia 

Trotter,  Newbol.l  11.  .    I'l-JO  Che?*tnul  St.,  I'liilailelpliia 

-f-Tatmn,  Samuel  ( '.  .  

T  Tyson,  James  W.  Charl(>s  and  I^xin^ton  SIm.,  Baltimore,  Mil. 

Thomay,  Cieor^e  15.  .    .    Wot  (,"het»ler,   I'a 

Talier,  .\brnin New   liedfonl,    Mass.  .... 

i-Tys«)n,  Isaac 

Thomas,  James  C 122(3  ^[adison  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.  .    . 

Thomas,  William  K.     .        .    Downin^jtriwn,  I'a, 

Tatiim,  Charles 'Ji>lu  Howard  St.,  Omaha,  Neli 

Tillin^hasl,  Jo«-eph    ....    New  lietlford,  Mass.  .    . 

T Tyson,  John  ."s.,  J r 

Test,  Zaccheiia I  nion  Springs,  N.  N 

t  Troth,  John  T.  .    .  

•{•Taylor,  Thomas  ('. 

•{•Taylor,  Augustus 

Tatum,JohnC Woodhury,  N.J 

Troth,  Sanuiel 'Ml'2  Haring  St.,  i'hiladelphia 

fTayh.r.  Joseph  P 

Thomns,  Kvan        .  .    I'nnluce  K.xdiange,  New  York 

•{■Thomas.  I^-win  W. 


Tucker,  lU-nJnmin  .   .    . 
TnlK-T,  William  (".,  Jr.  . 
Thorn,  Barton  F 
Tevis,  Norman  . 
TeTW,  t^dwin  L. 
Thomson,  I'^igar  1.    .    . 
Tatum,  <ie««ru'e  M.     .    . 
Tomlinson,  William  I.  . 
Tyler.  William  tiraham 
Tomlinson.  h^lwin     .    . 

Triton,  Janice 

Thoma*.  John  ('.  .    .    . 
t Thurston,  William  R.,  Jr 


Ifeihhhem.  N.  II 

New    lieill'ord,   Mass 

('roiwwicks.  N.  J 

Care  K.   L.  Tevis,  PhiladelpliiM 
721    Locust  .S.,   rhilailel|diia 
1027   Master  St.,  Philadelphia 
Jilenolg.  Ilowani  Co.,  .M<i.  • 

.Marlton,  N.  J 

1 120  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 
Kirkw<MKi,  Cnmilen  Co.,   N.  J. 
1. ■)()♦)  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 
i:»3  Ihillon  Su,  lUllimore,  .Md 


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080  HISTORY    OK    HAVERFORD    COLLEGE. 

Tliorne,  Jonathan,  Jr.  .    .       TT)  (lold  St.,  New  York ]S5S 

fToms,  Riclianl  II.  K 185S 

Tyler,  J.  Edgar Media,  Pa 1S.59 

Thomas,  J.  Preston  ....    Wliitford,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 18G0 

Thomas,  Allen  C Haverford  College,  Pa 1861 

Tatiiam,  Henry  B.,  Jr. .   .    .    1025  Spruce  St.,  Piiiladelphia 1S02 

Tomlinson,  B.  Albert    .    .    .   Kirkwood,  Camden  Co.,N.  J 1S02 

-}-Tonilinson,  Ephraim,  Jr 1862 

Taber,  Robert  l.arney  .    .    .   Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  Mass 1863 

Taylor,  William  Shipley  .    .   403  N.  33d  St.,  Philadelphia 1S64 

Thompson,  David  A Albany,  N.  Y 1864 

Tomlinson,  S.  Finley    .    .    .   Durham,  N.  C 1865 

Taylor,  Edward  B Sewickley,  Pa 1866 

Taylor,  Charles  Shoemaker.   110  N.  20th  St.,  Philadelphia    .        ...  1867 

Thomas,  Charles  Yarnall .   .    Darlington,  Md.     .    .            1868 

Thurston,  Edward  Day  .  .    .   236  E.  loth  St.,  New  Y'ork 1868 

Tomlinson,  Allen  J Archdale,  X.  C 1869 

Thomas,  Kichard  H 236  W.  Lanvale  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.       .  1869 

Trotter,  Joseph 322  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia    .    .        .    .  1871 

Tebbetts,  Charles  Edwin  .    .   Pasadena,  Cal 1871 

Thompson,  James  B.    .    .    .   2054  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1872 

+  Tomlinson,  Julius  L 1872 

Trotter,  Walter  Xewbold     .   1806  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia  .        ...  1872 

Taylor,  Frank  H 3304  Baring  St.,  Philadelphia    ....  1872 

t  Taylor,  Lewis  Alfred 1873 

Taylor,  Howard  Ct Kiverton,  N.  J 1873 

Thompson,  John  J.,  Jr.    .    .   2024  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia 1874 

Taylor,  Henry  L 61   W.  8th  St.,  Cincinnati,  0 1874 

Thomas,  John  M.  W.   .    .    .   410  Race  St.,  Philadelphia 1874 

Townsend,  Wilson    ....   Long  Dale,  Alleghany  Co.,  Va 1875 

■}-Townsend,  Clayton  W 1878 

Thomas,  Henry  M 1228  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.   .  1878 

Thomas,  Bond  V Millville,  N.  J 1879 

Tyson,  James  W.,  Jr.   .    .    .   Charles  and  Lexington  Sts.,  Baltimore,  Md.  1879 

Tunis,  Jo.'seph  P 2320  Delancey  Place,  Piiiladelphia  .    .    .  1882 

Trotter,  Francis  L islO  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia    ....  1882 

Trotter,  Frederick  N.    .    .    .   ISR)  Chestnut  St.,   Philadelphia    ....  1882 

Tanner,  Clarence  Lincoln     .    Augusta,  Me 18S3 

t  Trimble,  William  Webster 1883 

Taka.saki,  Koichi Japan  (Yumi) 1884 

Thompson,  Frank  Earle  .    .   Pottstown,  Pa 18S5 

Thomas,  George Wliitford,  Pa 1887 

t  Tod  hunter,  Layton  W 1888 

Tatnall,  Robert  Richardson    Wilmington,  Del 1888 

Tevis,  Alfred  Collins    .    .    .   Haverford,  Pa 1888 

Todd,  Henry  Arnold     .    .    .    Doylestown,  Pa 1888 


LIST   Ol     .sTUDKNTS.  «».Sl 

Terrell,  Cliarles  EriU'Til     .    .    Niw  Vifiinu,  <  >liio 1HM9 

Tliiirk'r.  CliarU-!*  lierlKTl    .   Ci)riiell  l'nivfn*ity,  Ithaca,  N.  Y ls,S9 

Taylor,  Jiiiiies  (Juriu-y  .        .   Sttulfiit  at  tlic  Cullcge  .            .  1HK<> 

Talifr,  haviil  Slu'ariiiiui,  Jr.   Stiitli-nt  at  the  Collect*  .                                  .•  IsyO 

Thuiuoii,  Fnink  Siiiitli  .    .    .   Sunh-nt  at  the  College  .                                 .  IMH) 

triuKrhill,  (Je<>r«e  \V IS36 

lUderhill,  William  W.    .    .    I'J'J  S.  Oxford  St.,  Itrooklyi.   \    V                .  1K37 

liulerhill,  RolKTt Croton  Ljindiiiff,  N.  Y.  1843 

tlmlerhill,  K.  K .  1S50 

riHliKnitr.  Ihivid  H Mt.  riexsant,  Ohio .  IS.'.l 

triiderhill,  K.lmiiiul  I? .  1S51 

I'liderhill,  Stt-pluM),  ....    Croloii  Landiii;;,  N.  Y.  1.*<'>-I 

trnderhill,  Williani  11 J.s.V) 

riiderhill,  Kdward  I!.,  Jr.       Little  Rest.  Ihilche^'s  Co.,  N.  Y L^o? 

L'li.lerhill.  Silas  A SC.  Court  St.,  HnK.klyn.  N.  Y.  1S67 

I'lidegrafl"  William  Koeu*     .   Oak  (irove,  Iowa 1877 

Underhill,  Jo!ie|ih  Turner  .    Eiiglewood,  Chii-ago,  Ml.  .  18f<.'J 

UiuKrhill,  Alfre«l  M.    .    .    .    Ix.gan8|K>rt,  Ind ]SH3 

Uhler,  Harvey  Thomas    .    .    IS'J.'j  N.  Hroad  St.,  Philadelphia  .            .    .  I.S86 

Valentine,  Robert Ik'lleft)nte,  Pa.     .                                             .  1S43 

Valentino,  Ja(>ol.  I) liellefonte.  Pa.                                                  .  l.'^43 

•rVahntint-,  William  T .  1'<4S 

Valentine,  Cieorjje Bi-llefonte,  Pa l''4H 

t  Valentine,  Rmd .  1S48 

Valentine,  Abnim  S.    .    .    .    Atlantic  City,  N.  J.                                        .  1>»49 

t  Valentine,  Samuel  R.   .    .                                                                            .  1S53 

f  Vaux.  RolH-rt.s,  .    .                 .  1855 

Vail,  }{enjamin  .\ liiiliway,  N.  J isrtl 

Valentine,  Henjamin  K.    .    .    2<'>  Court  St.,  I{ri>oklyn,  N.  Y.  Im52 

•f- Vail,  tieorge  Re<|ua .  l.'*77 

Vail,  John  Randolph    .    .    .    I.,o«  Anjjele*,  Cal.    .                                 ...  ls77 

Vail,  K,  Ilerliert (ieneva,  N.  Y ivSO 

Vaux,  (leorge,  Jr (iiranl  Ruihling,  Philadelphia    .    .  18.H| 

Vcetler,  Herman  (.inig    .    ■    Alleglu-ny,  Pa 1HH4 

Vail,  Frtd.  Neiltton   ...    I.««  AnKele«,  Cal l-HHTi 

Valentine,  John  R*-*-*!  .    .    .    1'027  Pine  St,,  Philadelphia      1,H.H6 

Valentine.  F^lwanl  .Vhrani  .    .Atlantic  City,  N.  J                                          .  IHM? 

Valentine.  (JeorKe     ...    Ikdicfonte,  Pa.                                                   .  IHH? 

Vaux,  William  San<M>m,  Jr.    Student  at  the  C<dlc.'<  ivSQ 

t  Wi*lnr,  H.  Wyatt                                                                                          .  1h33 

Walton.  Jimeph                          M-,. -i    ., ,,.  .N    .1                                             .  Is33 

Williamn,  Joneph  K.                  PhiLidelphia,  P.^.                                               .  1^35 

fWanler.  William  IV  ls3fl 


6S2  HISTORY    OF    HAVERFOKD    COLLPXiE. 

Wistar,  Rk-liard Wills'  Eye  Hospital,  riiiladelpliia  ....  1S37 

fWinsIow,  Jolin  R 1838 

t  White,  Ellas  .\ .    .  1838 

White,  Eraru'is Gay  and  Lombard  Sts.,  Baltimore,  Md.  .    .  1838 

Winslow,  Caleb 924  McCiilloh  St.,  Baltimore,  Md 1839 

tWigham,  Thomas  M 1840 

Wood,  William  E 112  W.  Balliniore  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.    .    .  1840 

+  Wood,  Riciiard 1841 

Wood,  Joseph 39  S.  Fourlli  St.,  Philadelphia     .    .  1841 

t  Wines,  Gilbert  H 1842 

Wistar,  Isaiic  Jones  ....   233  S.  Fourth  St.,  Philadelphia 1842 

Wright,  Benjamin  H.,  .    .    .   Care  Robt.  Furnace,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  .  1842 

t  Willetts,  Jeremiah        1842 

Wriglit,  Jolin  Howard  .   .    .   346  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York 1842 

t  Walker,  Thomas 1844 

t  Walker,  Robert 1844 

Wood,  George  B Mt.  Airy,  Germantown,  Philadelphia    .    .  1844 

Wood,  Richard 400  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia     .    .        .  1848 

-f- Walton,  James  M 184S 

t  Walton,  Francis 1848 

t  Weaver,  Thomas 1849 

t  Wistar,  Caspar 1840 

Whitall,  James 410  Race  St.,  Philadelphia 1840 

Willcts,  John  T 303  Pearl  St.,  New  York 1850 

fWalton,  Isaac  M 1851 

AVood,  William  C Haddonfield,  N.  J 1851 

AVood,  Edward  R 400  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 18.52 

Wistar,  Thomas 409  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1853 

t  Wistar,  W.  Wilberforce 1853 

Wood,  Stephen Cai-e  Henry  Wood,  Mt.  Kisco.  N.  Y.      .    .  1854 

Wood,  James Mt.  Kisco,  N.  Y 1854 

Witmer,  John  S Paradise,  Pa 1854 

Wildes,  Thomas Kingston,  Jamaica 1855 

Wood,  William  H.  S.  .    .    .8  E.  Sixty-third  St.,  New  York    .    .        .    .  1855 

Wood,  George 620  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 1855 

Wood,  Isaac  F Kahway,  N.  J 1856 

Willets,  William  Henry  .    .   53  Park  Ave.,  New  York 1856 

t  Wood,  Randolph 1857 

Williams,  Horace 1717  Pine  St.,  Philadelphia 1858 

Wistar,  Caleb  Cresson  ...    126  N.  Front  St.,  Philadelphia 1861 

Woodward,  Thcmias,  Jr.      .   71  Wall  St.,  New  York 1862 

Witmer,  A.  E.xton    ....   Paradise,  Pa 1863 

Wistar,  John.    .        ....   Salem,  N.  J 1863 

Wood.  Walter 400  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia  .    .    .    .  lf<6^ 

+  Walton,  William  Kite 1865 

Wistar,  liartliolomew   .    .    .   Cleveland,  Oiiio 1865 


LIST    «'l     STl  DKNTS. 


<>83 


Will-.  J<*«l>li  lli'iiry 
WI>ill<Kk.  James  Gilbert 
WimkI,  Wiilter     . 
W«kkI,  Henry 
W(mhI,  Stuart  .... 
NVinslow,  Kandolph  . 
WUiar.  Kilwnrd  Morris 
Warner,  (le<«rne   Malin 
Wiirriiiuton,  Ciirtin  II.  • 
While.  Mile«,  Jr. 


11    llliCT*     ••■•I*"!     •* 

White.  I>.»vi.l  F Fuiintiiin  City,  IikI 

Warrington,  T.   Francis  West  <  hestor,  Ta. 

White,  Oliver    .    . 

White,  (Jeorge  Wilson  .    . 

Whitall,  John  Mukle  . 

White,  Thoinax  Newhy     . 

Whitall,  Thoniit.s  Wistar . 

Winslow,  Thomas  Newhy 

Winston,  John  Clark 

White,  Walter 

Winston,  Lindley  Murray 

Wilbur,  Henry  L. 

Worthington,  Thimias  K. 

White,  W.  .Mpheii- 

Whitney,  Chariest  II 


C!eriii:mto«ii.  I'hila<lel|'hia 
I(M»  CiKiper  St.,  Canulen,  N.  J 

Kichmonil,  Va • 

Care  T.  .V  T   WihkI,  New  IWdfonl,  Mans 
Johns  Hoj-kins  Iniv.,  Hnltimore,  M.I. 
400  Chestnut  St.,   riiilailelphia  .... 
Mount    Koyal  Terrace,   Haltiniore,   M<l. 
ll'J  S.  4th  St.,  IMiilatlelphia    .         • 
131  S.  2*1  St.,  IMiiladelphia 
Wej*t  Chi-nter,   I'a.  .        ... 
liox  M'2,  Baltimore.  Md.       .    ■ 


Whitney'.   I»uis  H Bryn  Mawr,  I'a 


Arkaii^is  City,  Ark 

Helvidere,  N.  i" 

no  Raee  St.,  Philadelphia 

(JreenslHtro,  N.  C 

'.t  K.  Penn  St.,  <iermantown,  Philmlelphi 
Helvidere,  N.  C •    • 

l.;'.t  W.  Penn  St.,(Jermantown,  Philadelph 

Helvidere,  N.  C 

Ueillauds.  Cal 

Bryn  Mawr,  Pa 

1417  Kutaw  Plate,  Baltimore,  Md.  . 

Brunswick,  Randolph  Co.,  N.C. 

Bryn  Mawr,  Pa 


Welherell.  John   M 
White,   Francis   .\. 
+  Wilson,  Matthew  T. 
White,  Klia-s  11.    .    . 
White.  Wilfred  W. 


;>4:{5  Kannister  .\venue,  Philadelphia 
l_"^l   N.  Calvert  St.,  Bidtiniore,  Md.  . 


(iirard  College,  Philadelphia 

»ime.  Minret.  ,» .  .        <>'lt'*a.  '>""■  <"•  '''^•'^•"*  • 

Wn.lsworth,I->lwardD..rland  Bullitt   Building,   Phdadelphu. 
Wickerahan.,  Willian.  F.        WeMtown,  Cheater  Co.,  Pa. 
W.Mwd,  (Je^.rge    Ban.n  .    •        1313  Spruce  St..  Philadelphui . 
Wright,  William  Moorhead.    1419  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia  . 
While. 'Uichurd  Janney  .    .   Gay  and  I>.ml«nl  St«,  Baltimore.  .\ld. 

.')«   Lafayette  Placf.  New  York  .    . 

Waahington.  I».  C 

HW(ii   I.<MU«.t  St.,  Philadelphia 

IVnni-ville,  N.  J 

.•")«;  I^fayettc  Place,  New  York 

.■ll"<  lA>xington  Avenue,  New  York  . 

Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 


1S65 

lS(i« 

l.H6«5 
lH6(i 
1KG6 

1H(}6 

iHtiT 
1809 
1S70 
1S71 
1S71 
1^7'.' 
1^73 
1S74 
1S74 
1X76 
1S76 
1S77 
1H77 
ia  1S77 
1877 
187H 
1S79 
ls7y 
ls7y 
ls7'.» 
1x7  ■.» 
1  •«>0 

IvsO 

l>«M 
1-M 


Wiwil.  Williiim  <'ongd..n 
Wil-on,  Calvert 
Wo«mI,  Charles  Randolph 
Wright,  Rol>ertCa»el 
WocxI,  (iillwrt  Congdon   . 
Walton,  Erne-l  For.ter  . 
Whitney,  John  Drayton 


1HH3 

1x^4 

1^^4 

!--» 
1-M 

1SS6 
l<s7 


West.  Nela-.n  Ullin  .    .        •   .Student  at  the  College   . 
Wooil,  Jc»«ph  RemingK'n      Student  at  the  College  . 


C84  HISTORY    OF    HAVi:i!F(>RI»    COLLEGE. 

WestcotI,  Henry  M Riclmioml,  Ind ]889 

Westcott,  Eugene  Marion.  .   Shawano,  Wis 1SS9 

"NVIiitall,  Franklin     ....   Student  at  the  College L^S9 

Wright,  Gitionl  King  .    .    .   Student  at  the  College 1S89 

Wood,  James  Henry   .    .    .   Student  at  the  College ISSil 

Wool  Mian,  Ethvard    ....   Student  at  the  College 1SS9 

Warden,  Herbert   Watson.   Student  at  the  College .    .  1S90 

Warden,  Nelson  Bushnell  .   Student  at  the  College L*^90 

Walker,  Frank  Dinwiddle  .   Student  at  the  College 1S90 

Williams,  Parker  Shortridge  Student  at  the  College 1890 

Wood,  Arnold Student  at  the  College 1890 

Yarnall,  William 301  S.  39th  St.,  Philadelphia 1S33 

-t-Yarnall,  Francis  C 1S42 

Yarnall,  Ellis  H 119  S.  4th  St.,  Philadelphia 1853 

fYardley,  Edwin 1856 

Yarnall,  Charlton 1636  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia    ....  1880 

Yarnall,  Harold  Eliis  .    .    .   Haverford,  Pa 1883 

Young,  Frank  L Military  School,  Sing  Sing,  New  York  .    .  1885 

Yarnall,  Stanley  Khoals    .   Student  at  the  College 1888 

Zook,  .John  M 1728  N.  19th  St.,  Philadelphia 1S60 


MHMBliKs  ol     1M1-:  KAc:UlTY 


The  Opening  o!  Havertord  School  in  is^^  to  the  H 
College  ^'e.ir   1880-1890. 


nd  ol  the 


SariUK-l  Ilillc!) 
Jo-i'ph  Tli<>iii:i> 
Jolm  Colliius  . 
John  (iiiiiiuierf 
Ihiiiifl  r>.  Sinitli    . 
lU-nJainin  V-  lliirily  . 
John  (lunimere  .   .    • 
Williiini  Ciununere    . 
William  I)enni» 
Samuel  J.  (Jummerf 
Benjamin  11.  Ik'acini 
Anilri'W  C"()m»UK"k 
Itcnjamin  V.  M:ir>h 
Isaac  Ihivis 
(;.  r:u<iilcr.»in  I)e  Thelinny 
IKiiry  1).  (JreKory 
Ju>c|>h  W.  Alilrich 
Jonathan  Kichanls    . 

William  S.  Hilles      . 
Jamis  M.  Prill" 
Iharli-s  M.  Allen  . 

Limlley  M.  M«>orc 

Ilu^h  i).  Vail    .    . 

J.*«|.h  W.  Al.lrich 

AlU-rt  K.  Smiley  . 

Alfred  11.  Sroilev 

iHHiKKn  Clark 

J<)«c|ih  Cnrtlar  ' 

/actheu)*  Tt-^t 

Stephen  Uohert* 

Fmnklin  K.  I'a'mv 

Jonnlhan  J.  C'omfui' 


TITI  K  OF  .iri-olNTMKM. 

Superintentlent 

Latin  ami  Greek  . 

hrawiny  and  Cla^^i<  ■• 

.Miillu'iualics      .    .    . 

Moral  I'hiiosopliy  an<l  Kni.'11-ii  . 

.\.->i>tanl  Siijierintfndent     .    .    • 

Mathematics  and  Siij>erinteiid»nt 

Kngli.-h  anil  ('l:i->-i(- 

Clavii  - 
Classic^  . 

Preparatory  I)e|>artm»nt 

Khx'iilion 

.\ssi>tant  Siij»erintendent 
Su|>erinlendent 
French    .    .    .    • 

CMnsxics 

Mathematics  and  Natnral  Philosophy. 

Stewanl 
AxtiMant     ■ 
.^^!ti^tanl  in  lla'nici. 
.\««i!t!anl  in  Mathematio 
Sn|>erintend»nt  and  Teacher 

Malhcmati><«       ■    ■ 

Clnj«»i«-!t  an<l  .Ancient  I/nemUiro     .    . 

A'«islant 

.\Mii<ilant 

.\miiitant 

SuiKjrinlendent  and  Tenclo  r 
.Vmiktant     ■    ■    • 
,   .\ioiiilant     . 
AwiMant 
\v«ii«(anl 


TKHM    1 

-I  I   \  h 


1 -;;;;- 1H3-1 
l.H.;:{-is3l 
1S33-1N3.J 
Is3:{-1H13 
ls.{;;-is4'> 
1K3I-1k:J7 
1S34-1H3H 
1S34-1S3S 
KM- IS  10 
Ix.M  isll 
ls35-ls:i.-. 
1S3C-1S37 
1M57-1SII 

i><;i.'<-i.s3y 

IS  10- 1841 
1S43-1H45 
1S13-1S45 
1««43  1>*46 
1<*44  1>4.'> 
1S4'>-1S45 
lSI5-lf<4.'> 
lHH-1850 
1s4H-1h:)2 
184H-IS.W 


I8JiO-lSW 
1H51-1S.JI 
1861-18.53 
1<>2 


CSC) 


HISTORY    OF    IIAVRRFORD    COLLEGE. 


Josepli  Thomas 
John  R.  Hubbard 
John  F.  Rowell 
William  A.  Reynolds 
Jonathan  Richards 
.Joseph  G.  Ilarian 
Paul  Swift  .... 
Henry  S.  Schell     . 
Thomas  H.  Burgess 
Cyrus  Mendenhall 
Jesse  S.  Cheyney  . 
Timotiiy  Niciiolson 
Thomas  Cliase    .    . 
George  H.  Stuart  . 
John  Kern      .    .    . 
Joseph  G.  Harlan 
Joseph  Jones     .    . 
Thomas  Wistar  .    . 
Moses  C.  Stevens   . 
Jesse  H.  Haines    . 
Lucien  Crepon    .    . 
Charles  Atherton  . 
John  B.  AVilson 
William  F.  Mitchell 
Thomas  W.  Lamb 
John  W.  Pinkiiam    . 
Samuel  J.  Gummere 
Clement  L.  Smith 
William  Wetherald 
Edward  D.  Cope    .    . 
Samuel  J.  Gummere 
Joiin  H.  Dillingham 
All)ert  R.  Leeds     . 
Henry  Hartshorne 
Henry  Wood  .    .    . 
Oliver  G.  Owen 
Pliny  Earle  Chase 
Tliomas  Chase   .    . 
Isaac  Sharple.ss  .    . 
Thomas  E.  Taylor 
.•^amuel  Alsop,  Jr., 
J.  Franklin  Davis 
Allen  C.  Thomas  . 
Nereus  Mendenhall 
Roliert  B.  Warder 


TERM   OF 
TITLE    OK   API'DISTMEST.  SEKVICE. 

Elocution 1852-1S53 

Assistant  in  Classics l^b'.i 

Assistant 1S53-L'^53 

Classics L'^S.'J-L^So 

Superintendent      L'^53-LS57 

Matheniatics 18.53-LS57 

English       1853-1865 

Drawing 1854 

Assistant 1854 

Assistant 1855 

Introductory  Department 1855-1855 

Superintendent  and  Teacher  ...  1855-1861 

Cla«-sics 1855-1886 

Tutor 1856-1858 

Drawing     1856-1859 

Principal 1 857-1  S.37 

Superintendent •   .  1857-1S59 

Tutor 1858-1861 

Mathematics 1858-1862 

Superintendent 1859-1860 

Drawing     1S60-1860 

P^locution  and  Assistant 1860-1802 

Drawing 1860-1 S65 

Superintendent 1S61-1862 

Tutor 1861-1S62 

Assistant 1 862-1 S63 

Mathematics      1862-1874 

Assistant 1863-1865 

Superintendent      ...  ....  1864-1866 

Natural  Science 1864-1867 

President 1864-1874 

Superintendent 1866-1878 

Natural  Science  (temporary)  ....  1867 

Organic  Science 1S67-1871 

Tutor 1869-1S70 

Tutor •    •    •  1S70-1871 

Natural  Science 1871-1886 

President 1874-1886 

Mathematics 1876 

Assistant 1876-1877 

Physics  and  Superintendent   ....  1876-1878 

Assistant 1877-1879 

Prefect  and  Political  Science  .    .    .    .  1878 

History  and  Ethics 1878-1880 

Chemistry  and  Physics 1S79-1880 


MEMIIERS    OF    THK    lACl  LTY 


GS7 


Lyniao  B.  Hall  .    . 
Fninois  (1.  Alltii>H>n 
J<«;i-|>li  Kiioiuls,  Jr. 
William  Hisliop 
SuiiiiU'l  J.  ISriiii 
A I  frill  (i.  La.l.l 
S<-tli  K.  (iil1i.nl 
i'liarli'S  K.  (iaiise,  Jr. 
K«lwin  Ihiveiiport 
II.  (  arvill  Lewis   .    . 
Walu-r  A.  Fonl      .    . 
Tlioniu!*  Newliii     .    . 
Jaine?«  Ik-atty,  Jr.  .    . 
Alplioiisf  N.  Van  I)at'I 
J.  Hi'iulfl  Harris   .    . 
L«>vi  T.  K*lw  arils 
M\  roll  K.  Sanfonl 
riiny  Karle  (.'hase 
Sanuii'i   Lt'|><)iils     .    . 
J.  IMayfalr  MiMurrii  li 
Naac  Sliarpless  ... 
William  C.  Lail.l  .    . 
Fraiiiis  H.  (tiiiniiiere 
Franci>  1*.  Lt*avenwurt 
Frank  Mi>rley    .    . 
Joliii  Jt>ni>s         .    . 
lioLt-rt  W.  KoKors 
lU-nry  «  r«w    . 
Winlielil  S.  Hall 


TITLK  <>»•    Ari-OINTMKNT.  »KKVI<  K 

.   Cht-niisiry  ami  lMiy.io  18S» 

.Assistant  in  Chitisics  lsso-l.*<82 

I  ii-.lrm-tor  an«l  Curator     .  1H80-18S3 

.    Assistant  in  ( »l»»«-rvat<>ry  issol.sg.l 

FriMuli |ssl-l.ss'2 

I'liysi.al  Cultiiri-  ....  1881-18S3 

•  irt-ek  and  Latin ISStJ 

Instructor  and  Curator     .    .  J 8.'<;i- 1 s.'<4 

.    (ireekaiul  Ijitin l.vs;t-l»,s(} 

.   (it-ology 1SH3-1SS6 

.   IMiysii-al  Culture          .  ls83-lsxy 

.   Zo«>loj;y  anil  Botany  1SH4-18SIJ 

.    Eni;iiu'erin}^  ...  1  S.><  I    1  .><,sr> 

.    French l^SS   1Sn6 

.    hx'clesiastical  History  l.»<sri 

.    Kn^ineerini;       ....  IS.SO 

.    I^iitin  anil  discipline    ...  l.s.SQ 

.    Actinu  IVc-iil.iit  ...  m86-18S6 

.    French 1S.S6-1SS7 

.    l5ioloj;y I.»<.><rt-LKMy 

.    President    ...  1,SS7 

.    French  .     IH.S7 

.    Fnu'ii^h  .     18S7 

.    Director  of  oUt-rvalory  18X7 

Mathematics      ....  1,S87 

Instructor  .  1H87-188S 

(Irtvk      .  Is,><7-l.'<.«<f» 

I'hysics Lsss 

I5ii>lo>;y  and  IMivsical  Culture        .    .     Issy 


OFFICERS  AND  MANAGERS 


OF 


Haverford  School  Association  and  The  Corporation  of  Haver- 
ford  College. 


PRESIDENT* 

APPOINTKD. 

Wislar  Morris 10th  month  12th,  1886. 

T.  Wibtar  Brown Ith       "       10th,  1891. 

SECRETARY.* 

Henry  Cope 12th  month  80th,  1880. 

George  Stewanlson     ....  5th       "       14th,  1832. 

Abraham  L.  Pennock    ...  5th       "       14th,  1835. 

Charles  p:vans 5th       "         8th,  1837. 

Charles  Ellis 5th       "         0th,  1842. 

William  S.  Hilles Sth       "       13th,  1861. 

Piiilip  C.  Garrett 5th       "         9th,  1864. 

Etlward  Bettle,  Jr 10th       "       llth,  1S75. 

Charles  l\oberts 10th       "         9th,  1883. 

Elliston  P.  Morris      ....  10th       "       12th,  1886. 

George  Vaux,  Jr 10th       "       13th,  1891. 

TREASURER.- 

Benjamin  II.  Warder    .    .    .  12th  month  30th,  1830. 

Isaiah  Hacker     .....  Sth       "       13th,  1844. 

.lohn  Elliott Sth       "       12tli,  1845. 

Isaiali  Hacker Sth       "       llth,  1846. 

Wistar  Morris Sth       "       14th,  1860. 

John  M.  Wiiitall otli       "       13th,  1861. 

David  Scull,  .Jr 4th       "         9th,  1866. 

Edward  Bettle,  Jr 10th       '•        9tii,  1883. 

Asa  S.Win- 10th       "       14th,  1884. 


SEKVKK   fNTIL. 

3d    month  23(1,    1S91 


Sth  month  14th,  1832 


5th       ' 

•       14th, 

,  1835 

Sth       ' 

8th, 

,1837 

5th       ■ 

9th, 

,  1842 

Sth       ' 

'       13ih, 

1861 

Sth 

9th, 

1864 

10th       ' 

'       lltii, 

1875 

10th       • 

9th, 

1883 

10th      • 

'       12tli, 

1886 

10th       ' 

'       13th, 

1891 

Sth  month 

13th, 

1S44 

Sth       " 

12th, 

1845 

Sth 

llth, 

1846 

Sth       " 

14th, 

1S60 

Sth       " 

13tli, 

,  1861 

4th       " 

9th, 

1866 

10th       " 

9lh, 

1883 

10th      •' 

14th, 

1884 

*  The  ollicf  of  I'ri-siileut  of  iho  CorpDratiDii  wjis  not  creattnl  until  issii.  I'roin  lS:!il  to  1S.SG 
the  .Secretary  acted  as  presiding  otVieor  at  all  meetings  ol"  the  <  orporatioii.  The  I'resiilont, 
S.'1'retar.v  and  Treasurer  are  ex-ollicio  menilH;rs  uf  the  litiard  of  Managers,  and  the  President 
presides  "at  meetings  <>("  the  Board. 

(688) 


•  'I  |.|<  i:i;s    AM»    MANAtiKi:.^ 


(>S9 


Sjiiiiiel  iJfltlf 
Daiiii-I  I!.  Siiiitli 
Joiin  ( irit«c<iiii      .    . 
( itrani  T.  Ilupkiiis 
John  ( I.  IliiAkiilii 
Suimivl  B.  Morris  . 
John  Gummere  ■    . 
Henjainin  W.  Ladil 
Til  >iiia8  ('.  JtiiiHs   . 
Ua;ie  Oavis 
Thomas  Kvan^ 
Joliii  I'aiil    .... 
.U>rahniii  L.  Pennock 
Naae  ( 'olliim 
Kartholomew  \Vi«Iar 
Samuel  Parsons  .    . 
lU-njamin  H.  Wanltr 
.Siiiniel  F.  Molt  .    . 
LintllfV  Murray 
Tlionias  P.  ( '»>|>e 
(iiHirfff  Stewanlsoii 
ThoniaH  ('(K'k  .    .    . 
J<**e|)h  Kiiiit,  Jr 
llt'nry  Coiie     .    . 
Thonia.s  KitiilH>r 
CharU-s  Yarnall 
IMwanI  IWtlle     .    . 
Ittaac  S.  Ix)yd  .    .    . 
Samuel  I!«ttle      .    . 
<  i«i>rjje  Williaiii^ 
William  F.  Moti 
Kilward  Yaninll 
.l<>!«iah  While 
Sam  lift  Ilillcfl 
Charles  Kvans 
John  (f.  Iliwkii)'' 
Jtilin  Farniim  .    .    . 
MonlwTii  L.  I)BW!M>n 
.Vhrahuni  Ililjanl  . 
Jo«iah  White  .    .    . 
KilwanI  B.  (tarrigiie^H 
S«c|>hen  P.  Morri-< 
John  Klliott     . 
William  K  Ifark. 


M  AN.VGKRS. 

vrllllNTKIi. 

l:.'ili  month  .'iOth,  iSM.  5lli 

rjih  "  :UUh,  1.S30.  Ml 

I'Jih  ••  :'.()ih,  iH.m  .".III 

iJil.  ■•  •.oih,  IS30.  :;.l 

iJlh  '•  MOih,  1S30.  r.th 

iJiii  "  .{Oih,  i.s:io.  :.ili 

IJth  "  301  h.  1S30.  5lli 

l-.'lli  "  301  h.  1S30.  r.th 

IJlh  "  :u)iii,  1S30.  :.ih 

I'Jtli  "  ;ioih,  ls:!n.  -,ih 

i"Jtli  •'  .".Oih,  1S30.  inU 

iL'ih  '•  .'loth,  ls;{o.  .'.Ill 

l-Jiii  "  3(iih,  isao.  5ih 

ll'lh  "  .-{Oih,  1S30.  .")th 

1-Jth  "  30ih,  1S30.  oth 

1-Jll.  "  .30lh,  1S30.  .5lh 

r.'tli  "  .".Otli,  IS30.  .')lh 

iJih  "  ;5(>lh.  IS30.  h\U 

I'Jili  ••  .'.(itli,  ls30.  :.tli 

rjih  "  .ioih,  is.ut.  r,ih 

r.'lh  "  30ili.  1S30,  ruh 

IJlh  "  .tdlli,  1S30.  .'jth 

IJlh  "  3(Hh,  1S30,  5ih 

iJth  "  30ih,  is.m  r.th 

IJth  "  .-{Oth,  1S30.  ."Jlh 

IJth  "  :'.oih,  1S30.  «ih 

.'ilh  "  lllh,  Is.TJ.  loth 

.^)th  "  IJth.  1s:M.  ."ith 

.'.th  "  IJth,  ]S3A.  .'Mh 

.•^ih  ••  IJlh,  l^'.M.  :)th 

.".III  •'  I'Jth.  1S34.  rnh 

oil.  "  I'Jth.  1S34.  fiih 

Ml  "  1  llh,  I^.Wk  .'»lh 

.'.ih  "  lllh.  IVUV  5th 

.'.III  "  nth.  I  S3.-..  .'iih 

IJlh  •'  '.nh,  1S36.  5th 

.'.ih  "  '.nil,  1S3«;.  5lli 

.'.th  ••  Mill.  IVt"*.  5th 

.'.Ih  "  Hlh.  l*<;i><.  .'>lh 

.".th  *•  I  llh.  isas.  5th 

ih  ••  I3ih.  IXVX  Alh 

..Ih  ••  13th.  IM39.  fith 

5lh  •'  I'Uh.  IX3«».  6th 

I.  13ih,  I.S3l».  fith 


■  KICVKI)  INTIU 

month  Hlh,  ls:{2 
•'  I'Jih,  1S34 
"  IJlh.  1  S3 1 
"  I'Tth,  IK34 
'•       lllh,  is:{5 

I  tih.  1835 
"       Uih.  1S35 

Hlh,  ls3.'> 

'.tth,  Is3t5 

'■       Uih.  is.is 

i:;iii.  is:m 

Kuh.  1S41 

Huh,  1841 
•tlh.  1S42 
Oih.  1842 
'.till,  1.S42 

13tli,  1844 
'•  lllh.  1846 
"  I4tli.  1849 
"       Mill.  1819 

Mill,  1S49 

13lli,  18.">0 
"  13ih.  1.850 
•'  12ih,  1.851 
sih,  1866 
"  i:{lh,  186.8 
"  lOih,  1.832 
'•       Mih,  183,8 

l.Jlh,  l.s:w» 
"  l.llh.  1S39 
"  lllh,  1846 
"       Mlh,  I860 

0th,  1830 
"  14th.  1.838 
"  null,  1841 
"       10th,  1 841 

Oih.  1850 

l.tih.  1.H39 
"  13ih.  183«.i 
"  i:ith,  1S44 
"  lOih, 1>41 
"  lOih,  1*41 
"       IJlh.  1.845 

l.hh,  1850 


4i 


r,i;l) 


IIISTOKY    OK    JIAVKHroKD    COLI,i:(iK. 


William  M.  Collins 
Elakey  Sharplcss    . 
Eliliu  Pickering 
Alfred  Cope     .    .    . 
Townsenil  Sliaridos 
James  R.  Gret'vea  . 
Josejili  Trotter    .    . 
(icorge  Ilowland     . 
Charles  Ellis    •    .    . 
Isaac  Collins    .    .    . 
Abraham  L.  Pennock 
Paul  W.  Newhall 
Josiali  Tatum  .    . 
Samuel  B.  Parsons 
Abraham  L.  I'ennock 
Isaiah  Hacker     .    . 
Samuel  Rhoads   .    . 
Samuel  Ililles     •    . 
John  Elliott     .    .    . 
David  Scull      .    .    . 
Daniel  B.  Smith 
George  Ilowland,  Jr. 
Joel  Cad  bury  .    .    . 
Jeremiah  Hacker   . 
Robert  P.  Smith 
Marmaduke  C.  Cope 
John  M.  Whitail    . 
Anthony  M.  Kiinber 
Edward  Brown    .    . 
Francis  T.  King 
Richard  H.  Thomas 
Theophilus  E.  Beetle 
Francis  R.  Cope 
Paul  Swift    .... 
Wistar  Morris     .    . 
T.  Wistar  Brown 
Samuel  Allinson,  .Jr. 
Samuel  F.  Troth 
Sanuiel  Allinson,  .Jr. 
Nathaniel  Ramlolph 
Josepli  W.  Taylor 
Robert  Lindley  Miin 
David  Scull     '.    . 
Harrison  Alderson 
Iiieliiird    KicharcUou 


.Uli 

rnh 

5ih 
otii 
•nh 
-)th 
rnh 

oth 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5tli 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5ih 

5lh 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5th 

5tli 

5th 

5tli 

.-.ih 

5th 

5ih 

5th 

5ili 

5th 


AIM'olN  ;  Kl>. 

nuintli  lOih,  JS-ll. 
"  10th, 1841. 
"  lOtli,  1S41. 
"  10th,  1S41. 
"  10th.  1841. 
"  lith,  lS4-_'. 
0th,  1S42. 

itth,  1S42. 
!)th,  1S42. 
"  13th,  1844. 
"  13tli,  1844. 
"  13th,  1844. 
"  13th,  1844. 
"  13th,  1844. 
"  lUth,  1845. 
"  12th,  1845. 
"  12th,  1845. 
"  12th,  1845. 
"  11th,  184ti. 
Ulh,  1846. 
"  10th,  1846. 
"  Uth,  184(i. 
"  14th,  1849. 
"  14th,  1849. 
"  14th,  1849. 
"  14th,  1819. 
"  14th,  1849. 
"  14th,  1849. 
"  13th,  1850. 
'•  13th,  1850. 
"  13th,  1850. 
"  13th,  1850. 
"  12th,  1851. 
"  10th,  1862. 
"       lOlh,  1852. 

9th,  1853. 

9lh,  18.53. 

9th,  1853. 

9th,  1853. 

8th,  18)4. 

8th,  1854. 

"       14th,  185.5. 

"       Mth,  1855. 

"       Mth.  1S,55. 

12ih,  ls.-,(;. 


5th 
5th 
5th 
5th 
Pith 
oth 
5tli 
5tli 
5th 
5th 
5th 
Oth 
4th 
5th 
5ih 
5tli 
5tli 
10th 
5ih 
5ih 
10th 
4th 
5th 
5th 
5ili 
5th 
4ih 
4th 
5lh 
?,th 
5th 
4th 
5th 
oih 
3d 


;ervki)  until. 
month  13th,  1S44 
"       13lh, 1844 
"       14th, 1840 

9th,  18.53 
"  30th,  1863 
'■  13th,  1844 
"  13th,  1844 
"  21st,  1852 
"  12th,  1862 
"  12th,  1845 
"  12th,  1845 
2d,  184S 

4th,  1853 
"  lO.h,  185S 
"  lOth,  1852 
"       12th,  1862 

Oth,  1864 
"  13th,  1873 
"  14th,  1849 
'•  14th,  1849 
"  Uili,  1849 
"  12th,  186U 
"  11th,  1857 
"  11th, 1857 
"  Oth,  1859 
"  8th,  18(i5 
12th,  18(i9 
"       lOth,  1S71 

9th,  1853 
"  11th,  1857 
"         9th,  1859 

9th,  1800 

"       lOth,  1852 

"         8th,  1854 

23d,  1891 


5th  "  14th,  18.5i> 

oth  "  12th,  1850 

7th  "  11th,  1875 

5th  "  14th,  1855 

10th  "  Pith,  1880 

5th  "  10th,  1858 

5th  "  8th,  18(55 

4th  "  8th,  18(i7 

5th  '•  llih,  lS5r 


OFFICKKS    AM)    MANAdEUS. 


(i*Jl 


JaiiifM  Whiiull 
Henry  lIurLslioriu- 
William  S.  Hille^       . 
William  Hi-illi-    .    .    . 
Ilaydoik  <iariigiie« 
HukIi  1).  Vnil      .    .    . 
J  ami'!*  C'nrt'V  riiumaii 
Kilwanl  (iarreii 
Heiijaiiiii)  V.  Manh   . 
Ili'nry  Ilarthliuriio 
Philip  v.  liarrell    .    . 
Benjamin  C'oates     .    . 
TliomiiM  P.  C'o|>e      .    . 
William  ('.  Lon^i^tretli 
James  K.  RlioatU 
Kii-lianl  C'a<il)iny 
Ihivi.l  Sriill,  Jr.  .    . 

William  Kvans,  Jr.     .    . 
Cieorjje  S.  (iarreii 
Jolin  Farnnm  .    . 
Abram  S.  Taylor 
JiK?!  (.'a»lliiry,  Jr. 
John  K.  Carter    .... 
Thuma.s  Wistar,  Jr.    .    . 
Etlwanl  Khonils  .    .    .    . 
KichanI  Wo<kI     .    .    . 
John  S.  Haine^ 
William   II.  Nii-lh.lsor. 
KoIhtI  is.  I  lames       .    . 
Charles  IIaH)>li*>rne    ■    . 
William  H  TImrslon 
William  V.  Molt     .    .    . 
William  ii    Khn.i.U 
<  ie»>rK«"  llow  lanil,  Jr. 
Franeit  T.  Kinjf 
John  r>.  ( r.irrett  ... 
Th<Mn&s  Kiml>er 
F^iwani  I'leltle.  Jr. 
CharlrM  Kolterm  . 
John  S.  Ilillen 
Kdwarit  I..  Scull 
Charle*  S.  Taylor 
Franiu  While 
IlowanI  Comfort     .    . 
|lenj.imin  H.  Shoemaker 


5lh 
5lh 
5lh 
5ih 
5lh 
Aih 
•'nil 
.^th 
:>lh 
.-.ih 
01  h 
Ath 
5th 
.-^th 
5th 
5th 
oth 
5lh 
tth 
Itli 
iti. 
tth 
tth 
4tli 
4th 
4th 
4th 
4tli 
4tli 
4lh 
4lh 
4tli 
4th 
Ith 
Ith 
4tli 
4th 


loth 
lOth 


AI'li>i>T>:l>. 

month  llth,  ISoT. 

•'       llth.  ls:.7. 

llth,  iS'iT. 

I Oth,  1S5H. 

>.»th,  1S5«J, 

"         yth,  Is.VJ. 

llth,  I  SCO. 

i4ti.,  i>-(;o. 

14th,  I  SCO. 

'•      i:uh,  isci. 

12th,  ISC-J. 
"       12th,  1.SC2. 

'.'til,  l.stM. 

yth.  1SC4. 

mil,  1SC4. 

Sth,  ISfM. 

sth,  ISC'). 
"         Mh.  1SC.'». 

yth.  isct;. 

nth,  l.^CC, 
Mh.  1M>7. 

Mh,  iscr. 

"     i;!th,  iscs. 

i:;th.  1S6S. 

"        l.Sth,  1M)S. 

12lh,  l>6y. 
••       1 2th,  l>Gy. 

121  h,  1>W. 
"  llth,  1S70. 
"  lOth, 1S7I. 
"  10th,  1S71. 
"  loih,  1>7I. 
"  10th,  1S71. 
"  I Oth,  \s7\. 
"  10th,  1>71. 
x,},.  1S72. 
sth.  1S72. 
"       14lh,  I.H72. 

Nth,  1S72. 

l.Hh.  1x73. 

llth,  1x75. 

yth,  1S7«?. 

Mh,  1S7.S. 

*       12th.  IHSO. 

12th.  ISSO. 


SKUVKIt    I  Mil  . 

.'th  month  14th,  IHCU 

4lh       "  lOih.  1S71 

5th       '•  12th,  lxr,*_» 

4ih       '  yth.  iMiti 

loth       •'  loth,  isx-j 


:>th 
loth 

4tli 

.'.th 
4th 
4th 

121 1. 


Ith 
4th 

loth 
4ili 

llth 
4th 
4lh 
Ul 

4tli 
4tli 


lOlh 

4th 

loih 

12ili 

U)ih 


Cili 

6th 

lOih 


yth,  ist>4 
'.nh,  IHM.} 

13tli,  1S(»8 

yth,  18C4 
lOih,  IH71 
25th, issl 

5th,  1S84 


lOih, 1871 
12th.  iscy 
l.'ith,  I.S73 
l:Uh,  186K 
17lh,  Issi 
loth,  I •'71 
10th,  1.S71 
15th,  1S71 

loth,  ls7i 
lOih.  1x71 


8tll,  187H 
28ih,  18«0 
llth,  18X7 
IMh,  Ixtfl 

14th,  1x72 


2.1,  1>7<. 
lllh,  l-'^l 
12th.  l>'^'k 


G92                        HISTORY 

OF    HAVE] 

^FOKl 

-)   COL 

LEGE. 

Al'IM 

INTKI). 

SICHVKD 

I- NTH,. 

William  S.  Taylor          .    .    .    10th  niont 

1    12th 

1S80. 

lOlh  nioiiti 

14th,  1890 

William  Penn  Evaii-i 

lOih       " 

lOlii 

issi. 

4lh       " 

loth,  18S7 

John  T.  Morris   .    . 

11th       " 

17th 

18S1. 

lOth       " 

24th,  1S84 

Henry  Betlle  .... 

10th       " 

10th 

1882. 

12tli       " 

r>th.  1884 

J«^t^s  C.  Strawliri(ii;e 

10th       " 

Olli 

1S83. 

Asa  S.  Wing    .... 

lOih       " 

14th 

1S84. 

Elliston  P.  Morris  .    . 

10th       •' 

24th 

1SS4. 

10th       " 

]:;ili.  1^91 

Francis  Stokes     • 

1st       •' 

Oth 

188.0. 

James  Wooil    .... 

l^t         " 

Oth 

1885. 

Aliram   K.  Ilnston  .    . 

lOth       " 

12th 

1880. 

J.  Preston  Thomas 

0th       " 

'Ad, 

18S7. 

^ViHiam  H.  Haines    . 

10th       " 

11th 

1887. 

Waller  Wood  .... 

Kith       " 

14th 

1890. 

John  T.  Morris  .    .    . 

loth       " 

12th 

1891. 

George  Vaii.x,  Jr.    .    . 

lOlh       " 

13tl) 

1891. 

OFFICERS  Ol    Till    ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

WITH    TlIK 

YHARS  OF  THHIR  HLKCTION. 


VKAK.  rK>.-l|i|.>T. 

Ki6.  Pr.  Tiiumns  K.  ('.k'<. 
ISoT.  B«*iijamin  V.  Marsli. 
I808.   Francis  K.  Copt'. 
18V».  Frum  is  R.  Co|>e. 
1860.  FraiuisT.  Kinj?. 
is»;i.  Francis  T.  King. 
1"»«)*J.  Tlioina>i  I*.  C<>|)c. 
noa.  Fnuu'is  T.  KiiiK. 
1«>«>4.   Kobt.  LinilU-.v  Miirrav. 
isGo.  KoM.  Limlli-y  Murr.iy. 
1S0«5.  Koht.  Lindley  Murray. 
IH67.   I>r.  Jas.  Carey  Thomas. 
1S4>M.   Dr.  Honry  IIar(sliorne. 
lStJ9.  Dr.  IKnry  Ilartsliorm-. 
l^TO.   I)r.  Henry  llarlsliorne. 
l'<71.  CluirU-s  Ilart.slioriu'. 
IST'i.  Charles  llartMhorne. 
1S7:5.  Henjamin  \'.  M  irsli. 

1874.  I>avid  Siull.  Jr. 

1575.  IhividScnll.Jr. 

1576.  Philip  C.  (Jarroll. 
1S"7.   I'hilip  C.  (iariett. 

1875.  Inaae  F.  \V(khI. 
1S70.  John  H.  (Jarrell. 
1«»S0.  John  U.  ( Jarrelt. 
I'«H1.  Jiwepli  I'firrioh. 

1H82.  I>r.  Henry  llartjiliorne. 

1S<{.  I>r.  Ilcary  llartshonie. 

IS.'M.  Howard  Comfort. 

1.HS.V  Howard  Com  fori. 

ISHiJ.  Charlra  Koliorts. 

IH87.  (*harlva  Ro'^rts. 

1VS><.  Dr.  JameH  J.  I^riek. 

I***".!.  Dr.  JanieM  J.  I.cvirk. 

1"»1H>.  Franri*  B.  Gummerv. 


"•M  UKI  \ltV. 

Ki>l>erl  Bownc. 
David  S<'nil,  Jr. 
I  hi  V  id  StuU,  Jr. 
John  B.  (larreit. 
John  H.  (iarrutt. 
John  B.  (iarrett. 
Jolin  li.  (iarred. 
John  B.  (iarretl. 
I'.arthi.l.  W.  BcH-sley. 
Barthul.  NV.  Bee.Iey. 
Dr.  VaIw.  Khoads. 
Dr.  Edw.  Khoids. 
Wwanl  L.  Seiill. 
K<lwar.l  L.  Siill. 
Henry  Betlle. 
Henry  Heltle. 
Walter  WimkI. 
Walter  WikmI. 
Walter  W(KmI. 
Waller  Wood. 
Walter  WihkI. 
Walter  Woo<l. 
Walter  WihkI. 
Kdward  I*.  Aliinson. 
Ivlward  I*.  .Xllinxon. 
|-'.<lward  I'.  .Mliiwon. 
Kdward  I',  .\llins4in. 
h^lward  I*.  .Vllinson. 
P^tlwanl  I*.  Allinson. 
F4lward  I*.  .MlinMm. 
Kdwani  I*.  AllinMm. 
h«lwanl  I'.  AilinMin. 
1-^lwranl  I*.  .Mlin^tn. 
Nathaniel  B.  Crensluiw. 
Nathaniel  B.  Crenshaw. 


I  lU   k^l   IIKII. 

Kdmnntl  .\.  Crenshaw. 
Henry  II.  (J.  Sharpletis. 
John  S.  Ilillcs. 
Jolin  S.  Hi  lies. 
John  S.  Hillo-. 
John  .S.  Hill.v 
John  S.  Hille>. 
Kdward  IC    WoimI. 
Kdward  Ik.  W(mh1. 
Kdward  K.  Woo*!. 
Cliarles  Holterts. 
Charles  Rol>ert.«*. 
Charles  Robeit.-. 
Charles  Robert.-. 
Thomas  K.  I/on.'>lielh. 
Howanl  Contfnrt. 
Howard  Comfort. 
Howard  Comfort. 
Benln-n   Haines. 
Renl>en  Haines. 
Rcniten  Haines. 
Reuben   Haines 
Reulten   Haines. 
Thomas  K.  I.onir>iri  th. 
Thoma.H  K.  Lonnsin'th. 
Thoma-*  K.  I/on>f»lrelh. 
Thomas  K.  I^JOK-Irelh. 
Ik'njamin  II.  I»wry. 
lUrnjandn  H.  I.owrr. 
lU-njamin  H.  I.owry. 
Samuel  .Mason 
Siimuel  .Mason. 
Samuel  Mason 
Samuel  Ma<M>n. 
Snmuel  Ma^m. 


ORATORS,  POHTS  AND  PRIZE  WINNERS  OF 
THE  ALUMNI   ASS0CIATI(3N. 


VI;AI!.  dHATORS. 

1S.J7.  Isa;ic  S.  Serrill. 

1858.  Dr.  Henry  Ilartsliorne. 

1S5!I.  Charles  faber. 

ISfiO.  Dr.  James  J.  Levick. 

1561.  Ricliard  Wood. 

1562.  Franklin  E.  Paige. 
1863.  Dr.  Zaccheus  Test. 
lSfi4.  Dr.  Jas.  Carey  Tliomas. 
18fi5.  Edward  E.  Wood. 

1866.  Joseph  Parrish. 

1867.  Dr.  Edward  Jilioads. 

1868.  Lloyd  P.  Smith. 

1869.  Henry  Bettle. 

1870.  Kt)l)ert  B.  Taher. 

1871.  Samuel  C.  Collins. 

1872.  Charles  E.  Pratt. 

1873.  Clement  L.  Smith. 

1874.  Jos.  G.  Pink  ham. 
lS7o.  Allen  C.  Thomas. 
1S76.  Richard  M.  Jones. 

1877.  Francis  R.  Gnmmere. 

1878.  Josepli  K.  Murray. 

1879.  Dr.  Nereus  Mendeniiall. 

1850.  Pliilip  C.  Garrett. 

1851.  Henry  Wood. 
1882. 

1883.  John   U.  (iarrett. 

1884.  Dr.  James  Tyson. 

1885.  Francis  G.  Aliinson. 
188(i.   .\iden  Sampson. 
18S7.  Dr.  Robert  H.  Ciiase. 
188S.  Dr.  Morris  Longstreth. 
18S<).  (Jeorge  G.  Mercer. 
IMHI.    Edward    1'.  Aliinson. 


Dr.  Henry  Ilartsliorne. 
Allen  C.  Thomas. 


Joseph  Parrish. 


Charles  E.  Pratt. 
Francis  B.  Gummere. 

Dr.  Henry  Hartshorne. 

Roberts  Vaux. 
Francis  B.  Gummere. 


INDKRfiRADl  ATI-: 
I'KIZE   WINXKKS. 


Dr.  Edward  Rhoads. 


R.  Henry   Holme. 
Fiancis  K.  Carey. 
John  H.  Giflord. 
Josiah  P.  Edwards. 
Charles  E.  Ganse. 
John  C.  Winston. 
Wilmot  R.  Jones. 
Charles  R.  Jacob. 
Augustus  T.  Murray. 
William  S.  Hilles." 
Henry  II.  Goddard. 
William  II.  Fulrell. 
Howell  S.  England. 
Edward  M.  Angell. 
Henrv  L.  Gilbert. 


(694) 


INDRX. 


A  iiiiori:     Ills     "  Si-ries    of     llistinical        A 
'^  SkHi-lies,"  211. 

AiMi It'll) iciil  l>f|iartinent,  J'>5,  27.">. 
Acjitleiny  of  Natiir.il  Sfii-nees,  I")ti. 
A(-kw<irtli,   Kntfland  :  st-lioul  establislud       A 
177'.i.  ».{. 

Kloiiinlers  Institute,  ■i'M.  A 

"All  Ilorulo^iiiiii  Meum,"  'A\>S. 
Ad.itns,  Justus,  on  Jury  :U  iiKH-k-trial,  I 'J'). 
Ailaiiis,  S.,  17'.». 
A(i:inis's  I^tin  Ciramniar,  517. 
.\iltlres8     on     condition    of    S«lio<>l.    lo 

Frii-niU,  1G4.  A 

paniKniphs  from,  1  <'»«>. 
Adrain,     Rol>ert,    t-orrt-sfiondenie     with 

John  <  iiiiiinierc,  lol. 
Ai,'a-8iz.  61'.'. 

"A;;atli.ei"  [theKiKKl],  149. 
Aldeniun,  IIarriiM)n,  :<14. 
Aldrich,  Joseph  W.,  47s. 

i-asay  on  *'  Kvents  in  Franri-,"  Jl  ■. 

Lis  life  in  detail,  I'.M-r.Mi. 

illnesfl  and  death,  iHJJ.'i,  1".»6,  :tt>.".. 

re«eive«l  li'>n.  de(;ree  of  A.  M.,  I'.'C. 

re^ij{n«,  I >''>3,  I'M]. 

teacher  of  I  jiiin,  etc.,  IMS,  IH.'». 

teacher  of  Mathemaliix  141*.  2'><). 
Allen.  William,  '►4,  22-'.. 
AlliUme,  S.    .An<tin,    on    Meninri«l    of 

John  (iunimere,  I*>2. 
Allinwrn.  p:«Uard  T.  :\W,  Ub,  .'.«l. 

annual  addre«s  ■•7t>. 
AIIinM.n.  '  I'rof.^,  F  (; ,  -IM,  46:1 
AllinHon.  William  J.,  Memorial  of  John 
(tiimmcre,  lo2. 


N'.p,  .Siiiiu.-l,  Jr.,  10'.,  420,  4:i.'>,  5<»«i. 

:ip|M)inled  Su|>«rintendent,  Hl't. 

tleath.  jssx,  Ipj. 

re«ij,'n.s,  411. 
IsMp,  S.iiiiuel,  Sr..  40."). 

Iiissrhool  in  Wilmin:;tun,  I)el.,  VXy. 
luniiii,  nieetint;,  ISGI,.'U)0. 

ineetinj;,  ISC,;},  .'{1 4. 

ii)i'etin<;at  Collefje  of  I'li:irinacy,2('>5- 
2t>r). 

reunion  in  I'nion  League  Cluh,  1.S7G, 
412  4i:{. 
luiiiui   As!MK:iatii.ii,   If.'.t,  27:1,  ;{07,  31:1, 
'M]:\,  .•{<;4,  3«7,  46'<,  471. 

and  Marriay  Hall.  \SiVA,  ."(Wi. 

and  de>;rees,  2iW>. 

appoiiiitHi  Trusteeji  of  Lilirary  Fund. 
2i'>7. 

Hoard  of  'rriisieeii,  2*17. 

Ituiiding  for  the  .Sx-ietjr,  2«)«»-2»»7. 

ItiiildiuR  Fund,  '2t\s. 

('oiniiutt(>e  un  Ilall,  2'>6. 

cri-ition  of  Ilall,  IW'k 

fir>t  re^idar  meeting,  2G0  2r>7. 

formation,  K'>6.  2«»l. 

history  in  detail,  ■')77-'>Sl. 

lines  from  nddniw,  is.Hil,  127. 

lint  of  lintt  oflicerx,  2li6. 

meetinK.  \SM,  .mV.KM. 

me<-tinK.  I'<77.  418. 

meeting.  I*.N»,  ft"!]. 

nuvtinK  at  Su  (ieonfe's  Hall,  ISS^, 
ftSO. 

meetiog     at     I'nion     I^eajKue    Club 
House,  Is»S.  .*>««». 


(60.*.) 


690 


INDKX. 


Aliirnni  Association,  meetings  and  reso- 
lutions, 267-2tiS. 
orticers'  list,  ti93. 
permanent  library  fund,  30S. 
prize  for  essay  on  Arbitration,  577- 

578. 
prize  for  oratory,  578. 
prize  for  undergraduates,  200. 
report  as  to  bettering  College,  1S77, 

3(57-374. 
reunion,  ]8(i4,  in  Barcbiy  H:dl,  30'J. 
suliscriptious  for  II;ili,267. 
winter  meeting,  1890,  580. 
Alumni  Committee,  4()7, 409. 
Alumni  Day,  1890,  589. 

ladies  invited,  1884,579. 
Alumni  dinner,  1888,  438. 
Alumni   Hall,  290,    290,  319,    329,    330, 
342,  351,  404,  454,  455,  4C)2, 
488,495,498,514,531,532, 
553,  550,  558,  5()3,  57(i,  577, 
606,008,  617,  ()22,  015. 
an  1  new  library,  2()7. 
builders'  claim,  303. 
called  our  "  Chapel,"  329. 
completion,  oO^'. 
engraved  on  gold  medal,  305. 
Friends'  Conference,  ISSO,  450. 
lecture.s,  405. 
Loganian's  fiftieth  anniversary,  471, 

479. 
meeting  of  societies  in,  ()40. 
subscriplions  to,  308,  309. 
view,  2(il.  . 
Alunmi  Medallist,  365. 
Alumni  professorship,  committee  on,  375. 

proposed,  373. 
.\lumni  Society,  169. 
American  .Association  for  Advancement 

of  Science,  408. 
American  Health  Association,  40S. 
".\merican  History,"    by  James  Wood, 

465. 
.\mericau  Medical  .Association,  408. 
.Vmerican  Philosophical  Society,  23,  154, 
150,  399,  40S,  463,525,  527. 


American  Philosophical  Society,  circular 
from,  119. 

American  Yearly  Meetings,  433. 

"America's  Place  in  History,"  455. 

Amherst,  452. 

Amos,  the  mendacious,  462. 

"Analytical  (ieometry,"  352. 

Anderson,  410. 

"Anglo-Saxon  Metaphor,  The,'"  by  Fran- 
cis B.  ( lummere,  565. 

Anti-slavery,  608. 

discussions,  31,  132. 
Society,  meeting,  228. 

Apostrophe,  An,  231, 

Apprentices'  Library  and  Daniel  B. 
Smith,  156. 

Arbitration,  prize  for  essay  on,  578. 

Arbor,  The,  597. 

Arch  of  old  greenhouse  ;  view,  1S4. 

Archer,  Joseph,  144. 

Ardmore,  137,  300,  423,  539. 

Argand  gas  burners  introduced,  18()3,  312. 

Arianism  among  Friends,  •'  (>. 

Armstrong,  W.  S.,  322. 

Arnold,  (Dr.),  97,  303,  485,  488. 

Arnold,  Matthew,  quoted,  347. 

Arnold,  William  D.,  counsel  for  defend- 
ants at  mock  trial,  125. 

Arnold's  Lectures  on  Modern  History,  439. 

Arthur,  Charlie,  his  ice-cream  saloon,  20(). 

Arthur's,  supper  at,  322. 

Ascham,  Roger,  his  five  essays,  57. 
on  education,  57. 
quoted,  9(). 

Ashbridge,  Abraham  S.,  (iOO. 

Asiibridge,  John,  412. 

Ashbridge,  R.,  301. 

Ashbridge,  AV.,  322. 

Astronomical  de|)artmenf,  252. 
observatory,  13(». 

Astronomy  and  senior  class,  453. 

with      Longstreth's     or     Shipley's 
classes,  37(>. 

Athenivum,  The,  278,  311,  312,  33],  379, 
390,  443,  447,  4(i5,  550,  595, 
001,  002,  f>05,  600,0(17,  ()08, 


IShKX. 


«;;•: 


Athenfruiit,    The,    iler»itt>      hivi-nli      :ii 
irickel,  III'-. 
eiiterittinnient    to,    l>y    ilu*    Kven-li, 

gift  of  l»00  voliiiuo  U>  c'tillej'e  lllira- 
ry,  5.V.I,  tl-_*0. 

history  in  detail,  •)04-»»07. 

iiicreaiKKi  zictivily,  A'Mk 

its  "  archi%'e»,"  :>ol. 

ilH  lihrary,  ••(•o,  ir_*(). 

libniry  s<iltl  by  Kaciilly.  ;{".•!. 

Shakv>|>i*are  admilted    into    library, 
•lo-l. 
Alliens  I'niversity,  (Jreoiv,  '>2<>. 
Atliensville,  later  c-alled    Aniinore,   l:'.7, 

274,  :iOO,  M'.K 
Athletic  A««x'iation,  570,  .■)7  |. 

ground  for,  -VJO— '>til. 

sprinsj  spirts,  1"^!M(,  57i>. 
Athletic  M|><>rti)  languish,  .'ViT. 
Atlantic  Monthly,  o'.>7,  t'>l'.». 
Australia  team,  1'2^. 
Avengers,  The,  boxing  club,  2.S1,  284. 
Ayton  school,  4:5. 

D.\nYLOXlsn    garment    oi     llui:h     I». 

*-'  Vail,  I'.'O,  l'.t2. 

Bache,  (Dr.),  ami  "  l'.  S.  I)i-*j»cus;itory," 

156. 
liacnn.  (Lord).  4S8. 
\Un-xm.  W.  H.,  I7H. 
It;ihama  Islands,  55'.). 
Ilailey,  Joseph  L.,  202. 
Bailey,  Joseph  T.,  5<)8. 
Bailey,  Marie  Loui>c,  50s. 
Baily,  oS'J,  5'.K». 
Baily,  A.  I^,  42S,  I.W. 
lUily,  K.  L.,  42M,  4:50. 
Baily,  If.  L.,  57i;. 
Bttily,  Harry  I'.,  5'.t.3. 
Ilaily,  JoMph  L., -I-- 
Baily,  William  !>..  -V « 
l^aird,  Ix>|)er,  42<.i. 
Bala,  North  Walc^.  5"^',    mil 
Ball  alley.  113.  I2»;,  13.5,  5y7. 
Ball  field,  2SS. 


Itall  in  ISIO,  l.T. 

Hallitore,  Irelan  I,  44. 

Hall's  HInll.  :{25. 

H:dtim..re,   170,  17s,  212,  2»i2,  4.V(,  4«i.{, 

474. 
Bancroft,  t  if<»rge,  on  Cieorge  Vox,  If*-"*. 
Bangs,  3(!2. 

Ilank  of  North  .\meric.i,  .*)U5. 
liarclay  Hall,  1  lo.  12S,  2t) 5,  244,  27H,  21i|, 
3t  K».  32 1 ,  Sfw,  37 1 ,  4'2< ».  4  2 1 , 
440,  45S,  4«'.'.»,  4s«;,  41»l.  4y5, 
51(1,  534,  5:{7,  5:U»,  545,  .547, 
551,  552,  -Vk'I,  .ViS,  .'i«;0,  .5«»2, 
'I'V.i,  573.  574,  <i(M>,  »U)S,  «;4«{. 
ami  Kdwnnl  I..  Scull,  404. 
and  the  calf  episode,  |t>l. 
Building  Committee  app  ■'•"'•'    '"( 
built,  1S7I»-S1,  41S. 
contlagration  in,  4<'>f.. 
contract  vio|ate«l,  3<t'.i,  :iH> 
c-orner-stone  laiil,  ixtl.;,  lUt'J. 
details  of  ita  K'r'>wili,  422-l2<>. 
fire  escajves,  511. 
its  architeitun-,  .Ud 
oiK>ne«l,  1S77,  40.5.  41'.». 
photogni|ih  on   fiftieth  anniversary, 

471. 
student's  room,  view,  573. 
view,  41>*. 

view  of  entrance,  47o. 
Barcl:iy,  John.  I "»".». 

Barclay,  R<il)ert,  minister,  and  CJovernor 
of  hJLHt  Jersey,  5y,  lv.». 
on  (.'l.iwical  ."^cIum)!)!,  40. 
Barclay  the  .\|Mdogisl,  200. 
Barton,  BcrnartI,  54. 
liarton,  KliuUieth  It.  3'iS. 
liarton,  (Jcorge  A.,  •>40. 
Barton,  Jouathan,  to  give  up  the  farm, 

I  r.t. 

Bartmni,  John,  54. 
Bartrmm,  Peter.  54. 

Baaeball.  287, 21«3, 294, 2in»,  32'.».  S.!*.*.  37'.», 
442.  4«»0,  5H4,  .V*<".»,  'A'.*. 

compare<l  with  football,  •'<23. 

in  187.3,  414. 


ons 


INDEX. 


liasseliall,  tin  tiflielli  anniversary,  47U. 
record,  r)S4. 

with  Swarilimore,  •')")4,  584,  oSo. 
witli  Webltown,  3V.\  37(>,  584. 

Baseliall  Assi  ciation  founded,  585. 
I'layers'  Chronicle,  849. 

Batli  College,  Kngland,  558, 

Baur,  Gnstav,  Collection,  (■>21. 

Baiir  Library,  7,000  volumes  purchased, 
575. 

Beasley,  F.,  322. 

Heatty,  James,  Jr.,  4W>. 

Bechtel,  J.  II.,  I'-IO. 

Beck,  51 '.I. 

Bedford  Com nurtial  Bank  ;  George  How- 
land,  President,  isl. 

Belgian  Society  of  Geology,  etc.,  318. 

Bell  required  on  grounds  of  "sound 
learning,"  303. 

Beller;*,  John,  Proposals  for  Raiding  a 
College  in  lOlMl,  41. 

Belmont,  2t"),  lU'.t. 

defeated  by  Haverford,  187(),  42ti. 

Benezet,  Anthony,  Master  of  Penn 
Charter  School,  50. 

Benezet,  Benjamin,  iiis  ''Hannibal  Dy- 
ing," 235. 

Berks  County,  Pa.,  212. 

Berlin  University,  513,  520. 

Beltle,  Etlward,  (il,  63,  69. 

Bet  tie,  Edward,  Jr.,  292,  480. 

Bettle,  Henry,  293,  431,  475. 

Bettle,  Samuel,  minister  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  (19,  72,  205,  483, 
587,  588.  593. 

Bettle,  Samuel,  (3d),  259. 

Bible  Association  of  Friends,  50. 

Bicentennial  in  Pliiladelphia,  4()4-4<l5. 

Bickford,  George  H.,  (UU. 

Bicycle  riding,  5^7. 

Biddle,  John,  and  anthracite,  28. 

Biddle,  John,  and  Daniel  B.  Smith,  155. 

I'.iddle,  Owen,  iiis  tract,  1790,  51. 

Bingham  House,  295. 

Binney,  Horace,  and  Haverford  College 
rules  104. 


Binney,  Horace,  deemed  gas  criminal,  25. 
opinion  on   Constitution  of  Associa- 
tion, 1<)3. 
prepared    Memorial    to  Legislature, 
1(;4. 

Birdsall,  William,  (U. 

Blaine,  James  G.,  quoted  on  (Quakers, 
191. 

Blair,  W.  A.,  44(i. 

Blockley,  501,  502. 

B5ckh,520. 

Bohlen,  590. 

Boldt's  Restaurant,  Bullitt  Building, 
meeting  of  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, 1890,  580. 

Bolingbroke,  Lord,  488. 

Boll  and  "  ice  cream,"  350. 

Bontire  not  extinguishable  by  coal-oil, 
404. 

Bonn  University,  513. 

Bordentown  to  Perth-Amboy,  second 
railroad  in  United  States, 
486. 

Borie,  Beauveau,  321. 

Botanical  garden  ;  See  Loganian  Society. 

Bouvier's  Law  Dictionary  omitted  to  be 
consulted,  278. 

Bowditch,  Nathaniel,  correspondence 
with  Joiin  Gummere,  154. 

Bowdoin  College,  054. 

Bowne,  Robert,  205,  480,  598. 

Boyd,  William,  87. 

Boys'  gardens,  200. 

Bradford  Academy,  Mass.,  450. 

Biahe,  Tyclio,  225. 

Brahnio-Somaj,  477. 

Braithwaite,  Joseph  Bevan,  413,  022. 
presents   fac-simile  of  Codex    Vati- 
canus,  334. 

Brandywine,  battle-field,  22. 

Branson,  554. 

Brantock,  his  Integral  Calculus,  235-23(>. 

Brewster,  Frederick,  428,  429. 

Briilge,  Old,  over  the  railroad  Bed,  view, 
198. 

Briggs,  582. 


IXDKX. 


t  '.1  •!  • 


Kriiitun,  .">S2. 

llritiHli  AHstM-ialioii  for   Advani'tiiiii-ni  of 
Siie:u-e,     uiinii.il     inevling, 
liM. 
Ilrm.ke.  Alfml.  tkWi. 
Br.K.mall,  W.  II.,  -Jlti 

and  cricket,  '>\'10. 
Hrown,  I>;ividS..  IT'.'. 
Brown,  Enift  Williiiiii,  lUit. 
itmwn,  (mm)!(I,  the  ^rnininariun,  '» I,  *'<~. 
I<n>wii,  Jeremiah,  -los. 
Kr.iwn,  Mo-e-i,  IT'.i,  .t'.'S. 

ami  l'ort<iii(i(itli  ScIhm.1,  4o. 

portrait,   I"). 
Hrown,  Oliuiliah,   >•>. 
"  Hrown,  Tom,"  45o. 
Hrown  I'niversity,  :{."5o,  '.WK  •"><>."). 
Hnice,  Liiko,  S29. 
Hrvant,  William  Cnllcn,  J-^s. 
Hryce,  James,  his  "Homer    and  Dnntc,' 

|S!t. 
Hiyn   Mawr,  l!>,  2S«*i,  :i(K),  A'!-':   '>'.V.K  '>\'.\ 
.v»o,  .'>«■•:{. 

price  of  Innd,  I'.''.'. 
Bryn     Mawr    College     and     A  Hurt     K. 
Smiley,  '2*^7. 

I>enl)i^li  I  fall,  view,  .">I*J. 

opcne<l,  •'»ll. 

opening  exercistn*,  l*»s.\  .Ml. 

Taylor  Hall,  view,  l-'il. 
Bryn  Mawr  hotel,  burning  of,  'it't'.\. 
Buchanan,  President  V.  S.,  2t>7. 
Buck  Lane  meeting  hoiiHe  erected,  107. 
Buck  tavern,  view,  III. 
Bud.  The.  'JTs,  :;:[<»,  :i41,  iw>.'.,  t;oy. 

i*wue<l    l»y  Kverett  Literary   Society, 
:<12,  f.lO-tllL 

fpioletl,  417. 
Ritdi;el,  The,  hr  the  Loganian.  ••10. 
Building;  fund.    re|Hirt  of  tri..i 1-«i.( 

:un\. 

Bullitt   Building,  Boldl'ii  U«->taiir:ini,   '^o 
BullcM'k.  John  (t.,  •>,  7. 
H'lnyan,  John,  •'».'K>. 
Burden,  J«>W!  K.,  •*7,  HV. 
Burftew,  Thomas  H..  4'<0. 


Itiirial  (iround,  Havcrford,  view,  liTl. 
Hiirke,  K^lnnind,  4'^'». 

educati^l  at  Ballitoic,  Ireland,  II. 
Builin<;ton,  ')ii'J. 
Hurlinglun  ScIumiI  and  IhinicI  It.  Smith. 

IV). 
ami  J..lin  Ginnmere,  l'»>'{. 
Hnir.  l".  II.,  Jr.,  C.  7,  .'i7»'.,  .V.t:{. 
Hurritt.  2.!l. 
Hurri>n;;li,    minister    of    the   So«iety    of 

Friends.  •'•'.!. 
Huxtoti,  Alfml  Kowell,  Id. 
Hiixton.  (Sir),  Thomas  Kowell,  I<>1. 

r^     V.  I>.  I).  Siciety,  iis  full  name,  llOl. 
^*     C.  S.  A.,  2'.»K. 
(  ahinet  post-olUce,  274,  2s:{.  2>».'»,  :{0«l. 
(adlMiry,  William  W.,  Orator  of  the  I-o- 

ganian,  'J.'V.'. 
(■;ilf  episotle,  4i'.4. 
California,  •'>»''4. 

in  '  l\>  and  its  consc<|iu'nce?-.  ■■•2- 

volunteers,  'M't. 
(  am.  The  river,  423. 
t'amhridjje    ( Kn^land),  Trinity    t'idlege, 

4til. 
Cambridge,  Ma>8.,  "I'jn,  .Vsy. 
Cambridge  L'nivemity,  Kngland,  :W.  4<'tl, 

4H.').  •■>20,  Vli,  .v>s.  ••;<'.•. 
Camm,  minister  of  the  S<H"iety  of  Friend*. 

•V.t. 
Cjinby,  Koberl,  lOs. 
Cane  rush,  ls.sr,-,s7,  .>!.*>. 

alM)liHhe<I,  '»75. 
Carey,  42S,  42".i. 
Carey,  James,  I^O. 
Carmalt,  Jnineit  F..  'Htl. 
Carpenter,  .'■^amnel,  Oveinecr  of  Schoid, 

4'.». 
'  :ir|»enter  Shop.  2'.*8,  .'>7''    •■'"     '''s 

.Xnaocialion,  .V.i7-'>''- 

itfl  initials,  2'.iH. 

view,  I2'>. 
CanMin.  Ilantpton  L.,  Alti. 
Cartlaml.  Jom-ph,  211,  47M. 

ap|Mtinle<I  Meward.  20M. 


roo 


INDEX. 


Cartland,     Josepli,    appointed     superin- 
tendent, 208. 

married,  IH-V),  210. 

resijins,  1S,53,  2ol. 
Carvill,  William,  LSO,  141,  127. 

deatii,  18S7,  5.S). 

gardener,  93,  109. 

introduces  cricket,  2S7. 

services  dispensed  with,  150. 
Cassatt,  A.  J.,  492. 
Castle  Hr'tli,  Llewellyn's  House,  21. 
Castle  Hock,  2S2,  2S5. 
Castner's    (White     Hall),  old-fasliioned 
inn,  137. 

view,  137. 
'Catalogue  of  Library,''  183t),  613. 
Caton,    minister     of    the      Society      of 

Friends,  59. 
Cave,  Artificial,  283,  28-5. 
Cayuga  Lake,  X.  Y..  182. 
Census,  1840,  183. 
Census,  18.50,  1S3. 
Centennial  exhibition,  411,  412. 
Central  School,  charter  soliciied,  87. 

circular  for  aid,  ti7. 

constitution  adopted,  70. 

discussions  as  to  site,  etc.,  61-63,  73. 

first  annual  report,  1831,  76. 

its  subscribers,  68. 

property  bought,  72. 

proposed  constitution  of,  ()3-66. 

provisions  of  the  constitution,  104. 

site  unanimously  selected,  75. 

title  "  Friends  Central  Sjhool  "  ob- 
jected to,  90. 
Chare,  Jonathan,  4Sil. 
Channing,  519. 
Charades,  606. 
Charles,  The  river,  423. 
Charles  XII,  225. 
"Charlie,^'  the  horse,  329. 
Charter  Schools  closed,  50. 
Chase,  Anthony,  525. 
Chase  Cottage,  29S. 
Chase,  "  Dick,"  326. 
Chase  Hall,  .55s,  014. 


Chase    Hall,   new   class-room    building, 
567. 

view,  568. 
Chase,  Lydia  Earle,  525. 
Chase,  (Prof. ),  Pliny  Earle.  273,  361,  396, 
398,  402,  431.  447,  449,  452, 
459,  475,  539,  540. 

appointed  Acting  President,  516. 

death,  1S86,  525. 

degree  of  LL.D.  conferred,  413. 

his  life  in  detail,  525-52S. 

his  publications,  526. 

knew  123  languages  and  dialects,  527. 

loses  his  son,  362. 

portrait,  526. 

portrait  presented  to  College,  472. 

Professor      of      Mathematics      and 
Physic^,  566. 

Professor  of  Physical  Science,  566. 
Chase,  (Prof.),  Thomas,  9,  248,  249,  255, 
313,328,405,412,431,435, 
438,446,455,459,464,471, 
472,  479,  487,  488,  489,  492, 
499,  507,  512,  513,  525,  -528, 
543,  566,  .573,  580,  623. 

address  on  death  of  Lincoln,  332,  60S. 

and  American    Commiitee    on    Re- 
vision, 249. 

and  changes  in  management,  268. 

appointed  President,  1875,  402. 

appointed  teacher,  241. 

degree  of  LL.D.  conferred  by  Har- 
vard, 440. 

degree  of  Ltt.D.  conferred  by  Ilav- 
erford,  44'.t. 

gave  name  to  the  Kverelt,  ti07. 

his  influence,  278-279. 

his  letter  of  acceptance,  402-103. 

his  life  in  detail,  249-250. 

his  own  memoir,  516-522- 

bis  publications,  522. 

bis  report,  1881,  456. 

bis  residence,  298. 

in  a  "  smoker,''  538. 

oil     portrait     presented    by    James 
Wood,  512. 


INhKX. 


r(U 


Cliase,  ^I'rof.),  Tlit>nia.H,  jK»rtniil,  •'»I(>. 
Pre?iidtMit  of  Li^^inian,  .'Ul. 
re|M)rt  to  MaiuiKtTs,  ls7«>,  410--111. 
ri-5*i:;r>!i,  .'»U>. 

<  liiisc,  Willi  nil  Marker,  «leatli,  .St".'.'. 
Cliases,  Tlie,  ol»«>. 

I'lijumofv.  (Iiarlt^,  SS. 

and  llavfrford  College  rules,  l<i|. 
(.  hemical  labonilory,  24j. 
i'heruistry  at  Ilaverfonl,  .'iJJo— ")»>7. 

>tiuly  <if,  244. 
Ciie-ttr  Valley.  Viu,  ."H)i'.. 
rhiiaKo,  III.,  478. 

Me<lic;il  ('ollt'Ke,  ">7">. 
Chickens  tm  s»tt>iul  (lix>r,  1I'.'7. 
CliiKIs,  Oe<«r>je  W-,  Jind  Wootion.  <>;i.s. 

view  of  WiKJtton,  <">JJ".'. 
Chinese    Mtiseiim,   I'hila.,   burned    lS."i4, 

•JIM  I. 
Chottean,  iy*oii,  of  Suresnes,  Frume,  4 IS. 
Chinida  Sen,  47S. 
Cit-ero,  4*'H. 

lecture  on  limes   and  character  of, 
240. 
City  Institute,  oUtt. 
Citil  War,  The,  :il'.». 

Haverfordians  eiig;ige<l  in  it,  32'». 

its  ertfct,  .'U. 
Clare  CVdIege.  Camhridge,  Kngland,  oil  I. 
Claridge,    minister    of    the    Society    oi" 

Friends,  .V». 
Clark,  I>i>ugan,  :i>si«tant  tc.uher,  211. 
(lark,  Lindley,  'I'Xl. 
Clarke,  Alvan,  i^  Sons.  4'.*0. 
Cl.ivs-ltook  hy  clam  of  'S.S,  .'i71. 

<  law  day  celebrated,  18*.K).  .'>7G. 
Clji»of'M7  meet  IS'.K),  .*)77. 

C1a»8of  '8«.»  prest-nt  silver  prize  cup,  574 
Cla.v>icnl  r«'<-itaiion-ro<ini,  view,  '64H. 
Clayton,  William.  I*». 
(  l.rkenwell.  Englan.l.S,  hiM.I  in  1702,41. 
Cleveland  and  llarriiwin  cnm|Miign.  571. 
Clevelaml,  Charleu  IVxler,  526. 
Cleveland,  Mrs.,  vi.oitii  (he  college,  54i.3. 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  .W2. 

national  c«,nvrnlion,  4-lx. 


Clock,  »idercal,  presenle<l,  2'),'l. 
Clothier,  Isaac  II.,  and  Wynm-wooil,  tills. 
Coasting,  MCt,  W>'>,  ")1">,  "i»>2-5(i3,  045. 
Coates,  Kdtvard  II.,  Addreiw  by,  .'{Itt. 
Coates,(u'i.rge  M.,;i21. 
Coates,  Henry  T.,  tJ,  4t>t5 
C..I.I.,  Daniel,  <".!•. 
Cobb's  Creek,  77. 
the  banlof,  4'M. 
the  spring,  Kl.s. 
Coburn,  James,  <|Uoted,  75. 
C'ock,  Las.'e,  48. 
C«x-k,  (Dr.),  Thomas  K..  til,  OM,  72,  lOii. 

265,  475,  47<». 
Iiix  add  less,  121. 
('(Hle.x  .Mexaiulrinus,  (ii2. 
Code.x  ."^iiiHiticus,  (>22. 

fac-simile  presentetl,  .'{.'y. 
Cinlex  Valicanus,  f!22. 

fac  simile  presented,  :{.34. 
Coleridge,  (Ix)rd  Chief  Justice),  471,  488, 

4si». 
College  de  France,  I'aris,  o2(>. 
College  K«s:iyist,  The,  f.lHK 
College  for  women,  library  fiiml,  5'.i4. 
C'ollege  L:ine,  house  of  (I'rof.  i  Harris,  57-^. 
College  I^wn,  view  near  old  K.  K.  station, 

5St5. 
College   of    Pharmacy,    ami     Ihiniel     H. 

Smith,  15(i. 
"  College  Studies,"  45,1. 
(  ollegian,  The,  1.S.3,  21<).  2.'M).  258,  278, 

.■UI,:U2,  :W2, :'.".» I,  4I('.,  '>W. 

begun.  1836,  125. 

i*ontri  but  ions  to,  342-347. 

details,  221-2:W,  t'.lO. 

died  naltiral  death,  440. 

esMiys  named  and  i|uoteil,  225. 

i.ssueil  by  the  I.(>ganian,  :U2. 

it-*  articles  for  tw<i  yeam,  classitieil, 

222. 
<|Uote«l,  220,  2:W,  42«".. 
rellective  and  ■..••■>.-  f-ii,.'!-*  naiiud. 

220. 
resolution  as  to  ni-nnns,"  '.1>U. 


7(f-' 


INDKX. 


Collegian,  The,  revived,  IS-J'.l-oO,  221. 

semi-centennial  nuniler,  4S0. 
Collins,  Alfred  M.,  lOS. 
Collins,  Henjarnin,  on  jury  ;it  inoek  trial, 

12'). 
Collins,  Edith,  appointed  nialron,  33"). 
Collins,  Freilerick,  "iys. 
Collins  Henry  H.,  10^. 
Collins,  Isaac,  61,  69,  70,  72   91,  141,  144, 
l.")9,  598. 

and  Loganian  Society,  120- 
Collins,  John,  117,398. 

appointed  teacher,  107. 

his     remembrances    of     llaverford, 
110-116. 

Secretary  of  tirst  meeting  Loganian 
Society,  1S31,  470. 
Collins,  William  H.,  640. 
CoUinson,  Peter,  54. 
Colton,  415. 

Columbia  Railroad  bridge,  26. 
Comfort,  E.  T.,  428,  429,  593. 
Comfort,  Howard,  5,  6,  7,  346,  375,  384, 
412,  580. 

famous  seven  hit,  338. 
Comfort,  J.  C,  362,  414,  428. 
"  Comforters,  '  13(>. 
Comly,  John,  209. 
Commencement,  1890,  577. 
Committee  on  Finance  and  Economy,  128. 

on  Instruction,  suspended,  151. 

on   Library   and    .\pi)aratus   during 
susj)ension,  151. 

on  wanning  tiie  house,  147. 
Comstock,  (Dr.),  Anthony,   Professor  of 

Elocution,  192. 
Conestoga  wagons,  25. 
Congdon,  Gilbert,  379. 
Congdon,  J.  IL,  12,  316,  :!';i,  42s,  429. 

and  cricket,  34>!. 

ills  bowling,  34S. 
Connecticut,  education  in,  3(). 
Conservatory,  69.S. 
Cooke,  (Prof.),  519. 
Cooper,  H.  M.,  322. 
Cope,  Alfred,  M7,  179,318. 


Cope,  (Prof.\  Edward  D.,  378,  452. 

appointed  on  the  Faculty,  32S. 

appointed      Professor     of     Natural 
Science,  319. 

his  honitrary  degrees,  3l>>,  319. 

liis  works,  317,  318. 

named  the  L;elaps  .\(piilunguis,  23. 

resigns,  341. 
Cope,  Francis  R.,  169,  176. 
Cope,  Henry,  (the  elder),  61,  69,  72,  1.50, 

167. 
Cope,  Henry,    (the   younger),  348,   412, 

426,431,480. 
Cope,  Israel,  69. 
Cope,  Jasper,  622. 
Cope,  Marmaduke  C,  201,  252. 
Cope,  Thomas  P.,  69,  70,  72,   143,   144, 
146,159,167,  179,  199,  253, 
318,  622. 

and  endowment  fund,  168. 

and  Loganian  Society,  120. 

and  the  Central  School,  68. 

Ciiairman  of  Committee  on  Addres-;, 
164. 

corres[)ondence  as  to  charter,  90. 

donation,  1842,  145. 

his  life  in  detail,  255. 

letter  to  Jesse  R.  Burden,  89. 

letters  to  Samuel  Parsons,  72,  73. 

letters  to  William  Boyd,  87,  88. 

portrait,  86. 
Cope,  Thomas  P.,  Jr.,  176. 
Cope's  Packet  Siiips,  256. 
Corbit,  A.,  582. 
Corbit,  M.  D.,  582. 

Corn    E.Kchange    Regiments,    Philadel- 
phia, 325. 
Cornell  College,  569. 
Corner-ball,  170. 
Corson,  (Prof.),  489. 
Council  at  Philadelphia,  in  1683,  48. 
Council  became  the  Faculty,  269. 
"  Country  Gentleman,"  The,  431. 
Cowper,  William,  quoted,  134. 
Craft,  Isaac,  selected  as  farmer,  273. 
Craig,  Aie.xander  C,  593. 


1NI»K.\. 


703 


Creinliton,  (Canon),  Mandell.  .kJ'J. 
C'reuiali«>n,  I.V.'.  4»'»-_»,  .■>;>4. 

dittl  a  nalural  death,  •'>^>J. 

the  last,  view,  .>>•>. 
C'renahaw,  Wnimul  A.,  -«>•">. 
Crew,  (Dr.),  Henry,  Head  of  DeparUuenl 

•if  I'liyMC!*,  .'i»»5,  r>«>7. 
Cricket.  2.V.»,  27»5.  -.'vj.  2SS,  M9,  :{7 1,  37l>, 
4()1,  .'>:v>,  6S6-VJ3,  G45,  t»4S. 

a  "eatapnlt    Uiwler"  not  a  miccvm*, 

and  Alumni  nu-nilier-,  •'>7>'. 

and   iriiketen.    at    Haverfonl,  33S. 

339. 
anil  Harvard,  fits, 
and  IVnnsylvania  Iniver^ity,  t^^-. 
as  {ilaved  in  T*-''!,  :>-" 
hail-slie<l  erectt*<l,  •'>3«. 
r.aitiMiure  Clul.  di-lVate.l,  lSSi>,  -'.S'.'. 
bats  of  American  willow,  2*.H). 
Belmont  defeated,    K'<7f.,    1SS9,   and 

1S90,  42«".,  .'>ss,  .-.sit. 
Belmont  wins,  •'•SH. 
l)emoaned,  1S.'»S,  2Sv*<. 
clianjjes  in  style,  :54"^. 
cou>|>:ire«i  with  fo«)lball,  ">'J.>. 
I).)ri:in    ilefeate«l    by    (Jermantown, 

4  Ml. 
Dorian <lefeat8  Me<lialean>  1862,320. 
Dorian  plays  Delian,  1S.-,S,  291   2'.»3. 
Dorian    playa    Dr.   Ljo"'»   stmlents, 

294. 
lX)rian    v.    Merion ;   s«-ores   of   two 

matt-lit  s,  '.V->^. 
enlar^jenient  of  tield,  417. 
Kverelt  plays  Allunn-um,  41«;. 
fifteen  Rames  won,  l>'7i>  lo  ls>l.  42.. 
first  introdiicetl  by   William  Carvill, 

2J<7. 
five  games  lost.  1**7«V-.'*1,  427. 
five  matcliew  won  in  1H«7,  o88. 
four  defeats  in  l.'*87,'v'<'<. 
Kreshnien'n  eleven,  |X68,  34"*. 
(;rnnantown  iliffaletl  l'«7rt.  I2«i. 
<tenn«nlown  M-o»nil  elewn  b«*aten  nl 
Wvnnewood,  .".fil. 


Cricket,    «n:m;iiiiM«n    win*    IHKl,    IHSII 
and  1N!X>,  '>m;,  .'iH?,  6HV. 
tJirard  Club  wins,  1  SSil.  .•».»<7. 
Harvard    dcfeate.!,    IHH.l,    I8HK    am) 

ls.sy,  ;,.s7,  .'.8s. 
Haverfonl  CoUene    Field    Club    <  r- 

gani/A-d.  o.'Vi. 
Haverfonl    liolils   clianipionsliip    in 
I  iiterctillegiBte  Cricket  .\sm>- 
cialion,  499. 
Haverfonl's  rcctinl,  -Vjt) -'i93. 
Haverfonl  vii-torioiis  in  every  game, 

isTt),  417. 
in  l.><40.  1.3:». 
in  1S73,  41'.  417. 
in  crickel-slieil,  •'>7."). 
its  sec<»iul  intriMluction,  2>»9. 
lines  on  defeat  of  Merion  C  C,  34'»- 

347. 
inat»li  games  forbidden,  1872,  :W>4. 
matcli  witli  the  "  M<hIoch,"  417. 
matche*  aj^ain  sjinctioned,  .'tOl. 
Merion  Club,  417. 
Merion  defealetl,  "»8S. 
Merion  first  eleven  licalen  at  Wynne- 

W(mm1,  3i>l, 
Mciion  wins  1.^66,  IS81,  1S.VS2,  IS.»<3. 
18N4,  1S87  anti  181K),  3:57, 
:«8,  "»8«5,  ■■»S7,  •'»HH,  689. 
new  and  present  gn.unds.  349. 
new  ground  oiK'lutI,  1^.'.  42»i. 
•  .i)  fiftieth  anniversary,  4«»>.t. 
reiinsvlrania    I'niversily    <lefeBle«l. 
IStW.  1878,  1S.S7  and   1S'.H>. 
:Ui4,  IK'i.  427,  576.  .V<7,  hs*x 
IVnnsvlvania  I'niveniity,  fin^t  match 

with.  is»;4,  320. 
1'einu.ylvania     rniver»iiy,    acorc    of 

lii>t  match,  .■>22. 
IVnusylvanin  Iniven^iiy  win*,  I'^'^l- 

1^^7,  oMi,  TkH.^,  .V<9. 
I'l.i.-I.lphia   Club   win>,   1882  and 

18.<^7,  587.  58,s. 
j.mc  i«>ard  wirketn  and  liat»,  2'<9. 
previiMis  rerordu  siirpa'Sfd  in   1867, 
34S. 


704 


INDEX. 


Cricket,  progress  in  1865,  336,  337. 
progress  in  matches,  588. 
revived,  is5(i,  287. 
second  period  of  its  iiistory,  338. 
song  bv  Joseph  Parrish,  431-433. 
started,  1S3S-39,  li'O. 
tlir  College  game,  442. 
three  victories  for  Haverford,  415. 
Tioga  Clnb  defeated  1889  and  1890, 

588,  589. 
I'nited  Cricket  Club  formed,  293. 
Tniversity  Barge  Ciiib  defeated  1883 

and  1888,  5S7,  588. 
I'niversity  Barge  Clnb    wins,  1882, 

587. 
Young  America  defeated,  1884  and 

1889,  587,  588. 
Young  America  wins,  1882  and  1S87, 
S87,  588. 
Cricket  Crease,  The,  view,  339. 
"  Cricketers,  Advice  to,"  426. 
Cromwell,  James  AV.,  480,  604. 

liis  "  Haverford,    a    vacation    visit," 
486,  487. 
Crosman,   Charles   S.,  appointed    Head- 
master,  Haverford  College 
Grammar  School,  493.  552. 
Croydon  School,  established  1823,  43. 
Curtin,  (Governor),  le-election  of,  314. 
Curtis,  William,  54. 
Cushion  iiostililies,  3S9. 
"Cuts"  introduced,  570,  650. 

PvAi.ToN,  Jiinx,  54. 

Dancing  class,  Stu<lenls  detected  at, 
352. 
Dante,  489. 
Darlington,  192. 

Darlington,  (Dr.),  and  Flora  Cestrica,  23. 
Darlington,  P.  S.,  5S4. 
Darlington  Railway,  Englaml,  27. 
Darlington,  William.  •■)4. 
Dartmouth,  ISI. 
Davenport,  (Prof.),  Ivlwin,  467,  513,  54:'., 

544. 
David,  Lewis,  500. 


David,  Morgan,  85. 
'    Davies,  Kichard,  NO. 
'   Davis,  Isaac,  69,  72. 

Superintendent,  1S39,  110. 
Davis,  Mary  W..  170. 
Davis,  Kichard,  his  deed  of  1686,  84. 
Davy,    (Sir),    Humphrey,   and   chlorine 

gas,  96. 
Day,  Mahlon,  61. 

lost  on  the  "  Arctic,"  67. 
Deacon,  Benjamin  H.,  appointed  Teacher, 

109. 
DeBow,  Robert  S.,  640. 
Degrees,  Power  to  confer,  1856,  327. 
Delaware,  210,474. 
education  in,  35. 

Mutual  Insurance  Company,  505. 
Quaker  State,  166. 
The,  200. 
Delian  Cricket  Club,1857,  290. 

defeated,  291-293. 
Dennis,  William,  122,  599. 
and  Haverford,  155. 
teacher  of  Latin  and  Greek,  1839, 110. 
teacher  of  Latin,  etc.,  lO'J. 
Dentist  and  visits  to  Philadelphia,  537. 
Dickerson,  Mahlon,  192. 
Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  52,  584. 
Dickinson,  (Governor),  John,  his  dona- 
tions, 52. 
his  "  Farmer's  Letters,"  68. 
one   of  the   founders   of  Westlown 
School,  52. 
Dickinson,  .Jonathan,  Overieer  of  School, 

50. 
Dickinson,  Sally  Norris,  and  the  Central 
School,  6S. 
donor  to  Haverford,  53. 
Dillingham,  (Prof.),  John  H.,  335,  442. 
and  ringing  in  the  New  Year,  •■•7i>. 
assigned  to  new  department,  352. 
business  management,  396. 
Disciplinary  troubles,  1870  and  1S72,  356, 
357. 
over     "engraved      invitations"     to 
Junior  Exhibition,  358. 


IXDKX. 


705 


I  >i^('i|>liii 


|>illuw-tiKlit, 


3.'.y. 


I  •<•:;,  riif,  twenty  e>tu»ys  »»n,  'SM. 
l)..lK»'lly,  4W. 

IV.riHiJ  Crirki'l  flnl..  I'Ti".,  '2d\.  -JlH.',  'M:i, 
;vji,:{:s7,  :{;{'.•,:!  I.-... •?•;  I,  117, 
427,  .".s;*  .Vsii. 

ackiiDwIt'd^eil  as  the  College  Clul), 
•J9:?. 

cliaiiKiHl  to  llnverfortl  (Villeur  <"  <'. , 
1SK{,  4«52. 

defi-atwl  by  (ii'riicintown,  4I<'. 

•IflVals  Mitlia  team,  ls&2,  IVIO. 

its  menilH?n«,  '.M'*\. 

orgiinizeii,  2'>'.>. 

orgnniml  l<.r  |!|.5(),  '_".»<). 

twenty-tirst  annivenciry,  I>*7y,  4:>0. 
Dorian,  The,  unite«i  with  Lyt-ican,  21)3. 

viotoriw  over  four  toams,  3.i8. 

witw  fuiir  cricket  inatclie!<,  IStiS,  :{S4. 
Porsey,  W.  T.,  337,  :t4S. 
I>rive,  scene  on  the,  view.  2t)">. 
"  Hryasilust,  I>r.,"    contrihiilur  lo  "'The 

t'ollej{ian,"  3".M. 
Dunn,  Niiihun,  2(>0. 

an  I  Ilavertonl  College,  IJ-l. 

ilonalion  to  Asstx-iation,  143. 
Dyiimnil's  Moral  l'hiU>sophy,  2tM. 

C  ARI.K,  Kai.I'H,  .')2'». 

K.irlhani   Coliexe   (In.l.i,  l'.'t»,  4'>o. 
o«4,  bt\\\  641. 
Kast  Jersey,  ISM. 
•  K^'ho"  in  the  Collegian,  34o. 
lulinlioro  of  America,  IS. 
"  P^linhurgh  Review,"  147. 
Kthiration  for  Women,  encuiy,  4-^0. 
lutncation,  Lectures  on,  563. 
K<iui*ational    .\ftHociation   of    Frientis  in 
.America  me«(s  at   College, 

Ktlwanl.N  J<«i.ih  i'..  44S. 
WwartU,  (Prof.),  LcTi  T.,  -J-VM-VI,  562, 
«V|0. 

ami  the  uiacliine  nhop,  524,  &5K-56'.i. 

his  reflect ing  trle*i*o|ie,  4'>4. 

45 


Klliott.  (I'rof.l,  A.  .M..  -WO. 

Kllioti,  John,  l)i7. 

Kills,  Charlw.  167. 

Kills,  Kills,  s7. 

his  dei^l  of  1703,  s5. 

Kills,  Kowlanil,  ()verM*cr  of  S4-Iuk)I,  I'.». 

Kills,  ThomaM,  .S3. 

Kills,  Thomas,  A  Co.,  ihclr  "  patent  "  for 
7yl  acrcH,  >*•'». 

KIIw(mkI,  Thomas,  minister  of  the  .Society 

of  Fru-nds,  5'.t. 

on  ciincailoii  among  FrieiuU,  40. 

KliM-iition  cla-s  forme*!,  Iss7,  .'i.VJ, 

l')ly,  Joseph,  and  endowment  funti,  168. 

Kmlin,  (t.,  415. 

Kmlen,  James,  5,sl. 

KncyclopiL-dia  .Vmerlcana,  un  Ktlucatiuii 
in  \s'M),  35. 

Kn'.iineerlng  de|>artn)ent,  5Us. 

Kni;l:ind  ami  penny  |Kj«tage,  I'.IS. 

Kn-hind,  Howell  S.,  6sl. 

"  Kngllsh     Langnage,  Origin,    Use    ami 
Aliuse  of,"  461. 

"Kngllsh  Metres,"  342. 

"Kngllsh    Puldlc   Schmds    and    Dr.   Ar- 
nold," 4"»."i. 

Kngllsh  s|>elling,  225. 

Kntertainment  at  eight  cents  a  he.id,  ti<U. 

Kiilomology,  lyccturi-s  on,  21 1. 

Kplscopal  Hospital,  40H. 

Krsklne.  iI.H>nl),  4ss. 

Kscapc  to  lh«'  ricnlc,  230. 

Ivshelman,  K.  Fnink,  412. 

Kisnys  for  cash  priees,  'Mil). 

Vmch,    Ludovic,   .Assistant    I'r«>feMMtr    of 
Cliissicm  etc.,  Stitf. 

Kiielhean  Siiiety  and  « General  I'ralt,  3S3. 
enndlcii    Daniel    i'ratt    after    ItM   de- 
cease, 6(M. 
its  history  in  detail,  ti03C)(>4. 
lt.s  mendiers  called  "  the  moralists," 

•'.04. 
iU  ol.j««ct.s,  60;i. 

Ktimpean  allairs  in  1>1>,  1'^ 

Kvans,  C,  322. 

Kvans,  Thomas,  I'd,  63,  i»J»,  7_*,  .il>. 


7(»r» 


INDEX. 


Evans,  Tlionuis,  niinisti'r  of  tlie  Society 

of  Friends,  205. 
Kviuis,  William,  20;t,  ;;!■">. 
Evans,  William  Penn,  .301. 
EvercttAtlicnifum    Society,    .jGO,    600, 

009. 
Everett,  Edward,  518. 

liis  collection  of  books,  .'>")I. 
Everett  Society,  The,  278,  311,  312,  331, 
358,  .-{Til,  390,  443,  447,  405, 
."):)0,  .")i)."),  ()02,  ()0"),  000. 
defeated    by   Athenjeura  at   cricket, 

410. 
entertainment  to  the  Athen:i'iim,  3S0. 
•jift  of  l,."'>o0  volumes  to  College  li- 
brary, .Mi),  020. 
history  in  detail,  007-609. 
increased  activity,  436. 
its  "  archives,"  3.")1. 
its  library,  008,  620. 
its  library  sold  by  Faculty,  391. 
its  twenty-fifth  birthday,  460. 
"Excelsior,  The,"  231,  001. 


r.,  D.,416. 

Faculty,  The,  Changes  in  1887,  558. 

lectures  by,  299. 

members,  1833-1890,  085-087. 

name  adopted,  209. 
Fair-Hill  Boarding  School,  53. 

suspended,  1820,53. 
Fairview,  282,  284. 

Farmer's  Letters,  by  .John  Dickinson,  08. 
Farnnm,  John,  107,  179,  185,  201,  505. 

gift  of  $25,000,  435. 

portrait,  435. 

Professorship  of  Physics  and  Chem- 
istry, 435. 
Farrar,  (Archdeacon),  F.  W.,  514. 
Fell,  (Dr.),  .Jonathan,  122,  176,484. 

Secretary  of  Loganian  Society,  119. 
Fellowships  for  Friends'  Colleges,  Estab- 
lishment of,  509. 
Felton,  .'.i;'. 
FVnelon  (|Ui)teii,  477. 


"  Fifty  Years  Ago,"  by  Dr.    llartsliorne, 

472. 
Fisher,  122. 

minister  of  the  Society  of  P'riends,  59. 
Fisher,  Charles    W.,    prosecuting    attor- 
ney at  mock  trial,  125. 
Fisher,  Lindley,  171,  170,  4S4. 

motion  for  subscriptions,  171. 
Fishing-pool  on  Mill  Creek,  view,  2S0. 
Fiske,  (Prof.),  John,  455. 
Fitch,  John,  and  steamboats,  22. 
Fitzpatrick  and  Castle  Rock,  282,  285. 
Flat  Kock  Dam,  bathing  in,  200. 
Flounders  Institute,  jjre.sents  facsimile  of 

Code.K  Sinailicus,  334. 
Flower,  Enoch,  terms  received  for  teach- 
ing, 4S. 

Flushing,  (L.  I.),  School,  187. 

Floyd,   IMorgan,  a  priest  of   Wrexham, 

England,  499. 
Foils,  482,  003. 
Folwell,  Richard,  .J9S. 
Football,  120,  135, 109, 170,  190,  200,  259 
287,  293,  329,  482,  539,  58l' 
045,  04S. 
better  fortune,  1888,  684. 
College  League  for  football  formed, 

1891,  583. 
five  out  of  six  matches  won,  583. 
four  out  of  six  matches  won,  583. 
here  and  at  Rugby,  287-288. 
in  1.S59,  2S9. 
in  1805,  323,  324. 
Lafayette  wins,  1887,  584. 
Lehigh    University  defeated,   1884, 

.583. 
Lehigh    University  wins  18S0   and 

1887,583,  584. 
match,  1841-42,  135. 
matches    with    miscellaneous   Clubs, 

593. 
on  fiftieth  anniversary,  471. 
Pennsylvania     I'niversity    defeated, 

581. 
Pennsylvania  University  wins,  1880 
and  1887,  583,  584. 


INl»KX. 


7(»< 


Football,  liu^by  bailie,  'J"<*'. 
scrub  game,  32:(. 
(teaMtn  of  issy,  •)S4. 
HJh'vr  prixe  football  cup,  Aii-I. 
six  ilef(>mts  nnd  no   viclorit-s  in  Is^H), 

!>tamlinj;  of  llavorronl,  .')M. 
Swiirtlinmrt' annual  nintoh,  (M**. 
Swartlmioro    ileffattnl,    issj,     Iss'), 
18.SG   and    ISSU,   5s2.   5s3, 
584. 
■^wMrilimore  win«,  Iss.'Jaml  Iss7^.",s3, 

OS  I. 
unfortunate  year,  is.sT,  .Vsl. 
Kootlwll  Association  foumled,  SS3. 
"  Koreitju  (Quarterly  Review,"  147. 
Forster,  William,  'Jd'.'. 
Forster,  William  I'Mwanl,  4'>o. 
ami  Lonl  Macaulay,  2()S. 
his"  Penn  and  Macaulay,"  "JO*". 
Foniytlie,  John,  on  Schools,  57. 
Fort  Warner,  .32.">. 
Flutter,  Charles,   ir.'.». 
Fother>;ill,    (I>r.\  John,  and   .Aekworth 
.ScIkk.I,  43. 
|M>r(rait  .3S. 
Ford,  (Dr.),  4»i7 

Founder.'  Hall.  '2ti,  27,  110,  2(V..  u .  .,  .  ,.. 
27'.»,  2.**7,  29'»,  2".»y,  301,  .{•.»•.•, 
•112,  4.30,  4V.t,  4i;;i,  470,  4yi, 
I'.t.-,,  .-,15,  .-,24,  -'.32,  5:17 ,  r.;w, 

:>:«),  040.  .'.47,  652,  657,  .V,s, 
ft»».3,  ."i7'.»,  <M»1,  tH)s. 

altera! iouM,  4.3>l. 

and  s|M>rt,  I2i'>. 

and  •itiiiiy-rooms  for  ."^nior  Cla.<w, 
314 

cin-Ie  in  front  of,  view,  4-31. 

d«>iM'riU-«l,  1»2,  2<^) 

dcMcri|ition  of  bc<lri)om,  114- 

cngravtil  «»n  ^'ohl  medal,  3il.'». 

impnivcmentfl..  2'.h',. 

interior  nllerntiimH,  5*>l. 

itfl  architecture,  310. 

i«»bell,  :Mi2.3ii:t. 

ilt  library,  2«'>7,  311. 


FoundeiH'  Hall,  new  diniu|;-rooiu,  47'.'. 

on  tit'lieth  annivernnry,  472. 

rclieveil  by  ChaM  Hall,  '><»7. 

!i(udent'H  Hed  riMMu  in,  view,  114. 

view,  ;>27. 

view   of   the   h^^;\n^    in    front    of  the 
Hall,  2.S0. 
Fowler,  William,  4(»1. 
Fox,   George,   Hi6,   4W-«)0,    501,    *)12, 
ti.37. 

and  etiucation  in  1667,  '.l><. 

\iU  primer,  39. 

the  Haille Door,  .39. 
Fox,  James,  ()ver>eer  of  SchiM,l,  49,  "»0. 
Fox,  Jo>eph  M.,  .302,  41.'.,  433. 
Frank  fonl,  171. 
Franklin,  Henjamin,  23. 
Franklin  Institute,  156,  .'»27. 

circular  from,  1 1 9. 
Franklin  S<Kiety,  124,  I2<),  (KK). 
Freeman,  Fdward  .\.,  461. 

two  lectures,  461. 
Free  S>il  Party,  1>>7. 
Freihurj;  University,  56-'). 
Fretthman,  27'>. 

"  :i  wis,-  f.M»|,"  wilhoul  the  adjective. 
-.43. 

ii'iiii   iniloducetl,  3lK). 
Freshman  Class,  the  "  sjioon,"  .".57. 
Frieiul,  The,  H'.y,  205,  209. 

".^scham's"  pa|K'rs,  .57. 

known    later   as    "  Spiare    Friend," 
.JC.  .57-.'.9,  KKl,  274. 
Frienil»,  "  iJoclrineM  and  teMimonien"  of 
tlie.'NK'iely,  99. 

e<lucalion  of  their  ^lini^te^lt,  417. 

groat  M'hism  in  IS27,  6«1. 

in  Philadelphia  ami  Haverfortl,  I  >3. 

"  |KHniliaritie>»,"  •'>5I . 

M-cond  ircnern!  ccmfervnce,  IHSO,  4*»0. 

S««c  (Quakers. 

.'>iciciy  of,  in  Wale*,  499. 

the  viiiila  of,  37S 

viewt  on  education,  65. 
Friends'  Academy,  57. 
Frientln"  A«Thim,  Frankfonl,  19«i 


ros 


INDKX. 


Friends'  Central  Scliool,  5(5. 

Friends'    Educational     Society    formed, 

is:^7,  43. 
Friends'  Lilirary,  20"),  4S5. 
Friends'  Meeting,  U"). 
Friends'  Montiily  Meeting  School,  (N.Y.), 

1S(3. 
Friends'  lieview,  SOo,  :!0:{,  :^6<.t,  410,  422, 

o22. 
Friends'  Select  School,  Philadelphia,  57, 

190. 
Fugitive  Slave  Law,  237. 
Fuller,  James,  GOO. 
Fulton,  Robert,  his  birthplace,  22. 

iiis  first  .steamboat,  27. 
Furley,  Benjamin,  the  Battle-Door,  oi). 
Futiell,  551. 


r^       (E.),  letter 
^•'     e-,(H.),] 


ter  to  The  Friend,  o'.t. 
letter  to  The  Friend,  ■")9. 
G.,  (J.),  179. 
Gallagher,  Mike,  his  big  'l)us,  o")4. 

his  mule  and  cart,  378. 
Garden,  .")97. 
Gardener,  Dorcas,  4(). 
Gardener,  See  Carvill. 
Garfield,  (President),  4()1. 

death  of,  459. 
Garrett,  A.,  322. 
Garrett,  Alfred  C,  5S3,  588,  593. 
Garrett,  John  15.,  41S,  459,  471. 

his  farewell  address,  577. 
Garrett,  Philip,  ()9,  70. 
Garrett,  Philip  C,  5-8,  212,   2()2,  2G3, 

2(i5,  2()(),  207,  480. 
Garrigues,  Ilaydock,  95. 
Garrigues,  Sanuiel,  and  llaverford,  lOfi- 

107. 
Gas  introduced  in  IS21,  25. 
Gasworks,  29(). 
Gateway,  Stone,  at  entrance— Lancaster 

Turn|)ike,  view,  474. 
(Jem,  The,  278,  ;!2:{,  3.37,  338,  341,  3l)2, 
581,  (;05.  (i09. 
issued  by  tiie  AlhcnaMnn,  ;>12,  (ilO- 
(ill. 


( ;em.  The,  lines  from,  1858,  288-289. 

quoted,  2SS,  289,  293,  414-415,  41(>. 
General  Epistle  of  1700,  42. 
General  Wayne  Tavern,  view,  213. 
Genius,  233. 

Geological  Society  of  London,  318. 
Geology,  examination,  18()2,  304. 

lectures  by  Profe.ssor  Silliman,  1830, 
190. 
Germantown,  200. 
Germantown  battle-field,  22. 
Germantown  Club  House,  cricket  supper, 

427. 
Germantown  Cricket  Club,   first   eleven 
defeated,  417. 

second  eleven   defeated   at   Wynne- 
wood,  301. 

wins  match,  420. 
Germantown  Telegraph,  The,  274. 
Germany,  33,  198,  407,  495,  520,  505. 
Getty.sburg,  313. 

"the  wheat-field,"  S7. 
Gibbon,  (Dr.),  91. 
Gibson,  Henry  C,  his  mansion  038. 
Giflbrd,  (Prof.),  Seth  K.,  0,  403,  407,  513, 

.562,  640. 
Gilman,  President  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, 450. 
Ginger-ale  at  lunch,  548. 
Girard  College,  409. 
Girard,  Stephen,  199,  250. 

and  Philadelphia,  183. 
"Girls'  Annex"  of  Haverford    College, 

541. 
Glee  Club,  577. 

first  concert,  5()1. 
Goadby,  Henry,  his  lectures,  211. 
Godfrey,  invented  Hadley's  sextant,  22. 
Goemere,  Johann,  John  Gumniere's   an- 
cestor, 152. 
Gold  fever,  .32. 

"  tiolgotha,"  old  lecture-room,  005. 
Goodwin,  584. 
Gottingen,  452. 
Gowns  and  mortar  boards  adoptetl,  4;(S.. 

disappear,  533. 


INDKX. 


7(>t> 


<iuwn8  ii8e«l  till  piililii' iM'cii8i(iiL*i,  .'i.^>. 
(Jrniiiiiiiir  SfluK»l.  Ilaverford,  view,  4'.»2. 
<irant,  ('ieiicnil),  l'.  S.,  'Ml. 

anil  "third  term,"  4-l«i. 
tini|.e  .\rlK)r,  'JT't.  I'^Mi. 

tiestriK-tion  of,  'M'.i. 

<  iniiu«liii|>|>er,  Tlie,  414. 

history  in  tU-liiil,  «■»(>!•-<■. Id. 

Hitiiri-v  of  it.i  title,  •>I0. 
(J ray,  '>l\>. 

Great  Ijiw,  Tlie.  itn  pntvisioit!.,  47. 
t  ireoto,  ''I'.*. 

tireeks  iiiul  (it-niians.  Religion  of,  *J2*.>. 
tireeley,  Honuv,  1>*7. 
t  ireen-apple    piw,   how   <li>iriliuii'il   mul 
limittni,  277 

<  i  r*»€nhoiise,  'J^Hi,  .'»".t7. 

:ihaiuioi)e«I,  '2\''*- 

hurnt,  1  N-'>5,  2'>»>. 

ruiiUHl  .\rch  of  the  OitI,  viow,  1S4. 
Greeves,  Jaiiutt  R.,  r>|s,  i'>'23. 
tiregory,  Iltnry   D.,  now  Vicel'resiilent 
(iiianl  College,  14D. 

teai-her  of  I^lin,  etc.,  14*.). 
GriBconi,  (Dr.),  John,  »U,  72,  IJiw. 

and  Ihiiiiel  H.  Smith,  I-Vi. 

nnd     Kriendit'     S<.4umi|,    I'ruvideiuf, 
l'.»4. 

an  I*rincij»al  of  S<*liool,  4<>. 

his  iNirtrait,  '>\. 
tirove,  Cottage  in  tlie,  ■_'7;i. 
Guestt,  .Vnna,  and  the  Central  S«-h<K>I,  t'<".», 
Gnest,  Kliuil>eth,  and  the  Central  .School, 

»;h. 

(itiilford  CollcKe  in  ls;{i'.-:{7,  'il 
tiiilf  road,  .S-ene  on  ;  view,  .V>2 
(iiimniere,  litirker,  on  jnry  at  mmk  trial, 

12'). 
(fummere,    Kliuil>eili,  her  care   for   the 

ColloKe,  14".». 
(iumniere,   (Dr.),   Knujcis   Itarton,  '»,  •'•, 

••  12,  :mJ2,  :{7:>,    '"-     «'.. 

172,  .V*I,  lV4t>. 
and  llavrrl'oni,  !*>•*>. 
his  piiMii-alionA,  5(y>. 
renidciut* ;  view,  tl41*. 


(itimmere,  (Dr.),  teacher  of  KngliMh  and 

I  iernian,  '>*'>\,  >>*>■': 
<Miiiiiiiere,  John,  <i|,  (•.;{.  C.'.i,  72,  171,  l'.t:{, 
4s.'i,  .'.(»2,  r.*i:{. 

and  Joseph  W.  .VKIrich,  VM. 

appoiiite<l  Sii|>eriiittiident,  KK*. 

death,  1S4'>,  l-V.. 

'■••-'  '. Iier  of  nialheiiiuticM  at  llav- 

.  rfonl.  ".•7. 

Ill-  :i-iii'iioiiiy,  140,  I'.'l. 

his  rnlciilutioii  of  liititude,  2<')3. 

his  father  at  Stroiidsbiir^;,  l'>2. 

his  life  in  «lelaii,  l'>2-l.Vi. 

his  inathciiiatii-al  ahility,  ll<). 

his  iiietliiMl  of  teat'hiiig,  140. 

hiri     profound     aiwdrat-tion     during 
study,  117. 

his  works,  IV|. 

|M>rtrait,  In.!. 

roijjiuilioii    of  himself  and    family, 
14'.t. 

nsif^ns,  1'.'4. 

su|>erintendeiit,  1*»40,  131. 

teacher  of  mathematics,  ls:{<.),  1 10. 
Ounmiere,  Samuel,  M. 
ftiininiere.  (President),  Samuel  J..   122, 
170,  271,  273.  :U.1,  322,  40.5. 
4tl3,    .'>2<'.,    Mii,    ft«;4,    5<M, 
••.17. 

ami  cheinistri-,  244. 

and  eclipse  of  the  sun,  I'^'iU,  4lX). 

ap|M>inli><i  a.s.«istanl  teacher,  10*.). 

ap|Miinte<i  Pr«i«ident  of  tVilIe^e,  I  •'»•'• 

apiMiintetl  Principal,  3(>4,  305. 

death,  1N74,  3i»«;. 

his  "  .\d   lIon>loi{iuni    Meuni,"  39*». 

his  ai!dre»«,  iHii."*,  70. 

his  life  in  ditail,  3<.i7-4o|. 

his  methiNl  of  tciching,  140. 

illm>s,<,  1s74,  3i»tl. 

name«l  President  instead  <if  l'rinci|>al, 
310. 

portrait,  SlNi. 

presentation  of  j-Tirait.  i--- 

rt^ad  ori);inal  |M>em,  l'<i'i2,  312. 

resigns,  149. 


"10 


INDKX. 


(iimijuere,   (President),    Samuel    J.,   if- 
siimes  charge  of  accounts, 
etc.,  835. 
silver  wedding,  3S(). 
teacher  of  Latin,  etc.,  1S40,  l:!2. 
teacher  of  mathematics,  1S31),  110, 
305. 
(iuniinere,  Samuel  R.,  (U. 
Giiinnicre,  William,  lOS. 
and  Haverford,  155. 
appointed  teacher,  107. 
iissistant  teaciier  of  Latin,  etc.,  109. 
Gnmmercs,  The,  59ti. 
Giirney,  Eliza  P.,  2S0. 
Gurney,  Joseph  John,  iiis  visit  to  Haver- 
ford, 1S3S,  120. 
letter  to  Amelia  Opie,  1841, 128-130. 
Gymnasium,  241,  245,  295,  29(),  4(17,  480, 
515,  532,  5")."),  594,  598,  60(5, 
()35,  (545. 
coni pared  with  football,  323. 
enlarged,  43(5. 
lenovated,  454. 

Oackkr,  Isaiah,  (il,  1(57,  179. 

on  Committee,  Hi-J. 
Hacker,  Jeremiah,  179. 
Hacker,  Morris,  17(i. 
Hacker,  W.  E.,  I(i7,  583. 
Hadley,  James,  on  William  A.  Reynolds, 

24S. 
Hadley,  Samuel  A.,  2S:>. 

his  address,  1SG2,  .')0:>. 

his  "  No  More,"  300. 

his  "Senior's  Earewell,"  2SI-2S5. 

on  Joseph  G.  Harlan,  285. 
Hadley,  Walter  C,  445-44(5. 
Hadley's  sextant,  22. 
Hadro.saurus  Eoulkii,  '!'■'>. 
Haiguc,  William,  Is. 
Haines,  A.,  179. 

Haines,  Ann,  beqnest  of  S:>,000,  352. 
Haines,    Ann    M.,   on    Thoma.s    Moore 

Lindley,  18(5. 
Haines,  C.  E.,  415,  416,428. 
Haines,  Hinchman,  on  schools,  57. 


Haines,  .lolin  S.,  108,  17(i. 
Haines,  L.,  337,  348. 
Haines,  Reidien,  375. 
Haines,  W.  H.     3(11,  42S. 
Hale,  (Sir),  Mattliew,  on  education,  41. 
Hall,  (Prof.),  Lyman  Beecher,  452,  555, 
567,  640. 

John  Farnum  Professor  of  Chemis- 
try and  Physics,  5()(). 
Hall,  Robert,  4S5. 
Hall,  (Dr.),  Winfield  Scott,  7,  5.S5,  (540. 

appointed  teacher,  575. 
Halleck,  his  j)oem  "Fanny,"  4i). 
Hallowell,    Benjamin,   tea,cher    at    Fair 

Hill  Boarding  School,  53. 
Hallowell,  Norwood  Penrose,  325. 
Halls:  views,  261,327,  418,  431,  451,  .5(58. 
Handball,  287. 
Handbook    of   Poetic?,   by    Francis    B. 

Gummere,  5(55. 
Hand,  Use  of  right  and  left,  240. 
Hannibal  Dying,  225, 235. 
Hardy,  Benjamin  F.,  ;t«sistant  Superin- 
tendent, 10".>. 
Harlan,  Joseph    G.,  271,  285,  ;;i)ii,  441, 
482,  487,  565. 

appointed  Principal,  246,  2(59. 

appointed  teacher,  241. 

death,  1857,  193,  270. 

details  of,  245-24(5. 

portrait,  245. 

teacher  of  mathematics,  19-),  245. 
Harmer,  Hon.  A.  C,  his  mistake,  28(5. 
Harris,  428,  429. 

Harris,  (Prof.),  J.  Rendel,  524,  531,  532, 
552,  567,  573, 574, 580,  621, 
(523,  (540. 

and  College  Lane,  575. 

articles  by,  572. 

cast  of  inscriptions,  575. 

portrait,  524. 

residence,  view,  533. 
Harrison,  William  Henry,    as  President 

U.  S.,  133.  ' 
Ilarriton,  view,  214. 
Harrow  School,  42S. 


IMiKX. 


711 


Hiirt«li(>rh<',     (  .luui  iiif.    >ii|.ii  iiiK  ii.i<iii 

\Ve^Uown  StIiiKil,  .'»1. 
ll;ir(>li(>riie,  C'harli'it,  M'k 
HarlslioriU",    I  Dr.).   Henry,  f>,    If.'.i,    170, 

I7«i,  •jii'i-'jii;*.,  2t>'>.  •_'<■•••,  107, 

\'t'2,  471,  4S4»,  ."»so,  .V.i."i. 
hi«"  Fifty  Years  .V>j<«."  •7'J. 
liU  "llaverfortl  Hevive<l,"  'J17  "J'-M. 
UU  life  in  detail,  407-111). 
hiti  nuiiieroim  works,  !(>*.). 
liis  valeilictory  in  ver^e,  I'J'!. 
Professor  o(  IMiil*x«o|iliy,  etr.,  .547. 
Ilurtsliorne,  J.,  •"•I>1. 

Iiis  fricketinj;,  IMS. 
Hart.shorno,  (  Dr.),  Jo>epli,  In7. 
Ilartnliornf,  Kiiliard,   Iii7. 

Snperintondent  We.stlown  School, -M. 
Hnrvartl  University,  24S.  2»W,  3.V»,  A(k\, 
4VI,  4J17,  4'i:{,  .".17,  .•>1S,52(), 
.'>2i», 'iIU,  .Vio,  .V.<(,  iH)7,  t>4l, 
t;42,  <>U\. 
•'  na>l.."   «<>■_'. 
Ilaverfonl.  sf.,  4'.''.',  .'.(X». 

anil  its  MirniiindinKS,  'i.'is. 
.\  Vamlion  Viait,  4si>-4>7. 
Ilaverfoni  burial  ground,  view,  271. 
Haverford  College,  ll»,  •'.«;,  192,  37'>,  IJs, 
4'A),  4o«J,  I"i7,  .'.•;i».  1141. 
a  school  of  niallieniaiii's,  !*.*:(. 
.\t  adeinicjil  de|inrtnient,  2'V>,  •J7'>. 
ail<lr«!vs  to  Faeulty  on   Friends  I'rin 
cipleti,  'M'k 
to     Friends     on     iiuulition     of 
Seho<d,  li'>4. 
Ahimni  contest,  4**1. 
and  Dr.  Thomas)  ('lini<o,  44*  1. 
a|>|>enl  for  funds,  2'>2. 
&H|>|ialt  iKivenienlH  laid,  65'^. 
athleti.-  -.p  .rt.H.  e.irly,  2-><7-2>'M. 
at  -ixty,  <'>.i<>. 
hall  ami  cricket.  12«1. 
Ix-t-orne^t  modern  .ifter  I'^ilft,  X34. 
l«ginninsofjKM'(>nd  hidf  century,  4'.»«l, 
hill    approved    by    lA<f;islal'tr>'    .••■ 

|.'<47,  ItWi. 
boartl  found  tiH>  hiKl>.  '^'^'>' 


Haverford  Ctdlece,  Uwrd  rai.seil,  127,  .U'J, 
:».".,  5i:{. 
books  U(tc«l  in  "Senior  Year,"  Nil. 
Ihiilding    Coniniittec    re|K>rt,    187G, 

411. 
buildinK»i,  1S«U),  2t»'i. 
calf  epis'xie,  4i>4. 
i*auiphene  ami  rosin-Kus,  2o4. 
chanRe,    annual  csaminalions  iiiMio 
tiiteti.  ls*W'i,  'SM\ 
CVmunencenient  exercises  to  l>e 

in  KukIihIi,  .{.Vi. 

rour>c    in    Arts   ami    .Science* 

made  ('liiKHical  Course,  497. 

Kn^'imerinK  Course  uddc«l,  i\>6. 

four-yuirM*  Course  of  instruction, 

2(M. 
''Honor"     system     introduced, 

•Ml. 
in  dinner  hour,  •'il.^. 
in  Junior  Day  exen-ises,  4'.M». 
in  order  of  exerci-^es,  'M'.i, 
in  .schiN^I  terms,  2<'>ll. 
mid-year     examinnlioiis    intro- 
duced, :t*.M. 
ch:inKCH.  X'A),  :i.U,  4«K»-4t'.l. 

in   chwses   anil   tejichcrs,    lS4.'i, 

14  s. 
in    cla<-sical    department,    l^.Vt, 

247. 
in  Course  of  study,  ■">24. 
in  hours  of  meals,  .*i47. 
in  lilies*,  2t>'.»,  'Mm. 
recommendalionH  of,  :W>'.»-371. 
charjjes  and  cx|«nses,  201, 
charter  amendeil,  40:i,  440-441,  o2:t. 

obiaineil,  1  ^  '  "  '  ' 
chcnii»try,  4">J 
children    of  I'roii.-uir-*  with  FricmLs 

to  Ih>  admillcd,  l-M,  Hi-'*, 
circidnr  to    .Vlimini  as   to  IwtleriuK 

Colh'Re,  '.UU\. 
Civil  War  |»erio«l,  l.«<«',0-<i4.  »).'>. 
Claa»-Day  by  class  of  'M'.i,  .'}74. 
I  lajm  of  '•"*"»  prt*»cnt   bronr.e   tablet. 
•Vi4. 


712 


INDEX, 


Haverford  College,  cIa.«s-roonis,newl)iiilil- 
iiig  for,  'M, 
classes  in  1S40-4-J,  IHH. 

in  ISC.u,  -J'.t.'). 
closing  of  term  postponed,  1S51,  212. 
coal  used  for  cooking,  12S. 
College  Papers,  .')94. 
Comet  li,  IS^^l,  discovered,  45;!. 
Commencement  Days,  109,  209,  .lOO, 

819,491. 
Committee    of    Managei-s    pnrchase 
chairs !  207. 

of  Reorganization,  1S48,  185. 

of  Students,  ITS. 

on  Endowment  Fund,  IKi,  201, 
202. 

on  History,  5-8,  o75. 

on    History    discharged,    1884, 
419. 

on  Incre;tse  of  Endowment,  .i52. 

on  Invitations,  47f). 

on  Meteorology,  119. 

on  Property,  27;^. 

on  Piihlieation,  480. 

on  Ketrenclimenl,  251,  257. 

on  Siihscriptions,  107-168. 

Report  of,  1S4S,  148. 
Concert  for  colored  church,  549. 
conditions  for  diploma,  208. 
cost  $80,000  and  unencinnbered,  Kil. 
Course  in  Physics,  5G'i. 
cremation   of   unpopular   text-book, 

."):{4. 
cricket   first   leaint   here  l)y  Ameri- 
cans, 287. 

groimds,  290-291. 
daily  routine,  105-10<i. 
debt,  142,  108. 

a  Slough  of  Despond,  (iSO. 

details  of  students'  subscriptions 
not  known,  180. 

met  by  subscription,  ISO. 

of  $1S,000  paid  ofi;  357. 

paid  off,  1S,S3-S4,  47s. 
degrees  to  be  granted,  257. 
dining-table  attacked,  251. 


Haverford  College,  disaster,  1840-48, 100. 
disciplinary  troubles,  331,  :«2,  334, 

:!50,  :i5S. 
discipline,  instances  of  disorder,  302. 

to  be  cared  for  by  Facidty,  :'>5y- 
:'.<>0. 
dress  of  students,  99,  12S,  1311,  258, 
,     272-273,  o:«-534. 

seniors'  "  toga,"  134. 
early  days,  1833-39,  103. 
economizing,  147. 
economy  on  coal,  etc.,  107. 
education  in  Society  of  Friends,  38. 
endowment  of  $50,000  needed,  102. 

of  $25,000  raised,  lOS. 

subscribers  to  Fund,  179. 

the  Fund  secured,  ISO. 

to  be  raised  to  $1C0,000,  357. 

urged,  145,  158,  178,  201. 
entertainment  fir  American  Associa- 
tion   for    Advancement    of 
Science,  494-405. 
Faculty,  403. 

government  liy,  lS72-7f>,  3S0. 

needs  increase,  373. 

powers  conferred  on,  1871,  360. 

records  on  trivial  points,  340. 

refuse  some  Degrees,  333,  334. 
farm,  27.3,  5()8,  <i38. 

rented  for  $1,200,  434. 

stock,  etc.,  sold,  109. 
farm-house,  new,  298. 
"female    students"     recommended, 

355. 
fiftieth  anniversarj',  1883,  407. 
fortieth  birthday,  1870,  38(i. 
gas  and  coal  oil,  303. 
gas  introduced,  241,  254. 
gas-meter  explodes,  336. 
gateway  erected  on  Lancaster  Pike, 

400. 
gift  of  land,  12S. 
graduates,  041-()44. 

advantages  for,  508-569. 

may  take  Degree  of  A.M.,  315. 
graduating  classes,  1836-39, 109-110. 


ISI>KX. 


713 


Huverfor.J  Clli-Kf,  «ni|K-  :irbor.  •_»:•.•. 
gratuitous  iiiolnii'lion,  'JUl. 
grt^nlioiifie.  HI,  -0<». 
alutuluned,  '_M:t. 
uiul  workf»liu|i  t-oiii|>lcle«t,  \'M\. 
hiinit,  1  ><•'••'>.  -•''••• 
Kfowtl.  of  College  UUa,  IS52  .W.lMl. 
^vii)iia.siuin  oiH'iietl,  •l.>4. 
Ilavtrlonl    Lyrt- uiu  :   its    liUtory    in 
iletail.  t.«U    lUI-J. 
Met'tinK.  7S. 
Hii/ing.  f^'  Hazink' 
holils  Cliainpionship,  Inlem)lleKiati- 

Criiket  AssMX-inlion,  4'.»'.' 
inlliiiTHf  at,  CoO. 
iiw»|>€ctiini  by  Managers,  20<>. 
institution  of  "  ouIh,"  5i'>'.»-57(). 
Intr»Mlu(tory-Knvironn>ent,  IT. 
it!i  condition  in  ''-,  '■'>'>\. 
giinit-w,  I'ilT  <Ul>. 
genesis,  ls:;o-:{:i,  -Vi. 
grounds,  19'.>-200. 
lihrariej',  21'-'. 

"  I'aley-olitliio"  peritMJ.  is"). 
reo|)eninn  lii>|it'ful,  l<->. 
youthful  days  i!osfril>e«l,*27:{  277. 
Junior  Kxliiliition,  4'.t9. 

KxliiWiiion   '72,  |K)st|M)ne«l,  '-^^x. 
lanipt  ami  stt-el  pens  inln¥luc«il,  iy2. 
I^anguuges,  Anglo-Saxon  study  nd- 
detl,  :541. 
Fremli  and  fJcmian,  4'»1. 
Krenth  at  ilu-  (  olK-ge.  •'>«>."). 
IIfl)r»-w    niadf    fi»Mtivc    stuily, 

451. 
Italian,    Sp.nnii«li    and     IU-l'r«'w 

adde.1,  :'.41. 
niodeni.     in«liidf«l     in     (  ouise 

study  of  lialiau  siurtctl,  l^.t. 
lawn,  1H4.H.  \W. 
library,  IW,  :571.  ••.44  lil.'). 

and  Muteum  t  blliftioiw,  5l»4. 
life  at,  in  1.H71.  lU');. 
list  of  oftircrw,  •'•40. 

of  fcludeniN  ls:t:i-lH.H3,  4r.8. 


liaverfoid  ("cdlege,  liltrury  HK-ii'lies,  Vt;i, 

O.V.I. 

WK-iety:  itu  lli^tory,  •!••»». 
"  I>.w»-r  SM-ietieH,"  447, 
Muiia««T»,  tliangi-H  in  llu-  lloanl,  :'>>''. 
message  to  tlif  l':i<ulty.   '-'d. 
minuteH,  l>»i>7,  H47. 
re|H)rts,  U»4,  242,  24:J-244,  245, 
:n  3,  :i  14,  :;:{•'..  :U0, 41  :J,  44'.»- 
450,  524,  52H-52y,  •'•21. 
nianuMTiplH    ptesente<l    t«»    Library, 

5f.7, 
nif<liani«-Jil   an«l    frt-e-bund  dniwing, 

I'.'.. 
.Meiling  llousr,  27,  ".•5.  :\W,  4<10,  «'.51. 

view,  4ii*>. 
meeting  of  Inmrd,  s|*'iial,  lol. 

..f  Class  of  \<>\  in  1  •*•''''.  -•'*-• 
i.f  Managtrs  antl  Faculty,  1X57, 

271 ». 
of  students,  calbd,  I •■'•'. 
'  of  students,  niufty  preM-nt,  17<l. 

(<u  cltBiiuiJ  scIkk)!,  1'<45,  liil. 
memorial  to  I,vgi>lalure,  KM. 
"Moral  ami    Political   Sience'   a«l- 

de<l,  :»52. 
nuisii-.  Jews-iuirps  prevail,  112. 

pndiibitcd,  112 
nucleus  of  the  Mu»euu>.  ll.'t. 
Olwervatory,  2«Hl,  2-'>2-2"'»4. 

.\strononiical,  4'>:t. 
office  of  a-si»iant  l«»  Superintendent, 
107. 
of  "cmre-tttker."  li:«. 
OffuxTiond  Manager*,  •■-'*''  '•''■-' 

nund>er  i>f,  ''•3".». 
one  blow  by  studentH   iu   i"iir   \i:ip.. 
2«ta. 
i>f  theshndy  haunts:  view,  IHO. 
o|)ening,  \><'M,  '•••'. 
|tamphlet  com^ming  the  iM»s|>en«ion, 

157. 
Itark  and  arUir,  141. 
rcri<«li«Tili«:  details,  '"'lO  •'•11. 
pic  "  luncheon"  al»«dishe«l,  :tVl 
preoiiitions  agaittM  fire.  2S7 


I 


714 


IXDKX. 


Ilaverlbrd  (  ollt'fre,  preparatory  class  for 
younger  scholars,  lOo. 
Presidential  campai<(n,  1884,  498. 
price  of  site,  77. 
private  examinations,  .■>04. 
provisions  of  the  Association,  104. 
pulilic  examinations,  2W. 
railroad  station  on  College  premises, 

314. 
rank  of  Students,  G41. 
recolk'c  tion^  of  a  llaverford  hoy,  199. 
regulations  in  lS(iO,  l".M;-2ii7. 
reinstated,  17S. 

released  from  taxation,  18o8,  128. 
reminiscences,  484-487,  536-5')7. 
reopened,  18.5,  197. 
restrictions,  138,  202-204,  :'.01. 

modified,  208-269. 
retrenchments,  130. 
rule  against  raised  desk-covers,  1868, 
351. 
as  to  hounds,  1868,  3o2. 
excluding  any  but  Friends,  162, 
1(53. 
rules   as  to  exercises  in  class-room 
etc.,  3'.t2. 
for  Faculty,  2-"i7. 
when  school  opened,  99. 
salary  of  teachers,  104. 
scholarships  of  $4,000  each  offered, 

168. 
school  becomes  a  College,  18")6-60, 
2.")7,  261. 
building  erected,  1885,  493. 
buildings  offered  for  lease,  169. 
scientific  studies  developed,  241-245. 
Scripture,    religious    teaching,  204- 
20 1. 
study  of,  270. 
weekly  classes,  652. 
semi-centennial,  lSSl-84,  458. 

1S83,  110,  309,  467-475. 
seventeenth   annual    meeting,   1S73, 

364. 
site  described,  77. 
smoking  ami  chewing  forbidden,  101. 


Haverford  College  societies,  594. 

Sophomore  Day  exercises,  534. 

sports  and  amusements,  112-113. 

spring-house  built,  150. 

standard  of  admission,  .5t>l. 

Student  of  1840,  134-13-5. 

Student's  daily  life,  645. 

Students,  Hopes,  etc.,  of,  233. 
love  of  Nature,  279-280. 
numbers  fronf  time  to  time,  109, 
207,208,210,  211,  212,295, 
.300,  339,  433,  440,  450,  459, 
564,  574. 

studies,  277-279. 

suppers,  562. 

supplement  to  Charter  accepted,  164. 

suspended,  1845,  150. 

system  of  instruction,  103. 

telescope  mounted,  1S84,  489. 

troubles,  lS3<)-46,  131. 

unalterable  provisions,  104. 

views,  56,  1S5. 

Warner  tract  of  land,  522. 

was  a  Friends'  Select  Boarding-school, 
101. 

Washington's  birthday,  1885,498. 

water-supplies,  108. 

worship,  a  place  for,  106. 

worth     §220,000     endowment     and 
§60(»,00()  property,  638. 
Haverford  College  cricket  club,  2'.M). 
Haverford  College  Grammar  School  es- 
tablished, 1883-84,  491. 

(loverning  Committee,  492. 

plans,  492. 

view,  492. 
Haverford  College  post-office,  286,  396. 
Haverford  College  Station,  39(>. 
"  Haverford  College  Studies,"  572,  611. 
Haverford  Meeting-House,  view,  460. 
Haverford    Monthly    Meeting,    21,   500, 

502. 
"Haverford  Revisited,"  171. 
"Haverford  Revived,"  117,  21S,  261,  595. 

quoted,  218. 
Haverford  Road.  93,  291. 


INI>E.\'. 


71. 


Havtrlonl  StIiool.Ste  llaverfi>nU'>illeKi*. 
Havvrforil  ScIkmiI  A»<4K'iatiun,  I 'JO. 

uplMiiiitetl  IruHti'M  of  I»{;aniaii  S<>- 
riety,  171. 

became   Cor|M»ration    of    llavcrfonl 
Col  lege,  IsT.'i,  Ki.t. 

it»  lio|te  of  (iivideiHlit,  l-i:S. 

name  adopltxl,  94). 

Set-  Havcrforil  Colleue. 
HaverfonI,  toivnsliip,  •_'!. 
llavfrfor.l,  \Ve>t,  I".'. 
Ilaverforilian,  The,  :W4,  .WJ,    l4o,    n«'., 
-H>1,    'iS'*,    .'»s;l,   5st;,     .'»s7, 
•ilo. 

ri)an<;i'  of  management,  '>)>U. 

(■iiant;ei)  in  i*t>iLstitution,  ISXy,  57*2. 

iletaiU,  (ill. 

f..imile«l,  is7lt,  444. 

on  (liaae,  IMiny  Karle,  -Vi'). 

on  trickol,  .')7"». 

on  foiitliall  niatrli,  5S|. 

on  Mrs.  (levelnnii's  visit,  ">0I{. 

prire  for  l)e>t  essay,  447. 

•  inoted,  44.S-449,  4lU),  52-'),  .VJl*,  Vll, 
.>H9. 

two  aililitiimal  e<liton(,  1*^1. 
Haviland,  \.,  3JJ. 
Ilavixl   Va«loK,  Inirial  Knuintl  <>f  WeUli 

FricniU,  .'>01. 
Haworth,  J.  M.,  47'.t. 
Ilawtliornc,  Natlianiel,  4>i'.>. 

on  Rowcloin  College,  6'>4. 
Hay*,  S.,  .322. 
HaxinK,  -IW,  3H\>.  .VV2. 

an  infideni,  !177. 

fomlemned  Ity  Fa«'ulty,  IS72,  .'{54. 

foor  ><tiidentH  dismifM;'),  -i-'fl. 
Ileidclberu  I'liivfpiily,  M^. 
Heli<«Ho|H'  addc<l,  4*.K). 
Ilenilcpton'tt  |ioHt-of)ire,  274 
llemlereon'n  Si«irc,  2>'2,  2-  > 
ilendri  Mawr  Meetini;  M<>ii^<'.   ><>i. 
Henry  S>fiely,  2.*>'.',  •■•<)7. 

o»n«idere<l  "  hifalulin',"  «'>«»2. 

hidtory  in  detail,  il02  >'<*)'■'>. 

name«l  after  I'atrirk  Henrv,  I'lOJ. 


Henry  Sinrt  Mi-etin^;  to  e^labli^ll  Si-mi- 

nary,  (HI. 
Ilifi^inaoii,  Tliomax  W.,  Iiiit  Iftliire**, '»<>2. 
Hill,  ex-l'rei*iilent  of  llarvanl,  02(1. 
Hill,  Natlian,  Klierillat  mock  trial,  12''i. 
Hill,  Kicliani,  (Jverneer  uf  Scliool,  4'.i. 
Hill,  Thomait  C.,  478. 
Hiliei.,  John  S.,  2(i7. 
Hille^  J.  T.,  oH  .V.i.T 
HilU'(>,    Miii.  Samuel,    her  kindnew    and 

attention,  1 1'). 
Hillex,  Samiiil,  1('>7,   iOO. 

Iir»t    Sii|K'rinleinIeiit  of    Huverford, 

his  kindness  an  '  '  ' 

portrait,  '.»■'>. 

re-signH,  IH.M,  lit.'. 

Su|H-rintendent  of  Woittown,  1'.'2. 
Hillf.s.  William  8.,   108,   2(..->,  ,"i80,  .'»83, 

.'>.*vs, .'.«.»:{,  .'><»<». 
Hillyard,    Abraham,    IcRacy    to    Haver- 
fonI, 147, 
HiHtorical  Society,  124,  12(5,  COt). 
Hi.storical  So<-icty  of  Pennsylvania,  I'>(>. 
"  History,  How  to  Study,'"  5(12. 
History,  The  value  of  the  mudy  of,  .V12. 
Hoajj,  Josteph,  bin  "  Vision,  '  •H). 
HolHikcn,  Slovfii-s'  Institiile,  VM't. 
H<Kipt<in,  William,  Jr.,  (il. 

ami  D.inifl  It.  Smith,  1  •">(;. 

and  t)live  Street  Kritnds.  <','.•. 
Hoflman,  J.,  .•{•22. 
Hollinf(Bhrad,  Jiweph,  '>Ks. 
Iluhnes,  « Jeorge  W.,  leacher  of  drawing. 

211. 
Holm«•^  Th.,  48. 

ilome  for  Krii-ndltiMi  Women,  I".M», 
Homer,  4>«'.',  (110. 
Honorary  l)egre«ii,  2tl9. 
Hooker,  I  Bishop  >,  48.H. 
Hopkina,  Klixalwlh  II, .'to.!.  47s. 

and  green  apple  pie*.  277. 

ap|>oinleil  matron.  lH.'i,  llN't. 

continues!  matron,  .'128,  .Til*. 

her  life  in  •Utail,  1'.K}-|97. 

reaignu,  2<*>l,  XU. 


7k; 


INDEX. 


Hopkins,  (Jeranl  T.,  72. 

Hopkins,  Walter  (i.,  004. 

Hopkinson,  Ed.,  42'.i. 

Horace,  4S<.t. 

Horsford,  T)!'.!. 

Horsham  Sciiool,  tanglit  by  John  (iiini- 

niere,  1")3. 
Hoskins,  Jolin  (i.,  12. 
Hospital  for  the  Insane,  50(i. 
Hot  suppers,  804. 
House  of  Kefuge  and   Daniel  ]'>.  Smith, 

156. 
Howard,  Luke,  54. 
Howell,  Francis,  85. 
Howell,  .Joseph,  Jr.,  ]()9. 
Howell,  William,  500. 
Howitt,  Mary,  54. 
Howitt,  William,  54. 
Howland,  Arthur,  emigrates,  181. 
Howland,  (Haron),  ISO. 
Howland  Collegiate  School,  40it. 
Howland,  description  of  name,  ISO. 
Howland,  Franklyn,  177. 
Huwlaud,  (ieorge,  15'.t,  \&2,  17it,  188. 

and  committee  to  raise  funds,  177- 

178. 
and  endowment  fund,  178, 
donation  to  Haverford,  147. 
letter  to  Thomas  Kiinher,  Jr.,  180. 
life  in  detail,  ISI-IS'J. 
portrait,  177. 
Howland,  Henry,  emigrates,  ISl. 
Howland,  Himiphrey,  01. 
Howland,  John,  and  the  MayHower,  ISl. 
Howland,  Mrs.  (ieorge,  1<S2. 
Howland,  Robert  K,  47<.t. 
Hoxie,    Henry   N.,   appointed  Assistant 

Head-master  of  Haverford 

College   <!rainmar   School, 

4'.t8. 
Hubbard,  William  H.,  :!t;(i,  874. 
Hughes,  ThoMJiLs,  [Tom  Brown],  455. 
Hunn,    John,    Treasurer     of    Loganian 

Society.  11'.'. 
Hunt,  115,  410. 
Hunt,  Ambrose,  170. 


Hunt,  Uriah,  (il. 
Huston,  A.  F.,  802. 
Hutton,  Addison,  428. 

architect  of  Barclay  Hall,  428. 
Hutton,  J.  Wetherill.  OK). 

"  Ice-cream,"  329. 

description  of  game,  350-351. 
Imagination,  225,  233. 
"  Incubator,"  494. 
Indiana,  210,2.58,448. 
Ingersoll,  Charles  J.,  88. 

letter  from,  00. 

unfavorable  letter,  88. 
In  memoriam,  (criticjue),  225. 
Integral  Calculus,  To  the,  225,  235. 
International   Arbitration,  literature   of, 

419. 
Irishman,  The,  225. 
Isis,  The  River,  428. 

Tames,  Thomas  C,  09,  70,  72. 

Jefferson  College,  418. 
Jerry,  the  unterritied,  829. 
John  Farnum  Professor  of  Physics,  etc, 

452,  506. 
John,  John  Ap,  499. 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  835,  450,  452, 
528,  524,  .35S,  505,  642,  643. 

House  of  Commons,  500. 
JoluLson,  Anna  E.,   Principal    Bradford 

Academy,  Mass.,  450. 
Johnson's  Encyclopaedia,  522. 
Jones,  Benjamin,  09,  598. 
Jones,  David,  501. 
Jones,  Eli,  379. 

his  curiosities,  379. 
Jone.«,  J.  B.,  415,  428,480. 
Jones,  Jacob  Paul,  404,  500,  512. 

death,  1SS5,  499,  .509. 

his  life  in  detail,  499-512. 

his  public  beipiests,  510. 

jtortrait,  508. 
Jones,  John,  Overseer  of  school,  49—30. 
Jones,  Martha,  .507. 

death,  1S71,  508. 


IXDKX. 


JulK'S,  Owin,    IlKS. 

J011V8,  Kichanl  M.,  5Si). 

HciMlniamer,  IST.V-'.K),  .V>. 
J. .lit.*,  KuhurdT.,  507,  5as,  bl'I. 

ileatli,  'M.\,  'tOS. 

liU  *'  Literary  CieniuH  of   Anit'riea," 
•M-2. 
Junes,  Samuel,  .'»U0,  'lOl,  .'lO^. 

(lentil,  IS.'>(»,  .">0-J. 
"J<.st|»h,"  IG_'. 
JiKteph  II,  ill  Nnplet*,  !'.»>. 
Journal  of  I'liarniacy,  The,  l")t5. 
"Judge,"  The  niori»«i',  lt>'_'. 
Junior  exercises  of  ''.K»,  tastvfnl  decora- 
tions, 572. 
Junior  exhii>itiou.s,  iW,  3lM,  ;J75-37t>. 
Juno, "  wall-evetl,"  .">43. 

1/  Av,  IJoi.L,  :{•_'«.». 

•^     Kelley,  William  I).,  •'.(»;. 
Kelly,  Tommy,  M'.K 

Kelly's    swimming    and    skating    roort, 
•_'i:{,  I'SJ.  *2M4. 
mill  dam,  l'."".,  :5<K),  4S.y 
Kern,  (Prof.),  instructor  of  drawing,  'JoO. 
Kiley's,  (Capi.i,  farm  as  a  site,  71. 
Kimlier,  Anthony  M.,  17»1. 
KinilK>r,  Thomas,  Jr.,  1«J".»,  171,  17.>-I7l>, 
177.    ISO.    'J»7,   -248,    iVJ, 
•J5:{,    •_'<;7,    :«>s,    4.S(),    .-,20, 
«5-_'2. 
and  the  Oliservalory,  253. 
donations  for  Hall  and  Lil>rnry  fund, 

.305,  :«)6.  :m>7. 
IKirtrait,  •>«>.'). 
KimI.er,  Thomas,  8r.,  »il,  »53,  til*.  72,  I5i», 
Ui2,  ir,7,  171*,  1H.\  UK), 
death,  ISCh},  :i:t5. 
Kindn-r,  T.  W..  42x.  42'.»,  4.30. 
King.  Francis  T..  lOS,  \si),  •2»;7,  4IH,  474, 
I7'.t,  f>M. 
Lihrnrian  of  I^>ganian  .Society,  119. 
King  invents  game  of  "  Ice-crean»,"  :t'>0. 
King,  Joseph,  Jr.,  (of  I^altimore),  '>''.  7  J, 

15y,  1157,  ISO. 
King,  of  ISW,  .321». 


Kirkhride,  (Dr.).  7,  415.  5(n;. 
Kite,  Hannah,  matron,  3*.)1. 
Kite,  Thoma-i,  \W. 

I    .\Ito|{AT<>KIK>,  5'.i4. 

Laboratory,  Chemical,  436,  452,  4W\. 
Mechanical,  ercctc<l  I'^'.KI,  57»>. 
I'hysical,  additions  to,  57r». 
Lacrt>s«e  intr<Hluie«l,  1S.S0,  5y2. 
Lndd,  (Dr.),  .Alfred  (i..  Director  of  gym- 
nasium, 4.54,  4<>7. 
Ladd,  Ilenjamin  W.,  72. 
Lndd,  William  ( 'otlin, Professor  of  French, 

rui\  (MO. 

Licla|>s  .\(|iiilunguis,  23. 

I^jifaycttc  Footlmll  (lid)  matches,  6y3. 

Land.,  Thomas  W..  301. 

"  Lament  of  the  lleelle,'"  anonymous,  21<»- 

217. 
Lamps,  intriKluced  at  Haverfonl,  l'.i2. 
Lancaster,  Joseph,  54. 
Lancaster  Turnpike,  12S,  3U0. 

stone    gateway     at    entrnntc,    view, 

474. 
Land,  value  of,  2S. 
Lane.  (I'rof.  ,  of  Harvanl,  2  Is,  5H). 
I^ngdon,  22s. 
I^ingdon,  (Dr.),  reci|>e   for   "making    a 

Taper."  223. 
La|K>rle,  Count  ile,  51".t. 
Latin,  elementary  Inxtk  puhlishcd  liy  the 

Friends,  3'.». 
Law,Sud,  42S,  I2'.i. 
I^wn  tenni*,  4  12,  5S5,  .V**!!. 

on  tilliclh  anniversnrj-,  470. 
Lawrence,  Richani   H.,  his  |>oem,  "The 

Consumptive,''  1.34. 
<>n  jury  nt  mock  trial,  125. 
I^wrence  Scientific  School,  520. 
Lawion.    Isjiac.    teacher   at    Portsmouth' 

(H.  L.  4.V 
I^znnis,  J.  H.,  |tainte<i  |>ortrait  ofThomas 

Chase.  512. 
Lenming,  Thomas,  his  lectures.  'tiVl. 
I  ••avenworth,  Francis  P.,  Director  of  ()l»- 

i«er»-nlorv    "—    •  l". 


71  s 


INDKX. 


Ledger,  The  Piihlic,  Phila.lt'lpliia,  370. 

(pioted,  453. 
Lee,  (General),  Rol)eit  E.,  i)3. 
Leeds,  Alliert  R.,  4.')2. 

instructs  in  chemistry,  348. 

succeeds  Professor  Co) le,  341. 
Leeds,  Josiah,  97. 
Leeds,  Josiah  W.,  411. 

his  card  catalogue,  fil'.l. 
Lehigh  Football  Club  matches,  .V.t3. 
Leicester  District  School,  520. 
Leipsic  University,  621. 
Lenape    Indians,   paper    by    Daniel     B. 

Smith,  i:;4. 
Letlsom,  (Dr.),  ■)4. 
Levick,(Dr.),  James  J.,  0,  171,  170,  202- 

203,  205,  455,  480,  580. 
Levick,  Thomas  J.,  212,  202. 
Lewis,  Enoch,  54. 

and  Westtown,  lUO. 

his  algebra  and  trigonometry,  liiO. 

tutor  to  John  Gummere,  153. 
Lewis,  Henry,  500,  512. 
Lewis,  Henry  Carvill,  appointed  Profes- 
sor of  <ieoIogy,  4lt0. 
Lewis,  William  D.,  580. 
Library,  577. 

and  Alumni  Hall,  1804,  013, 

and  apparatus,  015. 

books  on  anti-Quakeriana,  026. 
on  art,  etc.,  list,  020. 

card  catalogue,  411,  Gilt. 

Friends'  books,  list,  025,026. 

(iustav  I'.aur  Collection  added,  021. 

iieadsof  divisions  of  catalogue,  013. 

history  in  detail,  (il  1-030. 

in  I'ounders'  Hall,  ()12. 

Interior  of  the,  view,  018. 

its  iiilluence,  044. 
progress,  330. 

Loganian's  1,600  volumes  added,  619. 

maps,  jilans,  etc.,  list,  628-030. 

matlicmatical   works,  list,  620. 

miscellaneous  works,  list,  027. 

new  arrangement  of,017,  CiHi. 

periodicals  and  sets,  list,  020-(i27. 


Lil)rary,  portraits,  views,  etc.,  list,  627- 
628. 

l)rlnted  catalogue,  1830,  613. 

rare  and  curious  books,  list,  023-630. 

the  building,  170,  0)22. 

twenty-tive  thousand  volumes,  208. 
Library  Fund,  2(!7,  20S,  .594. 

its  completion,  'MO. 

report  of  trustees,  istil,  .">()(). 
Lincoln,  (President),  Al)raham,  297,  459. 

deatii,  608. 

sorrow  for  his  death,  333. 
Lippincott,  Charles,  292. 
Lipj)incott,  Horace  G.,  292.  321. 
Lippincott,  Lydia,  498. 
Literary  (iymnasiuni,  122. 
Literary  Societies,  388. 
"  Literary,  Tlie,  Genius  of  America,"  312. 
"Little  Barnes's"  pistol,  551. 
Liverpool  and  Manchester  R.  R.  (Eng- 
land), 27. 
Llewellyn,  80. 

bathing  pond,  107. 

farm-house,  21. 
Llewellyn's  House,  (Castle  Br'tii) :  view, 

21. 
Lloyd,  Francis,  85. 

Lloyd,  (Governor),  Thomas,  his(  Jrammar 
School  in  Philadelphia,  49, 
477. 
Locomotive,  first  in  America,  28. 
Locust  Mountain  Coal  Company,  28. 
Locust,  the  seventeen  year,  381. 
Loe,  minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  59, 
Logan,  Dickinson,  484. 
Logan,  Gnstavus,  484. 
Logan,  James,  117,  477. 

his  country-seat,  22. 

Loganian  Library,  22. 

Overseer  of  School,  49. 
Logan,  J.  Dickinson,  108. 
Loganian  Society,  22,  70,  117,124,238, 
258,  259,  293,  303,  312,  313, 
341,379,391,  443,  440,491, 
533,  541,  597,  598,  600, 
002,  010. 


IM»KX, 


71i> 


Lo^aiiiiiii   SK-ifty    ami    n:itiir:il    lii>t>>i\. 
l'2:\. 
and  omiliiology,  *il<'*. 
ami  Tin-  r..lleKian,  \'2\  I'Xi,  *JJ1. 
and  till- K^fiMihon't',  1 1".',  iL'l,  l*"p 
ami  The  llavcrfunliiiii,  1 1'>. 
an>l     tlie    "  Literan'    (iyrn  nasi  inn," 

1  •_'•-'. 
annual  nifetiii);,  \*'<'>l,  .KM). 
apprupriation  for  Mali  and    l.ilnirv, 

■M6. 
8rlM>r  for  j{ra|>e-viiu.-,  IJI. 
carpenter  shop,  I'JO,  I'-'l,  1  •_'.".. 
car|M.M)ter  shop,  enyravinj;,  r_'">. 
Chase,    ( Prof),    Thomas,    l're?>i<li'nt, 

27S. 
(-oinmittee  of  i-riticiiim,  I'^l. 
debates,  I'J'J. 

and  resolutions  udiipted,  n>. 
disapprovetl  name  of   Delmtin^;  So- 
ciety, 5t)0. 
education  of  Kriemls'  ministers,  447. 
Faculty,  members  of,  l.'U. 
Kilt  of  library  to  CollcRe,  lf<s7,  (Jl'O. 

of  •J,500  volumes  to  College  Li- 
brary, ■'».'»<>. 
history  in  ddail,  214-240,  .V.t4-V.tS. 
improvements  commenc*ed,  122. 
its  bt^anical  garden,  US,  120,  121. 

five  committccH,  1 1  ^ 

library,  :J11,  (;2(). 

otiitvrs  and  memi  em,  117,  2l'i. 

organi/Jition,  1 1(>,  117    II*.). 

weekly  mectinj^,  '2\>i. 
languishes,  4i>-"». 
meetings.  hHt,  170,  217,  2«.»9,  -UfX 

well  atteniletl,  278. 
mock  trial  tif  <lircctors  of  ('ar|>en(<  r 

Shop.  125. 
office  of  Librarian,  'M  I. 
prizes  awardid,  |s.{«'.-:!7,   ll'.»,  121. 

for  U-st  declaimcr   and  del>ater, 
447. 
public  meeting,  :t«>l. 
reorganize*!.  2I'«,  444. 
Mlire  and  Mirca«>n  indulge*!  in,  tJ* 


I.<>L'anian  ."NH-ifly,  Semi  ctiilcnnial,  1SS4, 
I7".t. 

Sniiili,  l)aniel  B.,  I'residcnt,  177. 

subje«ts  of  debate,  2.>*'-24(» 

the  fruit,  I2U. 

trustees  np|K>iut('d.  171. 
I..oganianH,  Meeting  to  raise  $l(MMHi,  I7(>. 
I^omlon,  etc.,    I'hiJosophicid    Magazine, 

527. 
"  I^oiidon  (/uarlerlv  II.aiim^  "  I  17 
I/ongfellow,  .'ili». 

and  railway  (raiii>.  . 
Longstrcth,  4>2. 
I.,ongsirctli.  M.,  :J22. 
I»ngstn'th,  William,  4^4. 
I^ongslrelh's  ScIkmiI  for  (i iris,  :{7<'». 
liord,  John,  his  lectures  «)n  history,  21 1. 
I..<>uis  !'hilip|>e,  19S. 
Ivove,  !{ol>ert,  4«»4. 
I>ovejoy,  Elijah  P.,  murdere<!   at    .Mton, 

ls:{7,  i:i2. 
l/overing,  611). 
Lowell,  James  Kusm'II,  -^M. 
"  Ix)Wer  Societies,"  447. 
Ixiwry,  4I">. 

!»wry,  William  V.,  *»93. 
!.uncli-pies.  12,  '.iS'J. 

Luther  before  I)iet  of  Worms,  225,  2^W). 
Lyciean  Cricket  Club,  ls.'.7,  2<.H),  2«.»l. 

defeatc<!  by    I>orian,  2'.M. 

united  with  Doririn,  2lKt. 
lAieum,  The,  C02. 
Lyons,  (I)r.),  James  (iillN)me,  280. 

his  school,  25'.»,  •2s.\,  285,  2Sii,  312, 
:i'.M-,. 

A1\<\ri.AY.  TiniMAs   !Uiiix«.TuN,  hi- 
Hitack    on   William    I'enn, 

his  miscellaneous  writings,  (iol. 

reading  liis  liistory,  208. 
Ma<-«lonald,  -V.H). 
.Ma.  bine  shop,  l'.H\,  524. 
Mai-Veagh,   Wayne,  4J»s. 
.M:id  dog  s<^re,  l:C 
M M-  '•■>.•,  .•»22,  42>,  42*.'. 


■•20 


INDKX, 


Maj;ill,    President   of    Swartlnnore   Col- 
lege, A~r>. 
Makiien,  George  H.,  ."SSS. 
Managers'  list,  (>.S<Mi'.l2. 
Manaynnk,  284. 
Mann,  Horace,  •')'J(>. 

Manuscripts  added  to  Library,  5(i7,  <)23. 
Maple  Avenue,  :^28,  lis],  I'.iO. 

view,  380. 
Marl.les,  'JST. 

Markliani,     ((iovernor),    and    Grammar 
School  in  Pliiladel]>hia,  4",i. 
Marsli,  Uenjamin  V.,  5,  .'575,  oUi),  484. 

and  Haverford,  155. 

Assistant  Superintendent,  110,  132. 

death,  1SS2,  4()3. 

resigns,  14H. 
Martin,  R.  L.,  5'.t3. 
Maryland,  210. 

education  in,  3."). 
Mason,  Samuel,  582,  593. 
Massachusetts,  210,  517. 
Massachusetts  Bay,  18. 
Massachusetts     Kegiment,     Fifty-fourth, 

:;2.'). 

Fifty-fifth,  :!2.'). 
Masters,  Thomas,  Overseer  of  School.  50, 
Matthews,  Thomas  R.,  180. 
May  (lower,  1(>20,  181. 
McMurrich,  (Dr.),  J.  Playfair,  523,  524, 
535,  552,  5.50. 

resigns,  574. 
"  Mecca  of  the  Ilowlands,  The,"  181. 
Media  Training  School  for  Feeble-mind- 
ed Children,  302. 
Meeting  House,  482,  4S3,  544-545,  (iol. 

and  discipline,  35(). 

at  Haverford,  view,  4()0. 

at  Hendri  Mawr,  501. 
Meeting  House  ISridge,  28(). 

Old  Merion,  view,  2'.i. 

snowball  fray,  54(). 
Meetings  for  Suflerings,  41,  45. 
Mel  lor,  Alfred,  2'.t2. 
Mellor,  (ieorge,  2'.l2,  .".21. 
Mendcnhall,  ('yrus,  258,  2')'.i,  182. 


Mendenhall,  (Dr.),  Nereus,  446. 

appointed  Superintendent,  442. 
Mental  cultivation,  234. 
Mercantile  Library,  (N.  Y.),  100. 
Merion,  86,  287,  400,  500,  501. 
Merion  Cricket  Club,  336,  417,  430,  535. 

defeated  by  the  Dorian  C.  C,  345- 
347. 

first  eleven  defeated  at  Wynnewood, 
361. 
Morion  cricket  grountis,  lawn  tennis  on, 

585. 
Merion  Meeting  House,  21,  80,  X(\. 
Meteoric  showers  in  1867-68,  351,  37(). 
Microscopes,  524. 
Mike's  oyster  and  ice-cream  saloon,  274, 

283,  285. 
Mill  Creek,   77,  70,  86,   206,   212,   282, 
284. 

view  of  fishing-|)ool  on,  28(5. 

views,  70,  286,  414. 
^lince  turnovers  and  cider,  203. 
Minnewaska,  Lake,  207. 
Missouri  Compromise,  237. 
Mitchell,  T.,  322. 
Mitchell,    William     Forster,    a|)pointed 

Superintendent,  301. 
Mock  senates,  606. 

trials,  596,  606,  608. 
Modocs,  cricket-match,  417. 

defeated  by  Haverford,  417. 
Molionk,  Lake,  207. 

and  Indian  att'airs,  207. 
Moore,  (Dr.),  E.  M.,  187. 
Moore,  Jesse  H.,  448. 
Moore,  Lindley  Murray,  address  on  Pos- 
tal System,  215. 

and  tobacco,  187. 

a])pointed  Principal,  1848,  185. 

his  eccentric  methods,  187. 

his  life  in  detail,  185-188. 

President  Loganian  Society,  215. 

resigns,  1850,  193,  211. 
Moore,  Thomas,  186. 
Moore's,  Tom,  cottage,  26. 
"Moralists,  The,"  604. 


INDKX. 


7J1 


Morgan.  J,  :{•_»•.». 
Murgun,  Jaiiies  A.,  \i)^. 
.M..rley,  (I'rof.).  Frank.  IW,  WO. 

I'ri«f».ti»or  of  Matlieninl'uii,  .'wis,  ,"i7.5 
.M..rt««n,  (I'rof.),  trip  to   Iowa.  l.S6'.t,  40" 
.M..rri-,  >«;,  4*2S,  i:U). 
Morris  i^t  Joncss '»04,  .'»0s. 
Morri.s,  Antlioiiv,  Overseer  of  Sfh»K)I,  4'.'. 
M    rris,  Holly,  risi. 
Morris,  Israel.  ">07. 
.Morris,  Israel  W..  •'.i»J,:.o«. 
M..rri-,  Ji«liiia  H. ,•'>'.'"<. 
Mt'rris,  .Marriott  C,  7. 
-Morris,  Sanniei,  17(5. 
Morris.  .Samuel  H.,  OH,  7"i,  la'». 
Morris,  Tlittuiort'  11.,  «»(I4. 
Morris.  Wisiar,  J'.-J,  .Vi.'l,  .Wl. 
M'>rris's  dam,  swimming  at,  1M«>,  I'S'J,  '2^1, 

3(«),  37S. 
••  .M«we>."'  4t;4. 

Mt)tlit'r  Pnriiy  anil  oyster  stfws,  I'lCJ. 
Mote,  .Vbiyail  L.,  ISO. 
Mott,  Ricliard.  7'>,  1H6. 
Mott,  Samuel  F.,  7'J,  7'>. 
Molt,  William    F.,  of  New  York,  •;!.  *".'.'. 

IVJ. 
Mount  Kisc«i,  (\.  Y.),  4Co. 
.Mi. lint  Plex<iant,  school  in  1S3<>,  .54 
Mo^iMinular,  47s. 
Muhlenberg,  19'J. 

Muhlenlterg  College,  I.<ong  Island,  'i'.*. 
Muir,  •'»7»». 
Miilljerrj-    Street    Meeting    to    estahlish 

Seminary,  •'>(',  •JO. 
Munich  rniversity,  513. 
Murray.  T.'-J. 
.Mirnir,  Lindler,  7'_*,  iXtK 

an«i  e<lucation,  4<3. 

his  nililresa,  I'Jl. 

his  "  Re<^.lle«tion»,"  4s«;. 

fMirtrait,  A'2. 
Murray,  LiniiU-y,  Jr.,  I7«>. 
Murr-«y,  Robert  Limlley,  Irt'.i,  17t«. 
Museum,  apparatus  and  appliam-es,  G^K\, 
•k34. 


Museum,  lM>tunii-al  colleition,   list,  t\'M, 

collei-tions.  Library  and,  OIl-«j:i.'>, 
ethiKilogii-nl  follection,  list,  (WU>,  63^^. 
.fologii-al    collection,  list,   (i31-(».32, 

r.33. 
summary  of  ixintenls,  tVXi. 
z<Milo}'ii'al    colleition,   list,  •J3(>-<>.3I, 

Music  ami  Senior  ( ;la>s,  I(l7. 

and  yet"Thce'8a  Friend's  child  I  " 

407. 
by  an  organ  grinder  at  lunch,  548. 
See  Ilavcrfonl  Colle^'i-. 

Mantiikkt,  Mam.,  •J47. 
Nantucket  SiIhm.I,  44. 
Na|«>U'on  and  .Stfjilien  (irelii-t,  3<i|. 
Natural  History  re»earche>,  13»>. 
Naughty  chickens  and  s|K)rt,  *JS.'{. 
New  Beillord,  Mass.,  ISl.  Mr,. 
New  I'.cdford  School,  44. 
NewU.ld,  Kdward,  •".fK). 
Ncwburyport,  .Ma.ss.,  47s. 
New  (  asllc,  474. 

New  Kn«land,  17S,  434,  4.'>0,  50'.'.  6<'.4. 
New  Filmland  Yearly  Meetings,  44,  '.M. 
Newhall,  Paid  W..lrt7,  17l»,  Is.'),  -JOI. 
.New  Hampshire,  '_'H». 
N.w  .Jersey,  isii,  I'.i'i,  JtKl,  -.MO,  '2hs,  408, 
47'.. 

edut-ation  in,  .IC). 
New  Jep-ey,  \Vi"sl, (Quaker  Slate,  16«l. 
New  1  in.  4I.\  4l«;. 
Newlin,  (Prof,  i,  Thomas,  '>'2'.\. 

Profesaor   of    Zoidogy    and    Il<itany, 

4im;. 
Newman.  (Cardinal),  4Mt. 
New  Year,  ringing  in,  37«»,  377. 
New   York.  170,  I7>,  IMO.  '2i\b,  4.VJ,  475, 
5 1  J. 

linancial   Utsaes.  lH,37-3'.»,  14J,  14.3. 

Friends.  17«». 

|H>pid:ition  of.  -S. 

n'view«,  147. 
New  V   '^  - ■' -■-  i"    -'• 


4ti 


722 


iN[»i:.\". 


New  York  I'niversitv,  247. 
New  York  Yearly  .Meeting,  fiO. 
Nicholson,  .J.  \V.,  417. 
Nicliolson,  Lind/.ey,  (I'l. 
Nicholson,  Timothy,  '2~'A. 
Sii|ieriiiteiident,  'J'.'S. 
Nickniinies,  Kt,  11,   12,  24,  140,  ISS,  I'.i-J, 
I'.m;,  2.V.t,  200,  277,  2S2,  283, 
2S4,  32.5,  321t,  ;Uit,41(J,  402, 
404,474,482,551. 
Nine  I'liitners,  Schools  there,  40,  ISO. 

(Quarterly  Meeting,  40. 
"  No  More,"  :500,  3()3. 
Norris,  Isaac,  Overseer  of  Scliool,  4'.t. 
North     American,     Pliiladelpliia,     274, 
:'.7G. 
and  Dr.  Paul  Swift,  31."). 
paragraph  from,  137. 
North  American  Review,  •")22,  5117,  61U. 
North  Carolina,  303,  446,  448,  564. 

Quaker  State,  106. 
Northern  Liberties,  500. 
Northwestern  University,  575. 
Nova  Scotia,  lS(i. 

residence  in,  22ti,  22i<. 
Novels  among  "archives"   of  the  Socie- 
ties, 351. 
"  Nursery,"  at  Foundei"s'  Hall,  538. 

r^.XKMAN,  » ;..  322. 

()l)servatories,  The,  view,  252. 
Observatory,  170,  241,  21t5,  4-53,  400,  482, 
4i»0,  52'.l,  5.5S. 
beginning  of,  200. 
"Ode  tn  Vemis,"  o'.tO. 
Ohio,  30,  210,  440. 

education  in,  30. 
"Old  15uck  Tavern,"  54'.l. 
Old  Lancaster  Road,  20.5. 
Old  Meriim  Meeting  House,  view,  2'.i. 
"Old  Philadelphia    Saving   Fund"    and 

Daniel  15.  Smith,  15(). 
"  Olen"  in  The  Collegian.  344,  34-5. 
Olive  Street  Friends,  ti'.i. 
One  of  the  Shady  Haunts  of  the  Students, 
view,  100. 


Upie,  Amelia,  54,  12^. 

"Opinions  respecting  a  moral  sense," 
157. 

Orators  of  .\lumni  Association,  0!'4. 

Oratory,  Alunuii  |irize  competition,  1890, 
570. 

Orchard,  IKi. 

Osceola,  Iowa,  303. 

"  Vy  TjriTIi;'  in  1874,  31)3. 

Outerbrldge,  A.  A.,  428. 

Owen,  86. 

Owen,  Griffith,  Overseer  of  School,  4lt. 

Owen,  Oliver  (i..  Assistant  Superintend- 
ent, etc.,  357. 

O.xford  cap  and  gown,  4'.tS,  553. 

Oxford  University,  38,  41*5,  520. 

Oysters  at  Purdy's,  138. 

Daige,  Franklix  E.,  212,  202,  480. 

his  address,  2.30. 

his  Fifth  Book  of  Euclid,  245. 

resigns,  245. 
Paheontology,  discoveries  in,  23. 
"  Paley,"  352. 

cremated,  534. 
"  Palingenesis,"  395. 
Pan,  his  great  hit  for  seven,  349. 
Pancoast,  (Dr.),  Joseph,  and  his  sons,  212. 
Pancoast,  (Mrs.),  Joseph,  and  a  rolling 

stone,  212. 
Pancoast,  (Prof.),  William  II.,  580. 

degree  of  A.M.  conferred,  413. 
Paoli  massacre,  scene  of,  22. 
Paper  Mill,  view,  131. 
Parker,  416. 

"  Parlement  Universel,  Le,"  41S. 
Parlor,  the  boys',  205. 

tiie  matrons',  205. 
Parneii.    minister     of    the     Society     of 

Friends,  59. 
Parrish,  Jim,  2.)9. 
Parrish,  Joseph,  400,  5S0. 

his  "  Cricket  Song,"  431-433. 
Parry,  Edward   K.,  Treasurer  Loganian 

Society,  215. 
Parsons,  Robert  B.,  171,  170. 


INDEX. 


79: 


I'.irmms,  Suiiiiiel,  61,  7'J,  71?,  To,  7»>,  LVJ. 

at  New  York  Yearly  Meeiiii};,  •M). 

ui)  the  Central  Scliool,  (>'J. 
I'arsoas,  S»muel   B. ,  Uis. 
PiisturiiiB,   Fraiu-it>    Ihttiicl,  soluMilinatttcr 

ill  17IHI,  .->0,  177. 
Futtentuii,  (.;.  S.,  os7,  vs.s,  oS'i,  r>«H»,  :.'.•;{. 
Paltoii,   (Dr.),  liU  luliireHs  on   ttlticiiiion, 

.')63. 
I'uiil,  Klu:il>o(li,  'tOA. 
Paul,  Jacob,  502. 
Piiiil,  JdIiii,  72. 
P.iul.  Miirtliu.  .502. 
Piiiil,  Mary,  .jo2. 
Paul.  Samuel,  ."iu;?. 
Paxson,  Kicliani  ('.,  »)(i-"t. 
Peiri-e,  ol'.'. 
Peitsineyer,  Eiiwanl,   dn)wne»l    at   (.'iij  ■ 

May,  ;?r.2. 
Peml.rukf,  Wales,  612. 
Penin^ton,  minister    of    the    S>cicty    of 

Frien«l>,  •V.t. 
Peiiketh  .<tlu>ol,  4.'{. 
Penllyn,  North  ^Vale^  .')0l. 
"  Peiin  and  Macaulay,"  20><, 
Penii  IJoiiiulary  Stone,  view,  17. 
Penn  Charter  S<>hool,  ■'►0,  'u. 
Penn  College,  (Iowa),  A50,  .V54,  .'>»>9.  iMI. 
Penn,  Commonwealtii  of,  17. 

minister  of  the  .Society  of  FrientU.  •'»".•. 
Penn  Lit<'niry  Society,  121. 

books  <"onfi»cale«l.  .'»'.»*.•. 

hi.Htory  in  detail,  .'lOH—V.tlt. 

it.H  accounts  re|Mtrtetl  on,  •">'.''.•. 
Penn,  William,  l'.i-21,  22,  17.  4h.  '.»|.  117. 
40S,  477,  501,  .112. 

an<l  chaiiKeil  value  of  lan<l,  I '.•'.*. 

and  Wtlsh  Tract,  1'.',  Jn. 

his  charters   to  i  irammar  .ScIi<m>I    in 
I'hilailelphia,  I*.',  •'><). 

hi<i  <^at-of.nrms,  >•'>. 

his  frame  of  Kovemment,  47. 

letter  aa  to  education  of  hi*  chililren, 
47. 

ofiesa.  oOO. 

lo Oovemnr  Thom.x<  LloviJ.    |s. 


Penii,  William,  price  pai«l  him  for  hiiid,S.'j. 

purchase  of  Eiisl  Jersey,  lH<i. 

ijUoled,  1<<7. 

receive<l  t'2"»  for  l,2o«t  acres  in  Peiin- 
•.ylvanin.  s-{, 

the  "(Quaker  Cavalier,"  4<>4. 
I'eiincM-k,  Ahraiii  L.,  72,  1152. 
iVnnock,  J.  Liddon.  Uts,  122,  4^4. 
Penn'«  Treaty,  'I'M. 
Pennsylvania,  li»,  2«Mi,2lO,  los,  4«',4,  .501- 

education  in,  34. 

(Quaker  State,  IM. 

view  of  oUh-st  paper-mill,  l;il. 
Peniwyl  vania  ( "ollc^e,  Ins. 
IVuiisylvaiiiu  Coile).je  of  Dental  Surgery, 

Jti'.t. 
P.  im,\lvania   Company    for  Insiininceii, 

etc.,  505. 
I  I  nn..ylvania  Hall  burned  by  mob,  ls:W, 

Pennsylvania  Historical  Society,  23. 
Pennsylvania  Hospital,  256,  4os^  rtt)*i. 
Pennsylvania  Ma;;azine.  <|iiote<i,  50l. 
Pennsylvania    li:iilroad,  27,  77,  7li,   11U», 
'isti,  2<.>5,  2«1>,  423,  491,  63!j. 
chan^^es  its  line,  3%. 
to  build  new  bridge,  107,  304. 
IVniisylvania     Regiment,    the     Twenty- 
ninth,  31.'>. 
Pennsylvania  Slate  Me<lical  .Sniety,  40S. 
Pennsylvania  I'niversity,  MV,  4tX'<,  401', 
A2S,  472,  47:?.  .530,  643. 
and  John  (iummere,  154. 
defeated    in   cricket,   .'iS4,  417,  427, 

430,  576. 
t'lr^t     cricket-match     with     D)rian, 

\>f;\,  320-322. 
football  mntclies,  5ii3. 
Prnnyimcker,  Judge,  on  F.  D.  Pa.Htoriu», 

'rO. 
iVny.  116. 
lVrio<lica|H,  610. 
Perot,  Jame«  P..  600. 
Perot,  James  S.,  .'(25. 
PcHlaloui,  517. 
Petndeum.  25.  .147. 


INDKX. 


Pliil:i(ltl|'lii:i,  jMSsim,  e.  g-,  ^o"),  80:i,  364, 
4114,  499,500,  £02,  50S.  5S0, 
(i43. 

a  in<i(lel  city,  'J4. 

a  "  I'aradise  of  Meilincrity,"  'J4. 

AtMik'niy  of  Niitural  Sciences,  2-'5, 
HIS. 

anil  Columbia  R.  K.,  2(). 

anil  Liver|)ool  Packet  Line,  199. 

ami  iStepIien  Girard,  1S3. 

Bicentennial,  4(14,  465. 

Boanl  of  Trade,  256. 

Boys'  High  School,  40S. 

Cily  Hall,  250. 

College  of  Medicine,  408. 

committee  on  education,  61-62. 

Continental  Congress,  22. 

Corner-stone  of  America,  IS. 

Dental  College,  meeting  at,  364. 

Friends'  Academy,  57. 

Friends'  Select  School,  526. 

Grammar  School  there,  49. 

Hi>;h  School,  254. 

Hospital,  40S. 

House  of  Refuge,  256. 

Independence  Hall,  2li. 

Library,  97,  4S4. 

Mercantile  Library,  256. 

Monthly  Meeting,  500. 

l)opulation  of,  2S. 

(Quarterly  Meeting,  7.S. 

Railroad  Station,  1860,295. 

Reynolds'  School,  249. 

Richardson,  C.  F.,  on,  18. 

Saint  (leorge's  Hall,  Alumni  meet- 
ing, 18S1»,  5S(|. 

Sciio(d  for  Young  Ladies,  526. 

schools  in,  57. 

State  House,  22. 

Union  League  Club,  412,  580. 

unlawful  visits  to,  5.'57. 

W.ilnnt  Street  Charity  School,  :!5. 

WeM  I'hiiadtdphia,  295,  506. 

Woman's  Hospital,  408. 

Yearly  .Meeting;,  W. 

Young  Men's  Institute,  505. 


Phillips,  (Prof.),  5M0. 
Phillips,  Richard,  54. 
Phillips,  William,  54. 
Photoj^raph  of  Class  allowed,  3-10. 
Pickering,  Elihu,  Friends"  School,    167, 

503. 
Pie,    how    divided    in    "  Senior    Room,"' 

353. 
Pies,  487. 
Pillow  fight,  3511. 

Pinkham,    .John  W.,  Tutor  and    Libra- 
rian, 305. 
Pinkham,  Joseph  G.,  336. 
"  Pinus  Inops — Jersey  Pine,"  translated, 

280. 
Plainfield,  (N.  J.),  189. 
Play- House,  244. 
Plymouth,  503. 

Colony,  181. 

(England),  524. 

(Montgomery  County),  502. 

Rock,  Pilgrims  of,  18. 
Poets  of  Alumni  Association,  ()94. 
Political  Club,  Tlie,  shortlived,  446. 
Pope,  Eilward  M.,  death,  1886,  532. 
"  Porgies,"  4S2. 
Porter  &  Coates,  7. 
Postage,  Penny,  in  England,  198. 
Post-OfSce  at  Henderson's,  274. 
Potter,  (Bishop),  505. 
Powder  Mill,  Revolutionary,  nearWynne- 

wood :  view,  159. 
Pratt,  Charles  E.,  5,  366,  374,  375,  412. 
Pratt,  (General),  Daniel,  ()04. 

a  "tramp,"  381. 

his  address  to  the  students,  382-384. 
Prefect,  Office  created,  1879,  435. 
Presence  of  mind,  282. 

a  by-word,  285. 
President,  name  adopted,  269. 
Presidents :  List,  688. 
Preston,  Samuel,  Overseer  of  Sciiool,  49. 
Price,  582. 
Price,  (Hon.),  Eli  K.,  Centennial  Address, 

500. 
Price,  W.  F.,  593 


INI>KX. 


._'.> 


I'rimtrt'iii  C'olletjf,  •'>ll,  5<>;{,  .'»r.."i. 

anil  Juliii  <iuiniiiviv,  I'>-t. 
I'rint-ipal  ln't-ame  I'res'uli'iit,  'J'iV. 
I'rivato  Hfvit'w,  rule  for,  HSl. 
Pri/eNVimuTsof  Aliiiiini  Asjiooiation, •'>'.' I. 
I'ri/f>,  Annual  Cununittfe  on,  :?•»•"». 
rr.«*»;r.  A,  .1'27. 

I»ro«|«it  Hill.  7'J,  -Jor.,  js-j,  jsl. 
Proud,  Robert,  Master  of  IVnn  t'liarter 

SflnK>l,  •"»0. 
Providence,  (K.    I.).   Friends'  IU>nrdinK 

St-liool,   1S7,   I'M,  -jof.,  -jKi, 

•J4'>,  l'»0,  .'i2'»,  •'>•-'•>. 
Public   Schools,  Society  fi>r  the   I'runut- 

tion  of,  3"i. 
Pnrdy's,  a  farni-lionse,  l:>*i. 
Pnrver,  Anthony,  Tninslator  of  the  Hi- 

ble,  .VI. 
Pu*ey,  C'ali'b,  Overster  of  ScIkhjI,  4'.*. 
Pxrrhlc  victory,  an  elepliantine  victnry, 

V»4. 

QrAi>KAX<ii.K..  The,  view,  :iS6. 
"(iiiakir  Cavalier,  The,'"  4«4. 
(^laker  Schools  l'.»2. 
(Quaker  States,  l6Ct. 
(Quakerism  and  its  dress,  IIU. 

and  James  (f.  lUaine,  I'Jl. 

principle  of,  1'.'. 
t^nakern  and  eiliicittinn.  oS. 

in  the  New  World,  l'.». 

their  "s{>e<'ialties,"  'J37. 
i^iiartcrly  Meeting,  eoniniittee,  1  **»;;{,  :\\'t. 
ijuinry,  Josiah,  'ilH. 

Dadnok,  21,  HG,  4yy,  5('> 

Monthly  Meeting  eren  a  .M««iini,' 

House.  I  or,.  1 07. 
Saint  David's  Church:  view,  114. 
Kahwny,  i  N.  J.),  wIkniI,  iSrt. 
Hailway  station,  l^^ol,  11,  2'>7. 
•  Kani.'  402. 
R.mibler,  22«,  22l»,  2:?2 
Hanctxtuk,  i  N.  J.i,  3'.»7. 

school  taught  by  John  <  tumn)cr«,153. 
Randolph,  .SS2. 


Randolph,  Cieorfje,  17tJ. 
Runtlolph,  Rachel  S.  J.,  G23. 
Hals,  Twenty-three  esssiys  on,  23y. 
Kel>elli<>n,    etiecis   on     l>uildin^    scheme, 

:«»7. 

Re<-itation-ro4mi,  Clashiod,  view,  :U3. 
"  Rwtilleclions,"     by     Lindlcy    Murray, 

4SG. 
Kecce,  Ihivis,  ami  Mahlon  I>ickerMon,  1'.'2. 
Keese,  SG. 

Reeve,  Augusins  H.,  475. 
Heeve,  W.,  '»S7,  .")H8. 
Remington's,    a    splendid    couii(ry-s<at, 

-'S3.  2Xo. 
Reminiscences,  l.SS.>-S7,  ."iSG-oo?. 
Rcpiiblicati  Royalty,  visit  from,  ')5^. 
Heservatum  majoribus:  trans!aie«l,  141. 
"  UetirinK  Rule,"  537. 
Revolutionary  Powtler  Mill,  view,  l.'»'.i. 
Reynolds,  William   .Vu^usliis,  ap|Miinied 
teacher,  241. 

his  .schohirship'i,  '210. 

inslructor  of  Cla>si»-s,  1S53,  24S. 

reaiRns  is.VS,  24'.<. 
Rhetorical  ."N)ciety,  124,  G(K). 
Rhoads  (Dr.),  E4lward,  death,  363. 
Rhoads,  Samuel,  1G7. 
Rhoads,  William,  4^2. 
Rh.sle  Islaml.  4s9,  .VJi. 

(^laker  ."^tate,  !G6. 

S<'hool,  4'». 
Rho«les.  5s2. 
Rhos  y  niynyd<l,  54  >2. 
Richards,  Jonathan,  14'.i,  IGS. 

apfiointetl  Su|ierintendent,  1h.k'{,  2')1. 
Richnnis,    Margaret,   ap|Miin(e<l    matron, 

1S53,  251. 
Richanlson,    C.    R,    in     his    "  .\meric:in 

Literature."  \s. 
Itichmond,  (Iml.),  1%.  212. 

(V*.),  32.5. 

fall  of,  333. 
Rink'walt.  J.  L.,  <|note«I,  27. 
Rol>ert«.  Charles,  5.  G,  375,  4H0,  5S(). 
Rol>ertp»,  Charles.  Ma«ter  of  Penn  Charter 
School,  60. 


72<; 


INDKX. 


Roberts,  Josepli,  Master  of  Penn  Charter 

School,  50. 
Kobins,  Denjamin,  54. 
Rodman,  Edmund,  oUS. 
Rogers,  (Prof.),  Robert  W.,  oG7. 
his  catalogue,  r>23. 
Instructor  in  Greek,  .")58. 
receives  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philos- 
ophy, 577. 
resigns,  574. 
Rolker,  51  it. 

Roman  Catliolic  College,  (Md.),  59. 
Rose,  D.  F.,  and  Cricket,  12,  34S. 
Hosin-gas  scheme,  254. 
Rotcli,  William,  .Jr.,  and  George  How- 
land,  181. 
Rowden  School,  4'-i. 
Rugby,  (England),  <i7,  41lt,  428,  461,471, 

4S5. 
Rugby  Football,  28S,  581. 
defeats  Swarthmore,  582. 
first     match     at    Haverford,    1879, 
(drawn),  581. 
Knnniiig  track  and  Meetings,  570,  585. 
'■  Rushing,''  term  for '"Hazing''  at  Haver- 
ford, 377. 
Ruskin,  517. 

C       A.,    and   pine   board    wickets   and 

'-'•  ">  bats,  289. 

Satlh.n-Walden  School,  48. 

Saint  Charles  Borromeo  College,  287. 

Saint  David's  Church,  Radnor:   view,  34. 

Sandbag,  a  boxing  club,    2Sl,  284. 

Sands,  David,  209. 

Sandwich,  (Mass.),  school  there,  18G. 

Sanford,  ( I'n.f.),  Myron  R.,  543,  552,  040. 

Sansom,  Ueulah,  (i22. 

Sansom,  Joseph,  (J22. 

Santa  Barbara,  Free  Public  Library,  194. 

Museum  of  Natural  History,  194. 
Sargent,  Dr.,  454. 
Satterthwaite,  Samuel  T.,  259,  4S2. 
Savannah,  The,  the  lirst  steamship,  2X. 
Say,  Thomas,  naturalist,  54. 
Scarborough,  (England  i,  177. 


"  Scavenger,"  or  Class  Deputy,  353. 
SchaeftiBr,  Charles,  his  map,  240. 
Schell,  (Prof.),  instructor  of  Drawing,  250. 
Schoolmasters' Convention,  188t),  532. 
Schoolmasters   in   the   Friends'  Schools, 

42. 
Schools  in  Boston,  35. 

in  Connecticut,  36. 

in  New  England,  oH,  44. 

in  New  Jersey',  36. 

in  New  York,  4<i. 

in  New  York  State,  36. 

in  North  Carolina,  53. 

in  Ohio,  36,  54. 

of  Friends  in  1671,  39. 

of  Friends  on  settling  in  America, 
44. 

"Select  Schools,"  51. 

Society  for  the  promotion  of  public 
schools,  35. 

ten  established   by  Friends  in  Eng- 
land,  43. 
Schuylkill  hill,  212. 

river,  26,  259,  282,  284,  29S,  474. 

Valley,  206. 
Scientific  American,  quoted,  453. 
Scott,  Alexander,  and  lease  of  farm,  185. 
Scott,  (Sir),  Walter,  237. 

quoted,  209. 
Scull,  David,  Jr.,  263,  265. 
Scull,  David,  Sr.,  167,  179,  185. 

death,  497. 

his  donation,  559. 

portrait,  496. 
Scull,  Edward   Lawrence,  322,  498,622, 
623. 

and  Barclay  Hall,  404. 

death,   491. 

his  bequest,  $10,000,  491. 
Scull,  Gideon,  498. 
Second  Juniors,  275. 

become  Sophomores,  269,  300. 
Secretaries :  List,  (iSS. 
Seebohm,  Benjamin,  minister  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends,  205. 
Seelye,  President  Smith  College,  450. 


INDEX. 


i'H 


Select  sthuolii,  ')1. 

Senior  ClasM,  rules  for  limi-li  i>{  pie,  .'UVt. 
Senior  rouin,  ibt  privilejjo!*.  .■{.'>'J-:{.'»3. 
Senii>r'H  <'liri»tma.>*  ami  New  Yean*,  ;i78. 
Farewell,  liiu-*  ami  notes  l>y  Samuel 
A.  lla.lliy,  Jsl-'J.sS. 
Ser|>eniine,  Tlie,  48»'»,  .'»3,s. 
view,  'J40. 
Walk,  JT!*. 
Scrrill,  Isaacs..  ll'J.  17f.,  I'C,:;. 
death.  .H63. 
his  addrettf,  17X. 

his  •'  Ilaverfitrd  KeviHiteti,"  171-17'>. 
hi.s  "  Hiiverlurd  Reviveii,"  ->'>\. 
Shackelwell,  iiuHrdinK-sM'liiMtl  fur  KirlK,3'.l. 
Shackleton,   Ahrahani.   m-IiooI    at    Ralli- 

tore,  Irelitjiil.  17l.''i,  44. 
Shake«|»e:ire  .idmitteti  to  ihe  Athenieiini, 

3.">4. 
Sliukin^  hands,  22o. 
"Shan>;liai"  and  breaW  and  Wutier,  277. 
lollege  name  fi>r  mi>la«i>e?',  '2^-,  2>>4. 
4«2. 
Sharon  Walk.  4.S0. 
Sharp,  Isaai-,  4«»4. 
Sharp,  Jinsepli  W..  •"•"'",  •"'.'•!. 
SharplesK.  12"-'. 
Sliarpleas,  ClinrU-   L.,  iu^.  l'-'.'.  '    '     '• '■ 

2r.7,  4X4. 
Sharplti*s  D.  Otlley,  108. 
.Sharple^s,  Henrv  « i.,  li;'.i,  17«i,  2»»o. 
SharplesB.  (Dean).  I»aar,  7.  ll>:{,  KHi,  4.'^«», 
44:J,  4o2,  4.'.:{.  \h'.),  47'.»,  4Hi», 
4'.>2,  4'.»:{,  .-.a.^,  i4l,.'i51,  5.')7, 

.'>6.s,  5«»;j, -VhI,  .5»;r.,  .'.77  .'.•«••. 
.'»w,  mo. 

eleotetl  Pm*ident,  1K87,  .')j- 

en">uraRe^  athleliot,  'tt'Ai. 

his  life  in  deCnil.  .'.29-VW. 

inaiiiruratioM  exenisen,  l.'<>»7,  •*»'ll. 

made  I  Van.  V.»'>. 

|iortrait,  .')30. 

Profe'«ior  of  Klhirs,  '>7'». 

residence,  4<H;. 
Sharplena,  TownsemI,  1(>2,  I'm,  17U. 
Shaw,  (Colonel  t.  :?2'.. 


Slieller  f«ir  Colored  Orphans,  147. 
Sheppani,  ClarkKon,  lus,  47<.). 

hiiiaildre>«,  121. 

Vioe-pre«i"denl  of  Lognnian  Society, 
ll'.t. 
Shinny,  12ti,  2(m;.  2>«2,  2>»7,  2HS,  2'»0,  2'.»3. 
Shipley,  Tlioma",  •>'.•,  7n. 
Sliipley's  School  for  ti'irU,  37<». 
Ship|K-n,  Kdward,  Overseer  of  School,  4l». 
Shoemaker,  S.  H.,  6ii;5. 
Sh<K>ting,  K-say  on,  234. 
Sidrot  S«ho.>l,  e>tal.lisheil  ISO'.i.  43. 
Sidney,  (Sir),  riiilip.  .|Uotf,I,  347. 
Sill,  Davis,  h-a-se  to,  '••4. 
Silliman,  i  I'rof.),  Benjamin,  l'.***. 

and  Josiah  White,  27. 

Ix'clnres  on  ( ieoloj;y.  ]'A). 
Sims,  J.  ('.,  322 
Skating.  2V.t,  300,  4fM,  51."i,  t\io. 

holiday,    2yS. 
SkalinK-|M)nd,  3W. 

view,  ti|«). 
Slavery,  lOS,  22.S,  237,  :{<>2 

il8  influence,  132. 
Smiley.  AHktI  K.,  ^7^. 

an  Indian  t'omnii'siontr,  207. 

graduate,  1S4'.»,  20s 

resigns,  217. 

teacher  of  Knglish  Literature,  20<>, 
211,244. 
Smiley.  .Mfretl  H.,  47s. 

gnuhiale.  1S41»,  20>. 

resignm  247. 

teacher  of  Knglish   Literature,  20(i, 
211,244. 
Smith,    (Dr.),     "  Histor)-     of     Delaware 

County."  -JO. 
Smith,  .\U>aniu,  Tt*fS, 
Smith,  Asa  H.,  <*>]. 
Smith,  Benjamin  K.,  ICS,  I7r>. 
Smith,  Charles,  of  I'.  A  K.  K.  Co.,  I'.K). 
Smith,  (Prof.),  Clement  L.,31.3,  32X,  474, 
47'.»,  :>31.  oX). 

goe«  to  (fotlingen.  'XVk 

Librarian,  )iI7. 
Smith  College.  I'»<> 


INDKX. 


Smith,  Daniel  B.,  HI,  •!:5,  •'.■.i,  72,  I'Jli,  lol, 
lti2,  171,  21^,485,  rxio.o'.i'.t, 

a  great  teaciier  at  IlaverfonI,  '.'7. 

address  to  stiidenls,  177. 

and  Chemistry,  244. 

death,  1SS3,  157,  4<><i. 

liis  "  History  of  the  United  States," 
1.^)7. 

his  library  in  Cottage  Row,  <  Jernian- 
town,  157. 

liis  life  in  detail,  155-l"i7. 

liis  "  Ode  to  Venus,''  •')•.•(». 

his  writings,  \'M. 

influence  on  Haverford,  I'S. 

judge  at  mock  trial,  125. 

letter  to  Richard  Mott,  is:51,  75. 

made  Principal,  1S43,  149. 

member  of  distinguished   Societies, 
loi;. 

method  of  teaching,  lit). 

on  Natural  Sciences,  etc,  IX'-Vl,  242. 

portrait,  <')3. 

President  of  Loganiun    Society,  11'.', 
1.34. 

recommended  as  teaclier,  104. 

residence  at  Haverford,  104. 

resigns,  1845,  150. 

resolution  on  his  resignation,  Kil. 

teacher  of  English,  etc.,  lOH,  110, 131. 
Smith,  Dillwyn,  lOS. 
Smith,  (l>r.  I,  Paul,  his  gunpowder,  315. 
Smith,  George,  :!22. 
Smith,  Lloyd  P..  2<;5,  2f;7,  4S0. 

his  "  Reminiscences,"  484. 

on  Daniel  B.  Smith,  ii7. 
Smith,  (Mrs.),  Daniel  B.,  <ts. 
Smith,  Robert  Pearsall,  17C.,  2Cti,  5«t8. 
Snell-( Hmstead,   his  "  Natural   Philoso- 
phy," 5<i(). 
Snob's,  alias  Temperance  store,  283,  285, 

2S(>,  .538. 
Snowball  fight,  4<)5. 

Societies,  Minor,  of  the  Early  Day,  (iOO. 

Solger,  (Dr  ),  Reinhold,    his   lectures  on 

History,  2'JU. 


"Song  of  the  Dorian,"  431. 

Sophomore   Class,   185S-5i1,  subscription 

for  Hall  and   Library,  306. 
Sophomore  Day,  534,  555. 
Sophomore  otherwise  "  a  wise  fool,"  543. 

name  adopted,  2f>'J,  300. 
So{)liomores,  275. 

South,  the  Reconstruction  of,  333. 
Southeby,  William,  Overseer  of  School, 

40-50. 
S[iarks,  519. 

Spect:itor,  The,  plagi,:rism  from,  480. 
Spectroscope  added,  490. 
Spelling-bee,  008. 
Springet,  H.,  41. 
"Square  Friend,"  Tiie,  50. 
Stanbury,  Nathan,  Overseer  of  School,  50. 
Starr,  Edward,  321. 
Starr,  Joseph  W.,  480. 
Steamship,  the  first,  28. 
Steel  pens  introduced  at  Haverford,  192. 
Steele,  Thomas  C.  604. 
Steere,  Jonathan  Mowry,  640. 
Stenton,  22. 
Stevens,  (Bishop),  495. 
Stevens'  Institute,  Hoboken,  341,  496. 
Stevens,   (Prof.),  Moses  C,  295,  301,  565. 
Stevenson,  Isaac,  209. 
Stewardson,  George,  of  Philadelphia,  61, 

69,  72,  105,  159,  102. 
Stewart,  Dugald,  his  ethical  leotiiies,  139. 

his  philosophy,  139. 
Slillc,   (Dr.),  Charles  J.,  liis    "Life   and 

Times  of  John  I)ickinson, " 

52. 
Stone   Gateway   at   entrance,    Lancaster 

Pike:  view,  474. 
Story,  Thomas,  477. 

Overseer  of  School,  49. 
Strawbridge,  Justus  C,  490. 
Strong,  William,  397. 
Stroud,  (Dr.),  AVilliam  D.,  176. 
Stuart,  (ieorge,  tutor  of  Classics,  250. 
Stubs,  John,  the  Battle- Door,  39. 
Student,  The,  522,  564. 
quoted,  351. 


INI»K.\. 


72J» 


SliiilentV  Cuiniitiltee,  l?'.'. 

List,  1H3:^-1SI»1,  ta-v  r.S4. 

iiiet'tinK  tiillt**!,  Mi'J. 

riMniis,  views,  IH,  573. 
Sliuly  rtx»m,  The,  S-'^S. 
"  Slump"  IJailv's  cornel,  'mI. 
Suliliiuf,  The  (a  burlesMiiie),  2*J.'). 
Sugar,  Free,  'J<V>. 
Siiiulay  SchiK>l  Times,  '>2'2. 
Superior,  The  Lake,  HM!. 
Su|>er>ititi<>n,  '2'2'k 
Supj)er8,  'ttt'2. 
Swain  Free  School,  5(»o. 
Swan»ea.   1^9. 
Hwarthmore  Coll»»ne,  475,  554. 

footJ>aIl  maUhes,  5s-J.  .■)83,  '>\rA. 
Swift,  (  Dr.),  Paul,  2ys,  :m,  :{i:5,  s-.n.  4.-)_». 
4S2.  4«7. 

and  cliemislrj*,  245. 

anti  dictionaries,  27S. 

and  his  niaxim!>,  27S. 

anettlote:*  of,  IJ77. 

ap|M>inte<l  a  Manager,  247. 

ap{M>inted  teacher,  241. 

death,  ls»;»;,  :u;4. 
(letails  of.  24ii-247. 
his  actions  and  jokes,  :U*>. 
his  cufuml>ers,  4'<2. 
his  diiu-ipline.  4>>.">. 
his  gun|K)wder,  MS. 
on  death  of  I'rcsident  Lini\)ln,  3'A'2. 
portniil,  317. 
resigns,  ls»i.'>^  'XM. 
teacher  of  English,  1853,  247. 
Swift,  ^Mn».),  I*««d,  4»>. 

Tah»:k,  Abram,  47». 
*     Tal«r.  Charles,  2r.7, 

his  addren,   12t>. 
'*  Talk  with  Pmfejwor  Emeritus,"  :U»4-31'5. 
Tntnall.  F.-lward.  H»s. 
Tatiim,  « ifor^'e  M.,  604. 
Tatum.  Josiah,  lt'>2,  167. 
Taverns,  views,  111,  2l:t. 
Tajrlor.  416. 
Taylor,  Charles,  1 14. 


Taylor,  Charles  .S.,  361,  liW,  374,  37.S. 
Taylor,  Christopher,  headmaster  of  Wal- 
tliam  S-hool,  W. 

in  Pennsylvania  colony,  3'.'. 
Taylor,  (Dr.),  Jinieph  W.,  150. 
Taylor,  F.  H.,  417,  426. 
Taylor,   (Jeorge    W.,    his    "  free"    lal)or 

store,  20«>. 
Taylor  Hall,  Bryn  .Mawr  College:  view, 

451. 
Teeth,  and  visits  to  I'hiludelphia,  13H. 
Teles4.>)|K?,  lujualorial,  4'.H». 

piirchustMl,  2.'>.!. 
Tennis,  4t'l,  64.'>,  64lt. 

lirsl  tournament,  IH.Stl,  5ii<'). 
Test.  Zaccheiis.  211,  212,  2t'2. 
Thayer,  5'.»0. 

Theatrical  represenlations   calleil  "' Cha- 
rades," 60«i. 
Themes  made  to  oriler,  555, 
Theonw,  Ixtter  from,  225,  2.30,  2:{2. 
Third  Juniors,  now  Freshmen,  276,  .'MXl. 
Thomas,  5^2. 
ThouKis.    (Mrs),    Sui>erintendeiit     Fair 

Hill  .Shool,  .53. 
Tlinmas,  (  Prof.  1,  .\llen  C,  G,  273,  2\)s,  3i>2, 
I.V.I,  513,  523, 552, 567,  •►40. 

a|-|><>inte<l  Prefect,  43.5. 

farewell   supper  to,  513. 

his  residenit' :  view,  612. 

lihrnrian,  575. 
Thomas,  Boml  V.,  't'J'.i. 
Thoma.s,  Ihivid,  gift  to  I>»g:inian  .SiK-iety , 

1  lU. 
Thomas,  James,  H.5. 

Thomas,  i  I>r.),  James   Carey,    212,   262, 
267,471 

his  address,  '2S^. 

Secretary  I.,ogiinian  S-h  jety.  \l\'t. 
Thomas,  John  .\p,  501. 
Thomas,  John  C.,2l»2. 
Thomas,   John   J.,    honorary   degree  of 

M.  A.  crjnferred,  4.34. 
Thoma-s  J«»hn  .M.  W.,  .'.y.l. 
ThoniM,  (  Pr.),  Joseph,  3P.»,  434. 

and  his  puMishem,  '.'7. 


730 


INOKX. 


Tliomas,  (.Dr.),  Joseph,  first  teacher  of 
Latin  and  lireek,  90. 

liLs  dictionaries,  •.•()-i>7. 

teaciier  of  Elocution,  250. 
Thomas,  Marv,  oOC. 
Thomas,  Kees,  7S,  87. 
Thomas,  Kiclmrd,  ')0G. 
Th<imas,  (Dr.),  Kicli:.rd  II.,  180. 

Letter  to  Thouiits  Kimber,  1847, 180. 
Thomas,    Samuel,    .Superintendent    Fair 

Hill  School,  oS. 
Thomas,  Sarah,  50(1. 
Thoma-s,  Thomas,  74,  78. 
Thompson,  ")90. 

Thompson,  Josepli  Osgood,  (■)40. 
Thomson,     Charles,     Master    of     Penn 
Charter  School,  "iO. 

residence:  view,  1214. 

Secretary   of  Continental   Congress, 
'oO. 
Thomson,  John,  7. 
Tilgliman,  (Chief  Justice), and  the  House 

of  liefuge,  150. 
Tilt,  410. 

"Times,"  London,  41S,  465. 
Tobacco,  its  use  forbidden,  391. ' 
Tomlinson,  Edwin,  (104. 
Toronto  University,  o2o. 
Toriey,  519. 

Tottenham  School,  established  1828,  43. 
Town-ball,  120,  135,259,  2S7,  288. 
Townsend,  (Dr.),  440. 
Transportation,  Systems  of,  25,  27. 
Treasurers:  List,  OSS. 
Trendelenberg,  5'JO. 
Tiimble,  Stephen  M.,  to  furni  the  land, 

91. 
Tuke,  James  Hack,  455. 
Turkey  (Jobblers,  The,  010. 
"Twin  Star,''  514. 

library  fund,  594. 

the  Hryn  Mawr  College,  541. 
Tyro  Lingo,  22S,  2.30,  231,  232,  234,  001. 

and  The  CoUejjian,  223-225. 

how  he  m:ide  a  "  Paper,"  223-224. 
Tyson,  5sil. 


Tyson,  Isaac  Jr.'s  Sons,  180. 
Tyson,  (Dr.),  James,  472,  580. 

T  Jndekiiili.,  Stkphkx,  004. 

^      Union  Springs,  (X.  Y.),  409,  434. 

seminary  for  girls,  182. 
United  Cricket  Club,  270,  .S(».3. 

defeated,  293. 
United  States,  aggregate  wealth  of,  182. 

growth  of  Railroads,  480. 
"  United  States  Dispensatory,"  ]5(). 
United  States  Mint,  23. 
United  States  National  Museum,  523. 
Uriah,  Mrs.  Hoj^kius's  man-servant,  .329. 


V 


AIL,  B.  A.,  his  record  for  bowling,  320, 


Vail,  Hugh  D.,  478,  505. 

changes  introduced  by,  192. 

declined  position  of  Principal,  1850, 
193. 

his  dress,  190,  192. 

his  life  in  detail,  188-194. 

his  sister,  273. 

resigns,  193,  245. 

teacher  of  Mathematics,  1848,  185. 
Valley  Forge  Encaiupmeut,  22. 
Vaux,  George,  Jr.,  0. 
Vau.x,  Roberts,  292,  004. 
Venus,  transit  of,  1882,  405. 
Villa  Nova  College,  283,  285,  287. 
Virgil,  489. 

aptly  quoted,  487. 

practically    illustrated    on   a   delin- 
quent, 18S. 
Virginia  University,  558. 
Visits  of  Friends,  The,  378. 

"\X7Ai>?woKTn  School,  French  taught, 
^^  40. 

Scriptures  read  daily,  40. 
Waldie's  "  Portfolio."  485. 
Wales,  Society  of  Friends,  499. 
Walker,  ( Dr.),  519. 

Wain,  Nicholas,  Overseer  of  School,  49. 
W:dtbam,  29. 


INDEX. 


7:;i 


Wtiltlmni,  Inmrtling-iM-hool  for  Iwvh,  31'. 
Walton,  James  M.,  251*.  ^i"),  3_'0. 
Walu.n,  Jo.»*f|.h,  las,  109,  117,  475.  471*. 

Curator  of  lA>K»n'uiii  S«Kiet_v,  1 1'.'. 
"  War,"  l.y  KoUrl  Hall.  4s5. 
Wanler,  Ufiijaniin  H.,  TroasuriT,  7"_',  1  I'l. 
Warder,  K.-Urt  H.,  4.VJ. 

I'rufi-Mor  of  IMivsiis  ami  ChemiMry, 
ls7i»,  5ti«;. 
Washinuton's  Birllulay,  4«U. 
"  Watliiii^toirii  IVwition  in  Kn^lUh  His- 
tory," 461. 
Wataon's  Hill  and  John  Howland,  l**!. 
Wearv,  (N.  H.i.  J 12.  •_»•;•.'. 
Weatlier  |>re<liiiioiu».  'ill. 
Wi'ldon,  Thoiiia.s,  killtil  iihkI  dog,  137. 
WeUh,  (Hon.),  John.  41S. 
Welsii  M.-ttler4  of  Haverlord,.  455. 
WcUh  Tnict.  ll>. 

i-eilfd  by  Penn,  ~'J. 

IH-««1  of  (j rant,  SO. 
Wel.«.h,  William,  505. 
Wcntworth  cremated,  4l»l,  534. 
Wcsleyan  I'niversity,  5'J.'>,  5t>".>. 
West,  lienjamin,  his  liirthplace  and  let- 
ters, 22. 

I're»ident  of  Koyal  Academy,  •'»  1. 
We>t  Chi-ster,  excur>ion  to,  571. 
Went  Chester  Kailroad,  1 1'J. 
Westchester  State  Normal  School,  5;{(l. 
West  Haverford  IVt-ollii-e,  :?0<i. 
Western  ."^avinjj  Fund,  5(t.'(, 
Westtown  .S:hcH.I,  51,  l.'.3,  1.5s,  HhI.  lU'i, 
375,  4(H1,  45<»,  .5-_".l,  -V)  1 ,  .V>_». 

and  l>a."tel.all,  .M'.J,  .37*;,  5s4. 

and  Haverford,  1  S»'»5-«">«i,  375. 

and  Joseph  (i.  Harlan,  'J 45. 

and  Natural  Science,  I'.t'i. 

early  days  deM-riUtl,  l.HU. 

office  of  ( iorernor,  107. 

official  Tisit  fr«>ni,  375  37'). 

rexulatioiH.  .'i7. 

teachers  at,  1'.'3. 
Wctherald,  William,  a|>|>ointed  8u|>erin- 
Icndent.  'A'j.  '.->. 

migna,  'Wt. 


Wharton,  Hachel,  SV 

Wiiarton,  ii4>U.'rt,  .S5, 

What.'  JS'J. 

Wheeler,  iremate*!,  534. 

NVliiiall,  JameH,  •JG'J,  41S,  4iH). 

Whitull,  John  .M,  his  lie^iui-st  of  |10,(K»0, 

455. 
While,  Klias  .\.,  UIKJ. 
White  Hall,  203,  274,  2S3,  312. 

and  the  "care-taker,"  113. 

(Castner's),  view,  ].37. 

hotel,  2S5. 
White,  Josinh,  17".». 

eii>;ineer,  27. 
White.  .Mile>,  IsO. 
Whittier-tield,  654. 
Wiiiltier.  (lortnidc  K.,  210. 
Whittier,  John  (J.,  20".',  476. 

lines  to,  345. 
Whittlers,  The,  Utxinn  cluh,  2S1,  *.:S4. 
Wigton  school,  estahlishetl  1S1.">,  43. 
Wilkoharre,  StJite  Convention  at,  1*^*>0, 

4fs. 
Williams,  treorge,  6i'. 
Williams,  K.,  337,  34S. 
Williamson,  (Jeorge,  17i». 
Williamst.n,    I.    V.,    his  nilt   of  >U>.0((1. 

41::. 
Willing's  farm  Ji*  a  site,  7  1. 
Willow  (irore,  John  Cinmmere's   hirth 

place,  162. 
Wills,  J.weph  H.,  3t)2,  3ii3. 
Wilmington   College,    ^Ohio|,   664,   •"><»".», 

641. 
Wilmington,     (Del.j,     Samuel     .Vlsop's 

si'hool,  l'.>5. 
Wilson.  .M.  T.,  5S3. 
Winslow,  I.  N.,  5y3. 
Winslow,  R.,  as  a  Iwwler,  34S,  :i6I,  412. 
Winston,  John  C.,  6. 
Wi-sahickon,  5y2,  VKt. 
Wistar,  his  Urn  ling,  320,  322. 
Wiotar,  liartholontew,  '>'.»,  72. 

ami  I^>ganinn  SK-iely,  120. 
Wi.tar.    Ibrtholomew    Wyatt.   10>.    117, 
4S4. 


732 


INDEX. 


Wistar,    (l'>rig:itlier-(!eneran,    Isiiac    J., 

32.-.. 
Wisiar,  (Dr.),  Tlionias,  ;!(H,  oSO. 

de-ree  of  A.M.,  300. 
Wistar,  Wyatt,  484. 
Wi stars,  Tlie,  482. 
Witnier,  John  S.,  Ii04,  CO'). 
Woman's  Medical  College,  401). 
Wood,  (Dr.)    and  "  U.  S.  Dispensatory," 

lo(>. 
Wood,  Charles,  348,  480,  580. 
Wood,  Edward  K.,  480. 
Wood,  Francis  A.,  his  address,  "JUii. 
Wood,  George,  <i04. 
Wood,  Henry,  resigns,  3')7. 
Wood,  James,  6,  4Si),  .")04,  .■)SU. 

his  "American  History,"  40-'). 

presented  portrait  of  Thomas  Chase, 
512. 
Wood,  Randolph,  322. 
Wood,  Richard,  6, 212,  265,  2(i(),  267,  623. 

his  address,  262,  263,  265. 

Vice-President,    Loganian    Society, 
215. 
Wood,  Richard   D.,  17'J. 
Wood,  Steve,  482. 
Wood,  "  Uncle  "  Jim,  482. 
Wood,  Walter,  375,  567,  622. 
Woodcock,  professional  cricketer,  574. 
Woodside  Cottage   for  students,  2'JS,  384, 

558, 573-574. 
Woolman,  John,  author,  54. 
Woolsey,  on  Thomas  Chase,  24it. 
Woolsey,  (Dr.),  Tiieodore  D.,  on  William 

A.  Reynolds,  24S. 
Wootton,  (i38. 

residence  of  G.  W.  Childs :  view,  639. 
Worcester,  (Mass.),  517,  525. 
Worcester  District  School,  52(). 


Worcester  Latin  School,  525. 
Worthington,  (Dr.),  J.  H.,  r)23. 
Wrexham,  (Kngland  i,  4!t'j. 
Wynnewood,  63S. 

Vai^k  CoLLKciK,  59,  248,397. 
*      Yardley,  292. 
Yarnall,  482,  552. 

and    Cooper    awarded  contract    for 
Barclay  Hall,  1876,404. 
Yarnall,  Charles,  <)9,  72,   159,  162,  164, 
167,  185,  2()2,  .303,334,623. 

and  schools,  50. 

article  on  Sir  Robert  Peel,  222. 

death,  1S77,  438,  439. 

Essay  on  Dr.  Thomas  Arnold,  222. 

his  terseness,  439. 

on  Joseph  G.  Harlan,  270. 

portrait,  438. 

resigns,  340. 

Secretary  of  Board  of  Managers,  250. 
Yarnall,  Edward,  159, 167,  179. 
Yarnall,  Ellis,  459,  488. 

his  cottage,  28. 

his  cottage:    view,  295. 
Yarnall,  William,  108. 
Y'^early  Meeting  Boarding  School,  46. 
Yearly  Meeting  week  vacation,  355. 
Yearly   Meetings,  41,42,  43,45,  46,53, 

57. 
York  School  estahlished,  43. 
Young,  (Dr.),  Thomas,  54. 
"Young  Men,  The  Political  Duties  of," 

562. 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  515, 
532. 

organized  1879,  447. 

weekly  meetings,  651-652. 


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